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GT020609V3-03.05

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  • Page 1 AZ GOTO TELESCOPES GT020609V3-03.05...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS TELESCOPE ASSEMBLY - GT MOUNTS TELESCOPE ASSEMBLY - MULTIFUNCTION MOUNTS USING THE RED DOT FINDER FOCUSING CALCULATING THE MAGNIFICATION (POWER) THE SYNSCAN INTRODUCTION TO THE SYNSCAN POWERING THE SYNSCAN SYNSCAN AZ HAND CONTROL HAND CONTROL OPERATION INITIAL SETUP STAR ALIGNMENT POINTING ACCURACY ENHANCEMENT (PAE) OBJECT CATALOG...

  • Page 3: Telescope Assembly - Gt Mounts

    TELESCOPE ASSEMBLY - GT MOUNTS TRIPOD SET UP Fig.1 ADJUSTING TRIPOD LEGS (Fig.1) Slowly loosen the height adjustment clamp and gently pull out the lower section of each tripod leg. Tighten the clamps to hold the legs in place. Spread the tripod legs apart to stand the tripod upright. Adjust the height of each tripod leg until the tripod head is properly leveled.

  • Page 4: Telescope Assembly - Multifunction Mounts

    TELESCOPE ASSEMBLY - MULTIFUNCTION MOUNTS TRIPOD & MOUNT SET UP TRIPOD SET UP Fig.6 Fig.7 Remove the tripod from the box and spread the legs apart until fully extended. Adjust the desired height of the tripod before attaching the fork arm and your optical tube. Minor adjustments can be made later.

  • Page 5: Using The Red Dot Finder

    Fig.a Azimuth Sight Tube adjustment ON/OFF control The Red Dot Finder is a zero magnification pointing tool that uses Brightness a coated glass window to superimpose the image of a small red Control dot onto the night sky. The Red Dot Finder is equipped with a Altitude variable brightness control, azimuth adjustment control, and Adjustment...

  • Page 6: The Synscan

    Fig.d-2 Multi-Function Mount The SynScan AZ is a precision-engineered instrument that will allow you to easily find and enjoy SETUP ENTER viewing night sky treasures, such as planets, nebulea, star clusters, galaxies and much more. The TOUR RATE EVENT hand control allows you to point your telescope at a PLANET USER OBJECT...

  • Page 8: Hand Control Operation

    This section provides a step-by-step procedure on how to operate your SynScan AZ hand control. Make sure the mount is level to the ground. Point the telescope roughly to one or a group of visible bright stars in the sky. Connect the hand control to the mount with the provided cable.

  • Page 9: Star Alignment

    In order for the SynScan AZ to correctly point to objects in the sky, it must first be aligned to two to three known positions (stars) in the sky. As the Earth rotates on its axis every 24 hours, astronomical objects appear to move through the sky following an arc.

  • Page 10: Pointing Accuracy Enhancement (Pae)

    Two-Star Alignment The two star alignment procedure is similar to the Brightest Star alignment, except that the hand control will not prompt for you to select a directional region for a bright star. Below describes a step-by-step procedure on how to perform the Two-Star Alignment: In the alignment screen, select 2-Star Align using the scroll keys.

  • Page 11: Object Catalog

    The SynScan AZ comes with a vast database with over 42,900 objects coordinates and information all available in the palm of your hand. The database contains the following catalogs: Solar System - The other 8 planets of our solar system, plus the Moon. Named Star - A list of 212 best known stars from the SynScan AZ database.

  • Page 12: Other Features

    Utility Functions are useful tools that provide simple, one-step processes to your SynScan Show Position - This displays the coordinates of the location where the telescope is currently pointed. Show Information - Under this submenu, you may check local time, local sidereal time, hardware, firmware and database version of the SynScan hand control.
  • Page 13 Fig.o SynScan AZ allows you to save up to 25 objects in the user defined database. Saving an object to the database In the Main Menu, use the scroll keys to scroll down the list until you find Object Catalog. Press ENTER. Select User Defined in the Object Catalog scroll list and press ENTER.

  • Page 14: Identifying An Unknown Object

    Fig.r SynScan AZ has the ability to identify the unknown object the telescope is currently pointing at. To do so, simply: Press the ID key (Fig.r) or scroll down to IDENTIFY in the main menu and press ENTER to identify the object. The hand control will display a list containing the closest known object in each M, IC, NGC, and Named Star catalogs and its distance to the exact location where the telescope is pointed.

  • Page 15: Updating The Synscan

    From version 3.0 onward, the SynScan AZ firmware is user upgradeable. Users can download the latest version of the SynScan AZ firmware from the Sky-Watcher web site and easily update their hand controls. System requirements SynScan AZ Hand Control of version 3.0.or later.
  • Page 16 Click "Browse" to select the SynScanVXXXXAZ.ssf file in the SynScan folder. Click "Update" to start downloading the new firmware into your SynScan AZ hand control. You will see the status of the update below the "Update" and "HC. Version" buttons (Fig.w). Fig.w SynScan Firmware Loader SynScan Firmware Loader...
  • Page 17 MAIN MENU TOUR SETUP MODE UTILITY FUNC. IDENTIFY Date Solar System Show Position Time Show Information Mercury Venus Observ. Site Time Mars Version Daylight Saving Jupiter Temperature Alignment Saturn Power Voltage Uranus Brightest Star Park Scope Align. Neptune Pluto 2-Star Align Moon Clear PAE Data Alignment Stars...

  • Page 18: Technical Specifications

    SynScan AZ SPECIFICATIONS 11 to 15 V DC 1Amp (Tip positive) Power Supply: DC Servo Motors Motor type and resolution: Resolution: GT mount: 1.3746 arc sec Multifunction mount: 942,803 steps/rev Rate 0 = 1.0X Slew speeds: Rate 1 = 2.0X Rate 2 = 8X Rate 3 = 16X Rate 4 = 32X...
  • Page 19 The SynScan AZ telescopes are designed to receive control commands sent from a computer via the RS-232 port and RS-232 cable. Once connected, the SynScan AZ can be controlled by most popular planetarium software program. The SynScan AZ will communicate with the personal computer at 9600 bits/sec, no parity and stop bit.
  • Page 20 Physical Connection Diagram RJ-11 Connector 1= NC 2= RD RD = 2 3= GND GND = 5 4= NC 5= TD TD = 3 6= NC The Back of the DB9 Pinout Sending a track rate through RS232 to the hand control Multiply the desired tracking rate (arc seconds /second) by 4.
  • Page 22 NEVER USE YOUR TELESCOPE TO LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE SUN. PERMANENT EYE DAMAGE WILL RESULT. USE A PROPER SOLAR FILTER FIRMLY MOUNTED ON THE FRONT OF THE TELESCOPE FOR VIEWING THE SUN. WHEN OBSERVING THE SUN, PLACE A DUST CAP OVER YOUR FINDERSCOPE OR REMOVE IT TO PROTECT YOU FROM ACCIDENTAL EXPOSURE.

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