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.

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

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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 Links 0.2 Getting Started A GPS module makes life a lot easier. It automatically sets the time and location for you Set Local Time 2007-06-18 Daylight Time saving√ What’s Next? Appendix Chapter.1 Set Up And Alignment1.0 Basic Symbols 1.1 Set Up 1.2.2 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 database 2.6 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 Stars 3.1 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 structures FIG.4 Equatorial Mode People usually use alt-zi mode to observe land objects Chapter. 4 How to ObserveUse slower speed for fine tuning 4.2 Observing using arrow keys 4.4 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 galaxy o 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 nebula o 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 cluster genitive APPENDIX CModern Constellations constellation Canis Minoris 1690, Firmamentum Sobiescianum, Hevelius Musca LynxMicroscopium 1624, Bartsch Pyxis PiscesPiscis Austrinus Puppis Volans Australe Azimuth APPENDIX D Celestial CoordinatesFIG.D1 Altitude FIG.D2 δ, declinationt, hour angle δ, declination α, right ascension FIG. D3 You 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 SPECIFICATIONS Product Appendix FProducts List Item # IOPTRON TWO YEAR TELESCOPE, MOUNT, AND CONTROLLER WARRANTY

iOptron 8401 manual Equatorial Mode

Models: 8401

Equatorial Mode

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