Autoguide Rate –
Allows the user to set an autoguide rate as a percentage of sidereal rate. This is helpful
hen calibrating your telescope to a CCD autoguider for long exposure photography.
es be changed, however
ach setting can be changed if necessary to improve the performance of the telescope.
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is carried out. This procedure records the offset of the RA index switch from the Meridian.
e CGE Series telescopes such as; Calibrate Goto, Polar Alignment, Hibernate as well as many others.
t
ion
ed that you take a few
inutes to go through the mount calibration procedures.
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the
wo star alignment
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Mount Settings-
Once the mount settings have been calibrated (see Utilities section below) the values are
stored and displayed in the hand control. It is not recommended that the calibration valu
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Cone Value
– This is the cone error value set when calibration stars are added
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DEC Switch
- This is the declination index error value set when calibrations stars are added.
RA Switch
- This is the R.A. index error value set when Utilities / Calibrate Mount / R.A. Switch
tility Features
U
Scrolling through the MENU (9) options will also provide access to several advanced utility functions within
th
Calibrate Mount
- In order to optimize the performance and pointing accuracy of the CGE mount, the moun
has built-in calibration routines allowing it to compensate for mechanical variat
equatorial mount. Each calibration is completely automatic and in most cases
only needs to be performed once. It is highly recommend
inherent in every German
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R.A. Switch Calibration
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This procedure records the offset of
RA index switch from the meridian. To perform an RA Switch
Calibration, the mount must be polar aligned and a t
must have been performed with calibration stars.
Calibrating the RA switch will improve the pointing accuracy to
the initial alignment stars when the mount has been polar aligned
To successfully calibrate the R.A. switch of your telescope, you should
llow a complete alignment process which includes the following:
fo
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Complete a Two-Star alignment adding three calibration stars at
the end. (See
Alignment Procedures
earlier in this section).
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Use the Polar Align Utility feature to polar align your telescope as
described later in this section.
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Once polar aligned you must re-align your telescope using the
Two-Star alignment method and adding calibration star as an
option.
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Finally, use the Utility/Calibrate Mount/ R.A. Switch feature to
properly calibrate the R.A. axis of the mount.
GoTo Calibration –
Goto Calibration is a useful tool when attaching
heavy visual or photographic accessories to the telescope. Goto
Calibration calculates the amount of distance and time it takes for the
mount to complete its final slow goto when slewing to an object.
Changing the balance of the telescope can prolong the time it takes to
complete the final slew. Goto Calibration takes into account any slight
imbalances and changes the final goto distance to compensate.
Home Position –
The telescope’s "home" position is a user-definable position that is used to store the
telescope when not in use. The home position is useful when storing the telescope in a permanent observatory
facility. By default the Home position is the same as the switch position used when aligning the mount. To set
the
Home
position for your mount simply use the arrow buttons on the hand control to move the telescope
ount to the desired position. Select the
Set
option and press Enter.
UTILITIES
R.A. SWITCH
GOTO
CALIBRATE MOUNT
GOTO
SET
HOME POSTION
DISPLAY ALIGN
ALIGN MOUNT
POLAR ALIGN
LIGHT CONTROL
PRESS UNDO
PRESS "0"
FACTORY SETTING
VERSION
GET AXIS POSITION
GOTO AXIS POSITION
HIBERNATE
SUN MENU
SCROLLING MENU
SET MOUNT POSITION
TURN ON/OFF GPS
TURN ON/OFF RTC
RA TO SWITCH
DEC TO SWITCH
MOVE TO SWITCHES
PLAYBACK
RECORD
PEC
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