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#9533 80mm GoTo Refractor, #9535 114mm GoTo Reflector
#9536 130mm GoTo Reflector
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E‑mail: support@telescope.com
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89 Hangar Way, Watsonville, CA 95076
Providing Exceptional Consumer Optical Products Since 1975
IN 347 Rev. A 11/08

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  • Page 1 Manual orion starseekers ® #9533 80mm GoTo Refractor, #9535 114mm GoTo Reflector #9536 130mm GoTo Reflector customer support (800)‑676‑1343 E‑mail: support@telescope.com Corporate Offices (831)‑763‑7000 89 Hangar Way, Watsonville, CA 95076 Providing Exceptional Consumer Optical Products Since 1975 IN 347 Rev. A 11/08...
  • Page 2 Star Pointer Finderscope Eyepiece Focuser Knob Tube Ring Optical Tube Fork Arm Collimation Tripod Adjustment Knobs (114 & 130 models only) Accessory Tray w/ Hand Control Holder Hand Control Leg Lock Knobs Figure 2. StarSeeker 114mm & 130mm Reflecting Telescopes (114mm model shown)
  • Page 3 Tube Ring Star Pointer Fork Arm Clamp Finderscope Eyepiece Accessory Tray w/ Hand Control Holder Hand Control Optical Tube Star Tripod Assembly Diagonal Focuser Knob Leg Lock Knobs Figure 3. The Starseeker 80mm Refractor Telescope...

  • Page 4: Parts Identification

    Parts identification optical tube: Fork arm: This is the main component of the Mounts to the tripod (10) holds the Tube telescope. Ring Clamp (2) and houses the two motors. The hand controller and power supply will also plug into this piece. tube clamp: Holds the telescope to the fork arm.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Never use an eyepiece solar filter or a Herschel wedge. Internal heat build-up inside the telescope can cause Congratulations on your purchase of the Orion StarSeeker! these devices to crack or break, allowing unfiltered sun- The StarSeeker ushers in a whole new generation of com- light to pass through to the eye.

  • Page 6: Attaching The Telescope To The Tripod

    Tripod Fork Arm Mounting Base Platform Locking bolt Coupling (underneath Screw Accessory tray accessory tray) Figure 4. Figure 5. Attaching the fork arm to the tripod The accessory tray/hand control holder ORIENTATION BY HAND! Otherwise, the gears and motors The accessory tray has a built-on hand control holder protrud- may be damaged.

  • Page 7: The Eyepiece

    Eyepiece EZ Finder II Eyepiece Eyepiece EZ Finder II Adapter Thumbscrew Focus knob Eyepiece Adapter Thumbscrew Focus knob Figure 7. Visual accessories for the StarSeeker 114mm & 130mm Eyepiece adapter Star diagonal To remove the eyepiece, loosen the thumbscrew on the eye- piece adapter and slide the eyepiece out.

  • Page 8: Hand Control

    Figure 1. Tighten the thumbscrew on the dovetail holder to Sight tube secure the EZ Finder II in place. ON/OFF operation Brightness control The EZ Finder II works by projecting a tiny red dot onto a lens mounted in the front of the unit. When you look through the EZ Finder II, the red dot will appear to float in space, helping you locate even the faintest of deep space objects.

  • Page 9: Direction Buttons

    6. tour: Activates the tour mode, which seeks out all the best objects for a given month and automatically slews the StarSeeker to those objects. 7. Enter: Pressing Enter allows you to select any of the StarSeeker functions, accept entered parameters and slew the telescope to displayed objects.

  • Page 10: Alignment Procedure

    • Press the RATE key on the hand control. The LCD will Definition display the current speed rate in the upper right corner. “Altazimuth” or “Alt-Az” refers to a type of mounting that • Press the number on the hand control that corresponds allows a telescope to move in both altitude (up and to the desired speed.

  • Page 11: Sky Align

    Time - Enter the current time for your area. You can enter For the second alignment object, choose a bright star or either the local time (i.e. 8:00), or you can enter military planet as far as possible from the first alignment object. time (i.e.

  • Page 12: Two Star Alignment

    auto two‑star align begin finding objects. Here is an overview of the two-star alignment procedure: As with Sky Align, Auto Two-Star Align requires you to enter all the necessary time/site information as referenced in the Once the StarSeeker is powered on, use the Up and section entitled Initial Setup.

