Nexstar SynScan instruction manual Aid, Tial Setup

This section provides a step-by-step procedure on how to operate your SynScanrMhand control.

tial Setup

1.Perform the Polar alignment using the polarscope.

2.Point the telescope roughly to the North Celestial Pole (or Polaris) if you are in the Northern Hemisphere. Point to the South Celestial Pole if in Southern Hemisphere. Make sure the counterweight rod is pointed down as seen in Fig.h. This will be the home position of the telescope.

3.Flip the Power Switch on the mount to the "ON" position to turn on the power.

4.The initial screen displayed on the hand control is the Version Screen. Press ENTER to proceed.

5.The hand control will display a warning concerning pointing the telescope at the sun without proper equipment. If you have read the message already, pressing ESC will bypass the message and skip to the next step.

	(Northern Hemisphere)
aID	Zenith
	I	North Celestial Pole
	Decl~natlon

Plane of local hor~zon

Plane of Celest~alEquator

The hand control's red light will become diin~nerand the key pads will turn off if idle for 30 seconds. Pressing any key turns it back on.

6.Enter the telescope's current latitudinal and longitudinal position using the numeric keypad. First enter the longitudinal coordinate, followed by the latitudinal coordinate. Use the scroll keys to choose between W or E, and N or S. Pressing the left or right directional keys will move the cursor to the previous or next number. Press ENTER to confirm. The format you enter should look like this: 123 04' W 49 09'N.

7.Enter your current time zone in hours (see Appendix C), using the scroll keys and numeric key pad (+ for East, - for West). Press ENTER to confirm. The format you enter should look like this if you are in Pacific Standard Time (PST): -08.

8.Enter the date in the following format mmlddlyyyy using the numeric keypad. Press ENTER to confirm.

9.Enter your current local time using the 24 hr time mode (e.g. 2:00PM=14:00). Press ENTER to view the time you just entered. If it is incorrect, press ESC to go back to the previous screen. If correct, press ENTER again to proceed to the daylight saving setting.

10.If the date entered in step 8 falls between March and November, the SynScanTMwill prompt "DAYLIGHT SAVING?". Use the scroll keys to make the selection and press ENTER to confirm. If the date is out of the range between March and November, the SynScan will'" skip the daylight saving setting and proceed to the next step.

11.After setting the daylight saving, SynScanTMwill display "Begin alignment?". Press "1" or ENTER to start the alignment procedure. Press "2" or ESC to skip the alignment and exit to the Main Menu.

If a mistake was entered into the SynScanTM hand control, press the ESC key to go back to the previous menu. and press ENTER to start again.