iOptron G Series, User Manual

Page 1: ...www iOptron com 1 Manual SmartStarTM A Series Refractor Newtonian and Maksutov Cassegrain Telescopes www iOptron com ...

Page 2: ...on com 2 WARNING NEVER USE A SMARTSTAR TELESCOPE TO LOOK AT THE SUN Looking at or near the Sun will cause instant and irreversible damage to your eye Children should always have adult supervision while observing ...

Page 3: ...1 3 Align Chapter 2 Select And Slew 2 1 Planets sun moon 2 2 Deep Sky Objects 2 3 Comets 2 4 Asteroids 2 5 Stars 2 6 User Objects 2 7 Enter Position 2 8 Land Marks 2 9 Watch List Chapter 3 Other Functions 3 1 Sync To Target 3 2 Electronic Focuser 3 3 PEC option 3 4 Set up tracking 3 5 User objects 3 6 Auto guide 3 7 Park scope 3 8 To park position 3 9 The Equatorial Mode Chapter 4 How to Observe 4...

Page 4: ...please refer to the Quick Start Menu It contains enough information to get you started so you can enjoy the night sky without knowing all the jargon and math For more serious users we assume that you know some astronomy basics in reading this manual Please refer to Appendix A for a more detailed menu structure ...

Page 5: ...t the mount 5 on the top of tripod 6 hold the mount with one hand put the supporting rod 7 through the hole on the top of tripod with the other hand screw and tighten the mount on the top of tripod 6 4 Tighten the telescope tube 1 on the dovetail with lock 2 point the tube upward vertically and tighten the altitude lock 4 FIG 1 1 Telescope tube 2 Dovetail lock 3 Hand held controller 4 Altitude loc...

Page 6: ...mage to the tray or tripod please do not use excessive strength 6 Open the cover of battery box on the side of the mount below dovetail install 8 AA batteries not included appropriately If you are using 12V AC adapter plug the connector to the socket on the other side of the mount below altitude lock Connect hand controller 3 and mount 5 with retractable cable provided You can pick any one of the ...

Page 7: ...www iOptron com 7 0 2 GoToNova TM Features 8402 LCD Display Back Enter Up Right Down Left Speed Light Help Menu FIG 3 ...

Page 8: ...rmation Back Key Moves back to the previous screen Menu Key Gets to the Main Menu Enter Key Confirms an input goes to the next menu selects a choice slews the telescope to a selected object Arrow Keys Moves the cursor adjusts numerical values moves the telescope in a specific direction Speed Key Adjusts the speed Light Key Adjusts the light Help Key For help Useful Links Sky and Telescope http www...

Page 9: ... A 19h52m 5s DEC 47 31 16 64X Lgst 7h52m38s Stop Alt 0 0 0 Azi 0 0 0 2007 07 10 14 25 23 N When the power is turned on you will see G_ON GPS turned on on the upper right corner of the screen In about a minute after the internal GPS communicate with the satellites you will see G_OK on the screen both time and location are automatically set Press MENU button then you will see this screen Select and ...

Page 10: ...nu select Venus if it is indeed in the sky and press ENTER When the motor stops check to see if Venus is in the center of your eye piece If your previous steps were correct it should be You may need to make some minor adjustments to center the object Otherwise use two star align What s Next Most beginner users are now ready to explore the night sky without needing to refer to the manual any furthe...

Page 11: ...EC 47 31 16 64X Lgst 7h52m38s Stop Alt 0 0 0 Azi 0 0 0 2007 07 10 14 25 23 N When the power is turned on you will see G_ON GPS turned on in the upper right corner of the screen In about a minute after the internal GPS communicate with the satellites you will see G_OK on the screen Both time and location are automatically set Setup is finished in Alt az mode The mount can also work in equatorial mo...

Page 12: ...telescope Press ENTER when finished 1 2 2 Two Star Align If your mount is not horizontal one star align is usually not accurate enough You will need to do two star align Select Two star align from the previous menu Select one bright star from the menu Use the arrow buttons to center it in the telescope and press ENTER Select a second bright star and use the arrow keys to center the second star Pre...

Page 13: ...o move your cursor and press ENTER to select an object 2 1 Planets sun moon This menu includes the Sun the Moon Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus and Neptune WARNING NEVER LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE SUN WITH THE NAKED EYES OR WITH A TELESCOPE UNLESS YOU HAVE THE PROPER SOLAR FILTER PERMANENT AND IRREVERSIBLE EYE DAMAGE MAY RESULT 2 2 Deep Sky Objects This menu includes objects outside our Solar s...

