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If you wish to choose an object from the IC catalog, move the cursor to the NGC box with 
the

  keys and change the display to IC with the Value+, Value- keys. 

 

 

- Some brief data on this celestial object is displayed.  Choose OK and press Select to 
enter.    
 
If you decide you wish to select a different object, choose Cancel instead to go back to the 
NGC/IC catalog. 
 
- When the GOTO key is pressed, the telescope starts moving to point to the celestial object 
NGC7000 (North American nebula) automatically. 
 

Home Position

 

You can return the telescope to the initial set position automatically at the end of your 
observing session when you choose Home Position just before turning off the power to the 
mount and the STAR BOOK hand controller.  This helps you to restart quickly the next 
time you wish to observe. 

*The telescope will return to the same position you initially set as home position.    Correct the home position if 
necessary with the 

 keys.    

 
- Press Menu to display the System Menu. 

 

 
- Move the cursor to Home Position with the 

  keys and press Select to enter. 

 
- Choose YES with the 

  keys and press Select to enter. 

 
- The telescope automatically moves back to home position where you set the initial 
position just before starting the celestial alignment.     
 

 
 
 
 

Содержание Sphinx SXD

Страница 1: ...SPHINX SXD MOUNT Instruction Manual...

Страница 2: ...s B digital device pursuant of Part 15 of the FCC rules Caution Do not try to restrain the movement of the mount when in operation which may lead to injures to you or damage to your equipment Do not l...

Страница 3: ...f Operation Aligning the Telescope Starting Automatic Slewing PREPARATION Inserting the Battery Replacing the Battery SETTING UP Setting Up the Tripod Attaching the Equatorial Mount Installing the Cou...

Страница 4: ...rotation the mount moves to follow a celestial object Without this movement stars and celestial objects move through the field of view of the telescope as time elapses Basics of the Sphinx and Sphinx...

Страница 5: ...Page 5 Parts Descriptions...

Страница 6: ...Page 6 Descriptions of STAR BOOK Controller...

Страница 7: ...y Setting date time The first time only Setting longitude latitude The first time only 3 BASIC OPERATION Learning basic operation of the mount 4 GO TO SLEWING Home position Setting the telescope tube...

Страница 8: ...e figure Insert a fresh battery so that its positive polarity faces upward Screw the cover back in place Replacing the Battery Remove the cover of the battery container on the back of the STAR BOOK by...

Страница 9: ...ening the lock knob on the lower part of the half pillar place the half pillar over the tripod head Attach the half pillar on the tripod head so that the metal peg on the tripod head comes underneath...

Страница 10: ...rweight Proceed to the next section if your telescope doesn t have a counterweight The counterweight bar is in the declination body Release the counterweight bar clamp to draw out the counterweight ba...

Страница 11: ...t finder 1 Loosen the chrome setscrew of the bracket shoe on the telescope 2 Slide the dot finder onto the bracket shoe and tighten the chrome bracket setscrew The dot finder bracket is made of plasti...

Страница 12: ...h the telescope the eyepiece can be attached on either side straight thru and right angled Make sure that the light rays passing through the telescope enter your eyepiece by turning the mirror shift k...

Страница 13: ...omes to horizontal as shown in the figure Loosen the lock screw on the side of the counterweight so that it can be moved to a point where it balances the telescope It is the point that the telescope r...

Страница 14: ...electric shock Connecting to the STAR BOOK Plug the other end of the STAR BOOK cable where the ferrite core is attached into the controller cable connector of the STAR BOOK Secure the connectors with...

Страница 15: ...screen soft keys and the group of left buttons corresponds to the lower left on screen soft keys Hint 1 In the initial setting screen contrast and brightness of the LCD screen can be adjusted with the...

Страница 16: ...te and time move the cursor with the keys to the item where corrections are needed Then change the number with the keys To finish the setting move the cursor with the keys to OK and press Select About...

Страница 17: ...ns are needed Then change the numbers with the keys To finish the setting move the cursor to OK with the keys and press Select The screen will go to the initial setting screen Saving the Settings Save...

