Orion 9533, 9535, 9536

auto two‑star align

As with Sky Align, Auto Two-Star Align requires you to enter

all the necessary time/site information as referenced in the

section entitled Initial Setup. Once this information is entered

and confirmed, StarSeeker will prompt you to select and point

the telescope at one known star. In other words, you will need

to input the chosen star’s name into the hand controller. You

cannot simply choose a bright object. The StarSeeker now

has all the information it needs to automatically choose a sec-

ond star that will assure the best possible alignment. Once

selected, the telescope will automatically slew to that second

alignment star to complete the alignment. With the StarSeeker

set up outside with all accessories attached and the tripod

leveled, follow the steps below to align the telescope:

1. Once the StarSeeker is powered on, Press ENTER to

begin alignment.

2. Use the Up and Down scroll keys (10) to select Auto Two-

Star Align and press ENTER.

3. The hand control will display the last time and location

information that was entered into the hand control. Use

the Up and Down buttons to confirm the information or

make any necessary revisions. Press ENTER to accept

the current information (or press UNDO) to manually edit

the information (see Sky Align section for detailed instruc-

tion on entering time/site information).

4. The display will now prompt you to select a bright star

from the displayed list on the hand control. Use Up and

Down buttons (6 and 9 on the keypad) to scroll to the

desired star and then press ENTER.

5. Use the arrow buttons to slew the telescope to the star

you selected. Center the star in the EZ Finder II and press

ENTER. Finally, center the star in the eyepiece and press

ALIGN.

6. Based on this information, the StarSeeker will automati-

cally display the most suitable second alignment star that

is above the horizon. Press ENTER to automatically slew

the telescope to the displayed star. If for some reason you

do not wish to select this star (perhaps it is behind a tree

or building), you can either:

 •PresstheUNDObutton todisplaythenextmostsuit-

able star for alignment.

 •UsetheUPandDOWNscrollbuttonstomanuallyselect

any star you wish from the entire list of available stars.

Once finished slewing, the display will ask you to use the

arrow buttons to align the selected star with the red dot of the

EZ Finder II. Once centered in the finder, press ENTER. The

display will then instruct you to center the star in the field of

view of the eyepiece. When the star is centered, press ALIGN

to accept this star as your second alignment star. When the

telescope has been aligned to both stars the display will read

Align Success, and you are now ready to find your first object.

two star alignment

With the two-star alignment method, the StarSeeker requires

the user to know the names and positions of two bright stars

in order to accurately align the telescope with the sky and

begin finding objects. Here is an overview of the two-star

alignment procedure:

1. Once the StarSeeker is powered on, use the Up and

Down scroll keys (10) to select Two-Star Align, and press

ENTER.

2. Press ENTER to accept the time/site information dis-

played on the display, or press UNDO to enter new infor-

mation.

3. The SELECT STAR 1 message will appear in the top row

of the display. Use the Up and Down scroll keys (10) to

select the star you wish to use for the first alignment star.

Press ENTER.

4. StarSeeker then asks you to center in the eyepiece the

alignment star you selected. Use the direction arrow

buttons to slew the telescope to the alignment star and

carefully center the star in the finderscope. Press ENTER

when centered.

5. Then, center the star in the eyepiece and press ALIGN.

HELPFUL HINT: In order to accurately center the alignment

star in the eyepiece, you may wish to decrease the slew rate

of the motors for fine centering. This is done by pressing the

RATE key (11) on the hand controller then selecting the num-

ber that corresponds to the speed you desire. (9 = fastest,

1 = slowest).

6. S tarSeeker will then ask you to sel ect and center a sec-

ond alignment star and press the ALIGN key. It is best to

choose alignment stars that are a good distance away

from one another. Stars that are at least 40° to 60° apart

from each other will give you a more accurate alignment

than stars that are close to each other.

Once the second star alignment is completed properly, the

display will read Align Successful, and you should hear the

tracking motors turn-on and begin to track.

one‑star align

One-Star Align requires you to input all the same informa-

tion as you would for the Two-Star Align procedure. However,

instead of slewing to two alignment stars for centering and

alignment, the StarSeeker uses only one star to model the

sky based on the information given. This will allow you to

roughly slew to the coordinates of bright objects like the moon

and planets and gives the StarSeeker the information needed

to track objects in altazimuth in any part of the sky. One-Star

Align is not meant to be used to accurately locate small or

faint deep-sky objects or to track objects accurately for pho-

tography.

To use One-Star Align:

1. Select One-Star Align from the alignment options.