Page 14: ...e up to 128 objects 2 8 Enter R A DEC In Equatorial mode the user can target a location by specifying its RA Right Ascension and DEC Declination Use the arrow buttons to move the cursor and adjust the values Press ENTER In Altazimuth mode the user can target a location by specifying its A Altitude and Z Azimuth Use the arrow buttons to move the cursor and adjust the values Press ENTER ...

Page 15: ... delete user objects 3 6 Auto guide If your telescope is equipped with auto guide use this option 3 7 Park Scope Park your telescope 3 8 To Park position Move your telescope to park position 3 9 The Equatorial Mode For more advanced users you can set the mount to equatorial mode To change from alt az mode to equatorial mode refer to FIG 4 First lock your telescope into vertical position Make sure ...

Page 16: ...axis of rotation is tipped over about 23 5 from the vertical 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 FIG 4 1 Telescope 2 Counter weight not provided 3 Tilt support 4 Tilt lock 5 Mount 6 Tripod 7 Inner support 8 Tray 9 Tray lock Equatorial Mode Polaris Zenith ...

Page 17: ...observe If you want to record new land marks select Record New Land Mark on the next screen use SPEED button to choose an appropriate speed then use arrow keys to move your telescope to your target When the target is centered press ENTER then give it a name with UP and DOWN arrows you can input alphabets with LEFT and RIGHT to move the cursor Push ENTER to confirm you input Next time you can go to...

Page 18: ...e telescope is in tracking mode the celestial object will not drift away from your eye piece field This function is essential for astrophotography When you switch to Cele mode the system is automatically in tracking mode When you switch back to Land mode the tracking stops A user can setup tracking in the main menu by selecting Set up tracking Then user can select sidereal speed Solar speed Lunar ...

Page 19: ...n Watch list Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Sum Moon Named deepsky objects Messier Catalog Name stars Constellations Double stars SAO bright stars Goto Land mark Record now land mark Add a new Land Mark Edit one data Set up time and site Set display info Set key Beep Reset All One star align Two star align RA and DEC Comets Asteriods Add a watch list Delete one data Delete all Br...

Page 20: ...lpool Galaxy spiral galaxy o M63 Sunflower galaxy spiral galaxy o M94 spiral galaxy o M106 spiral galaxy Canis Major o M41 open cluster Capricornus o M30 globular cluster Cassiopeia o M52 open cluster o M103 open cluster Cetus o M77 spiral galaxy Coma Berenices o M53 globular cluster o M64 Blackeye galaxy spiral galaxy o M85 elliptical galaxy o M88 spiral galaxy o M91 spiral galaxy o M98 spiral ga...

Page 21: ...the Orion Nebula de Mairan s Nebula diffuse nebula o M78 diffuse nebula Pegasus o M15 globular cluster Perseus o M34 open cluster o M76 The Little Dumbell Cork or Butterfly planetary nebula Pisces o M74 spiral galaxy Puppis o M46 open cluster o M47 open cluster o M93 open cluster Sagitta o M71 globular cluster Sagittarius o M8 The Lagoon Nebula diffuse nebula o M17 The Omega or Swan or Horseshoe N...

Page 22: ...laxy nebula spiral galaxy type Sb o M82 The Cigar Galaxy irregular galaxy o M97 The Owl Nebula planetary nebula o M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy spiral galaxy type Sc M102 may be a Duplication of M101 o M108 spiral galaxy type Sc s III o M109 spiral galaxy type SBb rs I Virgo o M49 elliptical galaxy type E1 or S0_1 1 o M58 spiral galaxy type Sab s II o M59 elliptical galaxy type E5 o M60 elliptical gala...

Page 23: ...quarius Aqr Aquarii ancient Ptolemy Aquila Aql Aquilae ancient Ptolemy Ara Ara Arae ancient Ptolemy Aries Ari Arietis ancient Ptolemy Auriga Aur Aurigae ancient Ptolemy Boötes Boo Boötis ancient Ptolemy Caelum Cae Caeli 1763 Lacaille Camelopardalis Cam Camelopardalis 1624 Bartsch 2 Cancer Cnc Cancri ancient Ptolemy Canes Venatici CVn Canum Venaticorum 1690 Firmamentum Sobiescianum Hevelius Canis M...

Page 24: ... Ceti ancient Ptolemy Chamaeleon Cha Chamaeleontis 1603 Uranometria created by Keyser and de Houtman Circinus Cir Circini 1763 Lacaille Columba Col Columbae 1679 Royer split from Canis Major Coma Berenices Com Comae Berenices 1603 Uranometria split from Leo Corona Australis 3 CrA Coronae Australis ancient Ptolemy Corona Borealis CrB Coronae Borealis ancient Ptolemy Corvus Crv Corvi ancient Ptolemy...

