PEC Option, Set User Objects, Pole Star Position

If you’ve done with the two star alignment, press the BACK button to finish the alignment. Press ENTER key to select third star for further alignment.

5.4.5. Pole Star Position

This shows Polaris position in northern hemisphere or Sigma Octantis position in southern hemisphere, which is used for Quick Polar Alignment.

5.5. PEC Option

5.5.1. PEC Playback

You can turn “PEC Playback On” while you do the tracking, especially for long time astro- photography. The default status is PEC Playback Off when the mount is turned on.

5.5.2. Record PEC

All Equatorial mounts have a small variation in the worm gears which can be corrected by using Period Error Correction or PEC. PEC is a system which improves the tracking accuracy of the mount by compensating for variations in the worm gear and is especially useful when doing astrophotography without autoguiding. Because the variations are regular, it is possible to record the corrections required to cancel out the worm gear variations and to play them back.

In order to use the PEC function, the Go2Nova hand controller needs to record the PE first. The periodic error of the worm gear drive will be used to correct periodic error. The data will be lost when the power is turned off.

Here’s how to use the PEC function.

1.Setup the mount with a telescope in autoguiding condition by connecting a guiding camera to a computer via mount’s Guide Port or ASCOM protocol;

2.Press MENU, select “Auto Guide” and press ENTER. Select a guiding speed from 0.20X to

1.00X;

3.Then press the BACK button and select “PEC Option” from the menu. Use the ▲ and ▼ scroll buttons to display the “Record PEC” option and press ENTER to start record the PE.

4.It takes the worm gear 600 seconds to make one complete revolution. After 600 seconds PEC will automatically stop recording.

5.The data will be lost when the power is turned off.

5.6.Set User Objects

Besides various star lists available in the hand controller --you can add, edit or delete your own user- defined objects. You can also add your favorite observation object into the user object list for easy sky surfing. Up to 60 user objects can be stored here.

To set user objects, press MENU button, from the main menu, scroll down and select “Set User Objects”.

Set Up Controller

Align

PEC Option

Set User Objects