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Orion 7880 instruction manual FCN Button, Dec. Coordinates, Realignment Function

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of the Dec. coordinate will be flashing. Use the arrow buttons to select “+” or “-”for the Dec. coordinate. Then, the first two digits of the Dec. coordinate will begin flashing. Press the two numerical buttons that correspond to the degrees value of the Dec. coordinate. Then the tenth of a degree value for the Dec coordinate will begin flashing. Press the numerical button that corresponds to the tenths of a degree value for the Dec. coordinate.

You have now input the data for your first user-defined object. Remember that this object is now “NEW01”. If you wish to view this object in the future, press theUser button, and press Enter once “NEW01” is selected. The guide arrows will then tell you where to point your telescope to find the user-defined object.

If you wish to input another user-defined object, select “NEW02” (by using numerical but- tons or the arrow buttons) after pressing the User button and input the data as outlined previously. If you select a “NEW” object number that you have already entered coordi- nates for and attempt to input new data, you will lose the data that was input previously. You may find it convenient to keep a written log of the “NEW” objects so that you can eas- ily keep track of them.

11. The FCN Button

The IntelliScope Computerized Object Locator has several other useful functions, a cou- ple of which can be accessed by using the FCN (function) button.

R.A. and Dec. Coordinates

By simply pressing the FCN button, the controller will give a continuous readout of the telescope’s current R.A. and Dec. coordinates. This can be helpful and powerful in a number of ways. You can easily find any object in the night sky if you know its right ascension and declination coordinates. Grab any star atlas, choose any object you wish to view, be it faint galaxy or random star, and jot down its coordinates. Then, once you have aligned the IntelliScope system, you can point the telescope to that location by simply pressing the FCN button and moving the telescope until the R.A. and Dec. coor- dinates displayed match the coordinates of the object you wish to view. You can also press the FCN button at any time to display the current R.A. and Dec. coordinates of whatever you are currently viewing.

A common use for the FCN button is to locate “transient” objects, such as comets and asteroids. To find these objects you will need to learn their coordinates from astronomy resources, such as Astronomy, Sky & Telescope or a reliable astronomy website. Comet and asteroid positions will change from night to night, so entering the current coordinates into the user-defined database is generally not useful.

After pressing the FCN button, the R.A. and Dec. coordinates corresponding to the cen- ter of the telescope’s field of view are displayed on the first line of the LCD screen. The lower left of the screen indicates the current constellation the telescope is pointing to. The lower right numbers are the current azimuth (“AZ”) and altitude (“ALT”) coordinates of the telescope; this information is generally not useful.

The Realignment Function

This function is useful for obtaining a new alignment fix during an observing session to correct for small pointing errors. Use this function only when pointing accuracy for a cer- tain area of the sky appears to be poor compared to other areas of the sky. This is evi- dent when objects in one area of the sky consistently fall at the edge or just outside the field of view (of the 25mm eyepiece) when the numbers on the LCD screen read 0.0 0.0.

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7880 specifications

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