Page 25: ... Fornax For Fornacis 1763 Lacaille Gemini Gem Geminorum ancient Ptolemy Grus Gru Gruis 1603 Uranometria created by Keyser and de Houtman Hercules Her Herculis ancient Ptolemy Horologium Hor Horologii 1763 Lacaille Hydra Hya Hydrae ancient Ptolemy Hydrus Hyi Hydri 1603 Uranometria created by Keyser and de Houtman Indus Ind Indi 1603 Uranometria created by Keyser and de Houtman Lacerta Lac Lacertae ...

Page 26: ... Lyr Lyrae ancient Ptolemy Mensa Men Mensae 1763 Lacaille Microscopium Mic Microscopii 1763 Lacaille Monoceros Mon Monocerotis 1624 Bartsch Musca Mus Muscae 1603 Uranometria created by Keyser and de Houtman Norma Nor Normae 1763 Lacaille Octans Oct Octantis 1763 Lacaille Ophiuchus Oph Ophiuchi ancient Ptolemy Orion Ori Orionis ancient Ptolemy Pavo Pav Pavonis 1603 Uranometria created by Keyser and...

Page 27: ...le split from Argo Navis Pyxis Pyx Pyxidis 1763 Lacaille Reticulum Ret Reticuli 1763 Lacaille Sagitta Sge Sagittae ancient Ptolemy Sagittarius Sgr Sagittarii ancient Ptolemy Scorpius Sco Scorpii ancient Ptolemy Sculptor Scl Sculptoris 1763 Lacaille Scutum Sct Scuti 1690 Firmamentum Sobiescianum Hevelius Serpens 4 Ser Serpentis ancient Ptolemy Sextans Sex Sextantis 1690 Firmamentum Sobiescianum Hev...

Page 28: ...ucanae 1603 Uranometria created by Keyser and de Houtman Ursa Major UMa Ursae Majoris ancient Ptolemy Ursa Minor UMi Ursae Minoris ancient Ptolemy Vela Vel Velorum 1763 Lacaille split from Argo Navis Virgo Vir Virginis ancient Ptolemy Volans Vol Volantis 1603 Uranometria created by Keyser and de Houtman Vulpecula Vul Vulpeculae 1690 Firmamentum Sobiescianum Hevelius ...

Page 29: ...www iOptron com 29 APPENDIX D Celestial Coordinates North South Zenith Nadir Celestial North Pole Celestial South Pole East West Azimuth Altitude Median of the location Observer s horizon FIG D1 ...

Page 30: ...m 30 North South Zenith Nadir Celestial North Pole Celestial South Pole East West Observer s horizon Celestial Equator M midpoint star hour circle median of location δ declination t hour angle axis of rotation FIG D2 ...

Page 31: ... South Zenith Nadir Celestial North Pole Celestial South Pole East West Observer s horizon Celestial Equator star hour circle median of location γ gamma point δ declination α right ascension axis of rotation hour circle FIG D3 ...

Page 32: ...es and the zenith Celestial equator is the intersection of the extended plane of the equator and the celestial sphere It is the primary great circle of the celestial sphere in the equatorial system everywhere 90 degree from the celestial poles We will talk about two different kinds of celestial coordinate systems One is the altazimuth system And the other is the equatorial system The major differe...

Page 33: ...tion δ DEC or D is measured along the hour circle perpendicular to the equator passing through the celestial poles passing through the star from the point it intersects the equator it is in degrees The right ascension α RA or R is measured on the equator from the gamma point in the direction opposite to the direction of the motion of the star It is in hours minutes and seconds Gamma point is the i...

Page 34: ...esign Refractor Clear Aperture 80mm Focal Length 400mm Focal Ratio f 5 Resolving Power 1 4 arc secs Finder 5x24 Weight 2 2lbs A N114 Optical Design Reflector Clear Aperture 114mm Focal Length 1000mm Focal Ratio f 8 8 Resolving Power 1 arc secs Finder Red dot Weight 6lbs A MC90 Optical Design Maksutov Cassegrain Clear Aperture 90mm Focal Length 1200mm Focal Ratio f 13 3 Resolving Power 1 3 arc secs...

Page 35: ...05 SmartStarTM A MC100 Fully Automatic Maksutov Cassegrain 8600 8741 GOTO Telescope 8601 1 AltAzi EQ Stainless Steel Tripod For SmartStarTM A 8606 1 5kg Counter Weight 8419 SmartStarTM PR GOTO Equatorial Mount 8400 8413 8414 8400 GOTONovaTM 8401 Dual Axis Motor Kit For EQ CG5 GPD LX75 Mounts Dual Axis Motor GOTONovaTM Controllers 8401 GOTONovaTM Controller AltAzi EQ Controller with 130 000 objects...

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