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Содержание NexStar 114

Страница 1: ...I IN NS ST TR RU UC CT TI IO ON N M MA AN NU UA AL L N Ne ex xS St ta ar r 6 60 0 N Ne ex xS St ta ar r 8 80 0 N Ne ex xS St ta ar r 1 11 14 4 ...

Страница 2: ...8 Powering the NexStar 18 The Hand Control 18 Hand Control Operation 20 Alignment Procedure 20 Auto Align 20 Third Star Alignment 21 Object Catalog 22 Selecting an Object 22 Slewing to an Object 22 Tour Mode 23 Direction Buttons 23 Rate Button 23 Set Up Procedures 24 Tracking Mode 24 Tracking Rate 24 User Defined Objects 24 Get RA DEC 25 Get Alt Az 25 Goto R A Dec 25 Goto Alt Az 25 Utility Feature...

Страница 3: ...s 30 Star Hopping 30 Seeing Conditions 31 Transparency 31 Sky Illumination 31 Seeing 31 TELESCOPE MAINTENANCE 33 Care and Cleaning of the Optics 33 Collimation 33 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES 34 APPENDIX A TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 36 APPENDIX B GLOSSARY OF TERMS 37 APPENDIX C MAPS OF TIME ZONES 40 SKY MAPS 42 ...

Страница 4: ...ection will also tell you the proper way to care for your telescope and the many optional accessories that can help you get the most out of your telescope The NexStar s deluxe features combine with Celestron s legendary optics to give amateur astronomers one of the most sophisticated and easy to use telescopes available on the market today Take time to read through this manual before embarking on ...

Страница 5: ...ser Knob 2 Fork Arm 7 Star Diagonal 3 Hand Control for GT model 8 Eyepiece 4 Accessory Tray 9 Star Pointer Finderscope 5 Tripod 10 Tube Ring 9 1 2 8 7 5 3 4 6 T Th he e N Ne ex xS St ta ar r 6 60 0 G GT T Refractor Telescope 10 ...

Страница 6: ...ol for GT Model 2 Optical Tube 7 Collimation Adjustment Knobs 3 Fork Arm 8 Tube Ring 4 Tripod 9 Focuser 5 Accessory Tray 10 Star Pointer Finderscope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 N Ne ex xS St ta ar r 1 11 14 4 G GT T Reflecting Telescope ...

Страница 7: ...attery Pack Battery Pack GuideStar Telescope Control Software GuideStar Telescope Control Software GuideStar Telescope Control Software NexStar 60 GT NexStar 80 GT NexStar 114 GT NexStar Hand Control w Object Database NexStar Hand Control w Object Database NexStar Hand Control w Object Database A As ss se em mb bl li in ng g t th he e N Ne ex xS St ta ar r Your NexStar comes in two major sections ...

Страница 8: ...nting platform 1 Hold the telescope tube assembly by the fork arm and place the fork arm base inside the tripod mounting platform 2 Thread the coupling screw into the hole at the bottom of the fork arm base and hand tighten Your NexStar is fully assembled and is ready to attach the accessories T Th he e H Ha an nd d C Co on nt tr ro ol l The HC and GT versions of the NexStar come with a hand contr...

Страница 9: ... models To install the eyepiece For 60mm and 80mm models 1 Loosen the thumbscrew on the star diagonal so it does not obstruct the inner diameter of the eyepiece end of the diagonal Remove the protective dust cap from the star diagonal s barrel 2 Slide the chrome portion of the eyepiece into the star diagonal 3 Tighten the thumbscrew to hold the eyepiece in place To remove the eyepiece loosen the t...

Страница 10: ...s alignment control and mounting brackets Before the Star Pointer is ready to be used it must be attached to the telescope tube and properly aligned S St ta ar r P Po oi in nt te er r I In ns st ta al ll la at ti io on n For 114mm model 1 Remove the nuts from the studs where the Star Pointer will mount 2 Mount the Star Pointer bracket by placing the bracket over the studs protruding from the tube ...

Страница 11: ...ntil it stops 2 Locate a bright star or planet and center it in a low power eyepiece in the main telescope 3 With both eyes open look through the glass window at the alignment star If the Star Pointer is perfectly aligned you will see the red LED dot overlap the alignment star If the Star Pointer is not aligned take notice of where the red dot is relative to the bright star 4 Without moving the ma...

Страница 12: ...our interest in astronomy grows your NexStar ST can be expanded into a fully automated computerized telescope with a database of over 4 000 celestial objects and high speed motors capable on slewing across the sky is a matter of seconds M Mo ov vi in ng g t th he e N Ne ex xS St ta ar r S ST T The NexStar ST has built in motion controls for both the altitude up and down and azimuth side to side lo...

Страница 13: ...escope moves freely 3 Move the telescope until the desired star or object is aligned with the Star Pointer and visible in the eyepiece Tighten down the locking knobs completely to secure the telescope on the object The telescope should be properly balanced in order for it to move smoothly in both axes 1 To balance the telescope tube in altitude loosen the altitude locking knob completely 2 If the ...