Страница 18: ...a warning on solar observation After reading the text choose Confirm with the keys and press Select to enter The warning continues on the screen when Not Confirm is chosen The screen advances to the h...

Страница 19: ...sun with your naked eye or through any telescope or its finder scope or guide scope Permanent and irreversible eye damage may result 1 Place the telescope in an open area where you can view in excess...

Страница 20: ...re used The image may be inverted or tilted but this does not mean the telescope is out of order There is no up or down in space so image orientation is not so important Hint 3 When using an eyepiece...

Страница 21: ...trial objects IV Aligning the Finder Scope For the novice telescope user it is difficult to locate a selected object in the field of view at high magnification Using a finder scope will make this easi...

Страница 22: ...to rotate freely While looking through the finder scope as far into the distance as possible rotate the objective barrel to find the best focus When the finder scope is in focus tighten the lock ring...

Страница 23: ...ing a bright and easy to find object the Moon and then proceed to finding planets and fainter celestial objects easily visible at moderate power 1 Aim the telescope at the Moon using the keys on the S...

Страница 24: ...omatic slewing can begin after you complete a two point alignment Home Position After you finish setting up the telescope turn the power switches of both the RA motor on the mount and STAR BOOK hand c...

Страница 25: ...vances to the star charts as soon as you press the Select key When you set up a confirmation dialog the dialog box is displayed to confirm entering the SCOPE MODE Refer to page xx 3 Pressing the Selec...

Страница 26: ...MODE as you slew the telescope the star chart on the screen moves along with the telescope as its direction changes SCOPE MODE is displayed as soon as you begin automatic slewing after a GOTO command...

Страница 27: ...center a reference object on screen more accurately In SCOPE MODE it allows you to point the telescope more precisely The Zoom key reduces the star chart on the screen It allows you to scroll the scr...

Страница 28: ...lignment center Vega in the field of view of your telescope Center Vega in the field of view of the telescope s finder scope and then point the telescope so that Vega is in the center of the field of...

Страница 29: ...al alignments Select the next reference object from the database and repeat steps 1 to 8 Zoom the star chart out with the Zoom key to find the next reference object over a large area of the sky Hint 1...

Страница 30: ...o search for a celestial object in this case Hint 16 A variety of celestial objects can be used for reference points the Moon planets nebulae and star clusters However using a reference star fixed sta...

Страница 31: ...DE on the screen changes to CHART MODE Choose the next object on the screen with the keys after zooming the star chart out to show a large area of the sky Press the GOTO key Choosing a Target from the...

Страница 32: ...te 3 The Object Menu also includes the Sun Moon planets constellations NGC IC objects and well known celestial objects You can search for them in the same way Warning Never look directly at the sun wi...

Страница 33: ...return the telescope to the initial set position automatically at the end of your observing session when you choose Home Position just before turning off the power to the mount and the STAR BOOK hand...

Страница 34: ...the STAR BOOK cable and power cord from the equatorial mount Remove accessories such as the eyepiece and finder scope Remove the optical tube Remove the counterweight and put back the counterweight b...

Страница 35: ...e Value Value keys Choose OK and press Select to enter A Chart Mode Choose RADC in order to display a borderless star on the screen with no horizon The chart is oriented equatorially and scrolls in Ri...

Страница 36: ...u proceed to SCOPE MODE for automatic slewing Choose YES to start automatic slewing If you choose NO automatic slewing is canceled and the screen returns to SCOPE MODE The default setting is OFF E Bri...

Страница 37: ...ayed Example Using the star chart in Zoom 2 1 Zoom the star chart in by one step by pressing the Zoom key once 2 Zoom in by pressing the Zoom key once again 3 The prominent bright star names and Messi...

Страница 38: ...t time the STAR BOOK is used Polar Axis Scope Illumination Adjustment Choose Polar Axis Light Brightness to change the brightness of the illuminator for the Polar axis scope 1 Press Menu to display th...

Страница 39: ...ds in 5 second intervals The backlight is turned off after the set time elapses 3 After setting the backlighting duration move the cursor to OK and press Select to enter Save the setting in order for...

Страница 40: ...nd and confirm your setting GO TO Speed Variation The speed of automatic slewing can be chosen between high speed and middle speed If the Middle is selected the slewing speed is reduced to half of the...

