iOptron 8401 manual Equatorial Mode

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Zenith

Polaris

TIP:

The earth’s axis of rotation is tilted 23.5° from the vertical. This tilt changes throughout the year. In December the northern hemisphere is tilted 23.5° away from the sun. While in June the northern hemisphere is tilted 23.5° towards the sun.

Equatorial Mode

1.Telescope

2.Counter weight (Not Standard Component)

3.Tilt support

4.Tilt lock

5.Mount

6.Tripod

7.Inner support

8.Tray

9.Tray lock

FIG.4

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Contents Manual www . iOptron . comGoToNovaTM 8401 Hand-Held Controller Page CONTENTS Page Chapter 0 Quick Start Reference http//hubblesite.org Sky and TelescopeThe Hubble Site Useful Links0.2 Getting Started A GPS module makes life a lot easier. It automatically sets the time and location for youSet Local Time 2007-06-18 Daylight Time saving√ What’s Next? Appendix Chapter.1 Set Up And Alignment1.0 Basic Symbols 1.1 Set Up1.2.2 Two-Star Align 2.1 Planets, sun, moon Chapter. 2 Select And SlewNEVER LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE SUN WITH THE NAKED EYES OR WITH You can define and save new celestial objects in the database2.6 Constellations Contains 88 constellations 2.7 User Objects 2.5 Stars 2.5.1 Named Stars Contains 191 stars 2.5.2 Constellations2.5.4 Variable Stars 2.5.5 SAO Bright Stars3.1 Sync To Target Chapter. 3 Other Functions3.4 Set up tracking Set up tracking speed 3.5 User objects Check Appendix A for complete menu structuresFIG.4 Equatorial ModePeople usually use alt-zi mode to observe land objects Chapter. 4 How to ObserveUse slower speed for fine tuning 4.2 Observing using arrow keys4.4 Tracking APPENDIX A MENU STRUCTURE o M63 Sunflower galaxy spiral galaxy APPENDIX B Messier Catalogo M44 Praesepe, the Beehive Cluster open cluster o M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy spiral galaxyo M76 The Little Dumbell, Cork, or Butterfly planetary nebula o M57 The Ring Nebula planetary nebulao M42 The Great Orion Nebula diffuse nebula o M43 part of the Orion Nebula de Mairans Nebula diffuse nebulao M1 The Crab Nebula supernova remnant o M6 The Butterfly Cluster open clustero M7 Ptolemys Cluster open cluster o M11 The Wild Duck Cluster open clustergenitive APPENDIX CModern Constellations constellationCanis Minoris 1690, Firmamentum Sobiescianum, Hevelius Musca LynxMicroscopium 1624, BartschPyxis PiscesPiscis Austrinus PuppisVolans AustraleAzimuth APPENDIX D Celestial CoordinatesFIG.D1 AltitudeFIG.D2 δ, declinationt, hour angle δ, declination α, right ascension FIG. D3You need two numbers to define a position on the celestial sphere Celestial sphere is an imaginary sphere of infinite radiusPage GoToNovaTM 8401 Specifications Appendix E SPECIFICATIONSProduct Appendix FProducts List Item #IOPTRON TWO YEAR TELESCOPE, MOUNT, AND CONTROLLER WARRANTY

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