Страница 14: ... Once the battery pack is plugged in the NexStar will power on and one of the slew rate indicator lights will light up T Th he e H Ha an nd d C Co on nt tr ro ol l The NexStar HC has a removable hand control that gives the user quick access to all the motion controls the NexStar HC offers Below is a brief description of the individual components of the NexStar HC hand controller 1 Star Key Activat...

Страница 15: ...ED lights 5 on the hand control From left to right the corresponding speeds are as follows Rate 1 For fine centering of objects in the eyepiece 2 For scanning around for objects in the eyepiece 3 For centering bright stars in the Star Pointer 4 For slewing around the sky from object to object The hand control has a double button feature that allows you to instantly speed up the motors without havi...

Страница 16: ... slower the slewing rate the longer it will take for the star to appear to move in the eyepiece To change the backlash compensation 1 Press the STAR key on the hand control 2 Use the Right and Left arrow keys to speed up or slow down the initial speed of the azimuth motors when the arrow buttons are pressed For example if it takes a star too long to move in the eyepiece when the hand control arrow...

Страница 17: ...hether Daylight Savings is in effect 6 Click the Save button to save these parameters Press the Align button to begin the alignment procedure Follow the on screen instructions for aligning the NexStar on two stars in the sky For information on using many of the GuideStar features refer to the AutoAlign instructions in the NexStar GT section of your manual The GuideStar software also has help butto...

Страница 18: ... as described previously in the Assembly section of the manual P Po ow we er ri in ng g t th he e N Ne ex xS St ta ar r The NexStar GT can be powered by the supplied battery pack or an optional 12v AC adapter The power pack requires 8 user supplied AA size alkaline batteries To power the NexStar insert the batteries into the battery pack and plug the round post into the 12v outlet located on the s...

Страница 19: ...ky objects from the Revised New General Catalog Caldwell A combination of the best NGC and IC objects Planets All 8 planets in our Solar System plus the Moon and Sun Stars A compiled list of the brightest stars from the SAO catalog List For quick access all of the best and most popular objects in the NexStar database have been broken down into lists based on their type and or common name Alignment...

Страница 20: ...dy NexStar Ready NexStar Ready NexStar Ready Custom Custom Custom Custom and you can simply press ENTER and continue to follow the Auto Align procedures below If the telescope model has been changed on a factory set hand control you can return it to its factory default settings by using the Model Select function See Model Select under the Utility Features section later in this chapter A Al li ig g...

Страница 21: ...his information the NexStar will automatically select a bright star that is above the horizon and slew towards it At this point the telescope is only roughly aligned so the alignment star should only be close to the field of view of the Star Pointer finder Once finished slewing the display will ask you to use the arrow buttons to align the selected star with the red dot in the center of the Star P...

Страница 22: ...s you to scroll through the catalog to the desired object Pressing any of the catalog keys M CALD NGC or STAR will display a blinking cursor below the name of the catalog chosen Use the numeric key pad to enter the number of any object within these standardized catalogs For example to find the Orion Nebula press the M key and enter 042 Pressing the PLANET button will allow you to use the UP and DO...

Страница 23: ... out which objects are above the horizon and visible simply by pressing the INFO button when the desired object is displayed This will display the objects altitude above the horizon based on the date and time entered Pressing the UP button once will display any scrolling text associated with that object The scrolling text can be viewed even if a star alignment has not been performed D Di ir re ec ...

Страница 24: ...lar aligned such as the NexStar 4 5 and 8 The NexStar 60 80 and 114 are exclusively Alt Az mounted telescopes and do not require equatorial tracking Tracking Rate In addition to being able to move the telescope with the hand control buttons the NexStar will continually track a celestial object as it moves across the night sky The tracking rate can be changed depending on what type of object is bei...

Страница 25: ...ct and press ENTER NexStar will automatically retrieve the altitude and azimuth and slew to the object To replace the contents of any of the user defined objects simply save a new object using one of the existing identification numbers NexStar will replace the previous user defined object with the current one Get RA DEC Displays the right ascension and declination for the current position of the t...

Страница 26: ...ear ratio for your individual NexStar model For best possible pointing accuracy this numeric gear ratio should be entered into the hand control should you ever need to re select the telescope model To enter the custom encoder gear ratio for your NexStar model follow the steps below 1 When the hand control is turned on the display will read NexStar Ready press the UNDO button to by pass the AutoAli...

Страница 27: ...exStar 70 NexStar 80 NexStar 114 NexStar 4 M ODEL SELECT M ENU Choose City Choose State UNITED STATES Choose City Choose Country INTERNATIO NAL CHO O SE CITY CHO OSE CITY SELECT LO CATION USER DEFINED ENTER LO NG LAT SELECT M ETHOD ENTER TIM E ENTER DATE NO RTH LEVEL AUTO ALIG N ALIGNM ENT NAM ED STARS NAM ED O BJECTS DOUBLE STARS VARIABLE STARS ASTERISM S TOUR PLANETS LIST NexStar Ready NexStar G...