Страница 41: ...the R A axis of the mount to the North Pole or South Pole of the sky 2 Change the screen to SCOPE MODE and down the speed of the telescope to the slowest or the second slowest with the Zoom key 3 Cen...

Страница 42: ...escope moves when you increase the values Start with setting an initial reference value 10 for example and double this value after checking the telescope movement with the initial value If the second...

Страница 43: ...manual operation of the buttons on the controller and memorize it in the STAR BOOK It will enable you to track more precisely by using the recorded motion The tracking accuracy relies on how you corre...

Страница 44: ...the wide screen with the Zoom key but be sure to set the zoom level at the maximum when you make the correction Corrections may be useless in other zoom levels During the PEC recording the guide star...

Страница 45: ...Stop will be shown on the screen If the PEC recording is less than one cycle Rec Stop will be indicated The PEC recording can be stopped any time after the 8 minutes has elapsed if you are satisfied w...

Страница 46: ...if you need to slew the telescope at higher speed Automatic Go To slewing is possible during the play pack When you stop the play back of the PEC recording choose Play Stop in the PEC screen and press...

Страница 47: ...tion programs can be downloaded through a website for upgrading For information on availability of the latest firmware version for the STARBOOK S visit Vixen Optics Downloads page at http www vixenopt...

Страница 48: ...he STARBOOK PC Computer for data transfer Ethernet Card on PC LAN crossover cable Orbital elements of comets Procedures for comet registration 1 Connect the STARBOOK and the PC with the LAN crossover...

Страница 49: ...to a registration form for inputting orbital elements If the STARBOOK S screen is not in SCOPE MODE or CHART MODE the message below is displayed Change to the correct screen and re enter the IP addres...

Страница 50: ...distance from Q 0 170729 AU pericentre Inclination Inc 77 8349 Longitude of the Node 267 4147 Ascending node Eccentricity e 1 000022 Epoch 2007 1 20 0 3 Click on Update Data by the left click after yo...

Страница 51: ...Table of the registered comets the screen changes to a registration form for inputting orbital elements 2 Click on the Browse button by the left click and designate the file previously downloaded 3 I...

Страница 52: ...s you can display the comet on the screen of the STARBOOK and slew to the comet automatically You can set the comets so as to show or to hide them on the star chart In the Comet Menu screen choose the...

Страница 53: ...the keys 4 As you press the GOTO key the telescope moves to the target comet automatically in order to bring it in the field of view of the telescope Automatic slewing to comets Appointing the comet u...

Страница 54: ...ent settings before you start to update EXEMPTION Vixen Co Ltd and Vixen s international distributors assume no liability whatsoever for any damage caused by using or installing this update Installati...

Страница 55: ...Write down the IP address Subnet mask numbers Make a note of the version and build to compare with after the update 7 Open the update program that you downloaded in 1 e g Update32 exe 8 You should be...

Страница 56: ...following IP Address 169 254 a b a b show random numbers Subnet mask number 255 255 00 If your computer s IP address Subnet mask numbers are different proceed to obtaining IP Address automatically 5 C...

Страница 57: ...edure 6 in How to Update your STARBOOK and follow the directions thereafter Please refer to the network administrator or a manufacturer of the router for their settings if you are not familiar with th...

Страница 58: ...container on the back of the STARBOOK by taking off the screws with a screwdriver as shown in the figure 2 Pull out 4 jumper plugs in a row and shift them next to the original position It is easiest...

Страница 59: ...you connect SBIG s autoguider be sure to switch the power On in order of autoguider RA motor and STAR BOOK 3 Set backlash compensation values to 0 both in RA And DEC Setting Autoguider 1 Press Menu t...

Страница 60: ...nter Changing the Altitude Range The SX Sphinx mount is set for use in the middle latitude zone altitude of about 35 degrees at Vixen s factory If your observing site is in the lower latitude zone bel...

Страница 61: ...shift to the low latitude zone set the altitude at 15 degrees When you have set the zone tighten the altitude adjustment clamp 6 Replace the Allen bolt to its original position and tighten it securely...

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