  • Page 13: Solar System Align

    StarSeeker then asks you to center in the eyepiece the The Sun can be removed from the display by using the same procedure as above. alignment star you selected. Use the direction arrow buttons to slew the telescope to the alignment star and To improve the telescope pointing accuracy, you can use the carefully center the star in the finderscope.

  • Page 14: Finding Planets

    For example, to find the Orion Nebula, press the “M” key and enter “042”. • Use the Up and Down keys to select the planet that you wish to observe.
  • Page 15 EQ North Used to track the sky when the telescope is location of the telescope at the time of observing. Since these objects are relative to the location of the telescope, they are polar aligned using an equatorial wedge in the Northern Hemisphere.

  • Page 16: Scope Setup Features

    scope setup Features If you want to explore the entire object database, set the maxi- mum altitude limit to 90° and the minimum limit to -90°. This will Setup Time-Site - Allows the user to customize the StarSeeker display every object in the database lists regardless of whether display by changing time and location parameters (such as it is visible in the sky from your location or not.

  • Page 17: Image Orientation

    Select Hibernate from the Utility Menu. Move the telescope to a desire position and press ENTER. Power off the telescope. Remember to never move your telescope manually while in Hibernate mode. Reversed from left to right, as Inverted image as viewed Once the telescope is powered on again the display will read viewed with a star diagonal with the eyepiece directly in...

  • Page 18: General Observing Hints

    To convert degrees to feet at 1,000 yards, which is more use- ing contrast while a neutral density ful for terrestrial observing, simply multiply by 52.5. Continuing with our example, multiply the angular field 2.2° by 52.5. This or polarizing filter produces a linear field width of 115.5 feet at a distance of one will reduce over- thousand yards.

  • Page 19: Telescope Maintenance

    side our own Milky Way. Most deep sky objects have a large angular size. Therefore, Figure 10. Seeing conditions directly affect quality. These drawings low-to-moderate represent a point source (i.e., star) under bad seeing conditions power is all you (right). Most often, seeing conditions produce images that lie some need to see them.
  • Page 20 Support screws Collimation screws Figure 12. Collimation adjustment screws for the StarSeeker Figure 11. The view of a collimated telescope as seen through 114mm and 130mm. the focuser of the StarSeeker 114mm and 130mm reflectors. and 130mm, however, have collimation screws that can be Rear used to adjust the alignment of the primary mirror.

  • Page 21: Specifications

    specifications StarSeeker 130 Primary Mirror: 130mm Diameter, center-marked, StarSeeker 80 Parabolic Objective Lens: 80mm Diameter, multi-coated air Focal Length: 650mm spaced doublet Focal Ratio: Focal Length: 400mm Focuser: 1.25" Rack and Pinion Focal Ratio: Mirror Coatings: Aluminum with SiO overcoat Objective Focuser: 1.25"...
  • Page 22 starseeker Menu tree StarSeeker The above figure is a menu tree showing the sub-menus associated with the primary command functions.

  • Page 23: Appendix A - Glossary

    appendix a ‑ actually our nearest example of a multiple star system, it consists of three stars, two very similar to our Sun and GlossarY oF tErMs one dim, small, red star orbiting around one another. c ‑ a‑ Celestial Equator: The projection of the Earth’s equator on Absolute magnitude: The apparent magnitude that a star to the celestial sphere.
  • Page 24 P ‑ expressed on a magnitude scale, is -26.78. The zero point of the apparent magnitude scale is arbitrary. Parallax: Parallax is the difference in the apparent position of an object against a background when viewed by an Meridian: A reference line in the sky that starts at the North observer from two different locations.

  • Page 25: Appendix B - Rs232 Connection

    Resolution: The minimum detectable angle an optical sys- Waxing Moon: The period of the moon’s cycle between new tem can detect. Because of diffraction, there is a limit to and full, when its illuminated portion is increasing. the minimum angle, resolution. The larger the aperture, Z ‑...
  • Page 26 appendix c ‑ MaPs oF tiME ZonEs...
  • Page 34 This warranty is for the benefit of the original retail purchaser only. During this warranty period Orion Telescopes & Binoculars will repair or replace, at Orion’s option, any warranted instrument that proves to be defective, provided it is returned postage paid to: Orion Warranty Repair, 89 Hangar Way, Watsonville, CA 95076.

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