Страница 28: ...telescope When observing through the NexStar 60 or 80 using a diagonal the image will be right side up but reversed from left to right When observing straight through with the eyepiece inserted directly into the telescope the image will be inverted When observing through the NexStar 114 a reflecting telescope the image will appear up side down when looking through the eyepiece For astronomical vie...

Страница 29: ...tiply by 52 5 Continuing with our example multiply the angular field 1 3 by 52 5 This produces a linear field width of 68 3 feet at a distance of one thousand yards The apparent field of each eyepiece that Celestron manufactures is found in the Celestron Accessory Catalog 93685 G Ge en ne er ra al l O Ob bs se er rv vi in ng g H Hi in nt ts s When working with any optical instrument there are a fe...

Страница 30: ...ntrast and bring out detail on the lunar surface use eyepiece filters A yellow filter works well at improving contrast while a neutral density or polarizing filter will reduce overall surface brightness and glare O Ob bs se er rv vi in ng g t th he e P Pl la an ne et ts s Other fascinating targets include the five naked eye planets You can see Venus go through its lunar like phases Mars can reveal...

Страница 31: ...rs and other galaxies outside our own Milky Way Most deep sky objects have a large angular size Therefore low to moderate power is all you need to see them Visually they are too faint to reveal any of the color seen in long exposure photographs Instead they appear black and white And because of their low surface brightness they should be observed from a dark sky location Light pollution around lar...

Страница 32: ...s reduce the contrast of extended nebulae making them difficult if not impossible to see To maximize your observing limit deep sky viewing to moonless nights far from the light polluted skies found around major urban areas LPR filters enhance deep sky viewing from light polluted areas by blocking unwanted light while transmitting light from certain deep sky objects You can on the other hand observ...

Страница 33: ...observations Figure 6 1 Seeing conditions directly affect image quality These drawing represent a point source i e star under bad seeing conditions left to excellent conditions right Most often seeing conditions produce images that lie some where between these two extremes ...

Страница 34: ... of your NexStar telescope is directly related to its collimation that is the alignment of its optical system Your NexStar was collimated at the factory after it was completely assembled However if the telescope is dropped or jarred severely during transport it may have to be collimated The NexStar 60 and NexStar 80 are refractor type telescopes that have fix optical systems that should not come o...

Страница 35: ...hat deliver a wide apparent field good color correction and an excellent image at the center of the field of view Celestron offers SMA eyepieces in 1 1 4 sizes in the following focal lengths 6mm 10mm 12mm 17mm and 25mm Ultima Ultima is not really a design but a trade name for our 5 element wide field eyepieces In the 1 1 4 barrel diameter they are available in the following focal lengths 5mm 7 5mm...

Страница 36: ...d GoTo system Kit includes both altitude and azimuth high speed slew motors plus the NexStar hand control containing over 4 000 object database Planisphere 93720 A simple and inexpensive tool for all levels of observers from naked eye viewers to users of highly sophisticated telescopes The Celestron Planisphere makes it easy to locate stars for observing and is a great planet finder as well A map ...

Страница 37: ...i iif f fi iic c ca a at t ti iio o on n ns s s f f fo o or r r N N Ne e ex x xS S St t ta a ar r r G G GT T T M M Mo o od d de e el lls s s Input Voltage Maximum Minimum 12 V DC Nominal 18 V DC Max 8 V DC Min Batteries Required 8 AA Alkaline Power Supply Requirements 12 VDC 750 mA Tip positive M M Me e ec c ch h ha a an n ni iic c ca a al ll S S Sp p pe e ec c ci iif f fi iic c ca a at t ti iio o...

Страница 38: ...twards along the horizon measured from due north between the astronomical meridian the vertical line passing through the center of the sky and the north and south points on the horizon and the vertical line containing the celestial body whose position is to be measured B Binary Stars Binary Double stars are pairs of stars that because of their mutual gravitational attraction orbit around a common ...

Страница 39: ...r that suddenly becomes explosively bright at the end of its life cycle O Open Cluster One of the groupings of stars that are concentrated along the plane of the Milky Way Most have an asymmetrical appearance and are loosely assembled They contain from a dozen to many hundreds of stars P Parallax Parallax is the difference in the apparent position of an object against a background when viewed by a...

Страница 40: ...ion is increasing Z Zenith The point on the Celestial Sphere directly above the observer Zodiac The zodiac is the portion of the Celestial Sphere that lies within 8 degrees on either side of the Ecliptic The apparent paths of the Sun the Moon and the planets with the exception of some portions of the path of Pluto lie within this band Twelve divisions or signs each 30 degrees in width comprise the...

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Страница 49: ...rized repair Further product malfunction or deterioration due to normal wear is not covered by this warranty CI DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WHETHER OF MERCHANTABILITY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH HEREIN THE SOLE OBLIGATION OF CI UNDER THIS LIMITED WARRANTY SHALL BE TO REPAIR OR REPLACE THE COVERED PRODUCT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS SET FORTH HEREI...

Страница 50: ...rights reserved Products or instructions may change without notice or obligation This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rule Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operations 11 00 Printed in China 10 00 ...

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