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- Page 1 Manual orion ® sky Wizard ™ #7802 Electronic Finder & Sky Catalog Model 2 Customer Support (800) 676-1343 E-mail: support@telescope.com Corporate Offices (831) 763-7000 P.O. Box 1815, Santa Cruz, CA 95061 Providing Exceptional Consumer Optical Products Since 1975 IN 035 1298...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Your Orion Sky Wizard Model 2 will put the fun back in your telescope observing. It pro- vides a digital readout of celestial coordinates, a database of more than 2,000 of the most interesting deep sky subjects and the ability to guide the observer to astronomical objects. It’s designed to work with both Altazimuth (including Dobsonian) and Equatorial type telescope mounts. -
Page 3: Installation
ENTER to advance to the next step. encoder ratio for your install kit. If you purchased an Orion Perfectly Aligned Option (EP or GP). For equatorial tele- install kit for your telescope, the instructions for that kit will list scopes, you can choose a “perfectly aligned”... - Page 4 determine the correct ratios if using gears, divide 2048 into the Be sure to go all the way through the install mode until the word INSTALL reappears to update the changes. encoder resolution (4000 for the larger high resolution, 2160 for the smaller standard resolution).
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Page 5: Operation
Turn on Sky Wizard. It will briefly display the startup message polar-aligned equatorial telescopes; however a second ORION SKY WIZARD V 2.00. The numbers displayed are the sighting is recommended. software version number. Sky Wizard will display one of the... - Page 6 Description: The display shows RA on the left and Dec. on the right. For RHO ORION COLORED DOUBLE STAR an equatorial mount the display will show both 000 on the right ascension axis, and +000 on the declination axis. The...
- Page 7 First the object number is set in the same manner as selecting any catalog object. After the object is selected, press ENTER and the coordinates will be displayed. If you want to change the coordinates press ENTER again. The first digit of the coordi- nates will blink, this digit may be changed by pressing the UP and DOWN buttons to increment or decrement the digit.
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Page 8: Sample Observing Session
Let’s pretend we are observing through our telescope with an equatorial mount, not perfectly polar-aligned. We turn on the Sky PLANETARY NEBULA IRREGULAR Wizard. It will briefly display the startup message ORION SKY SA=08 WIZARD V2.0 (2.0 is the software version number - your unit As you move the telescope the numbers will count down until may have a larger number). -
Page 9: Specifications
0536+341 star. After the first star sighting, simply press one of the arrow M36 coordinates: buttons to advance to another star name. To find Mizar, for M36 scrolling description: M036 MAG 6.0 SIZE=11 AURIGA example, press the UP arrow button until the display reads OPEN CLUSTER RICH SA=05 MIZAR. -
Page 10: Catalog Listings
Power Requirements 5.1 to 12 volts DC Display Modes SETUP function, alignment mode 16 mA, display fully dimmed, typical that uses short star list RA-DEC function, right ascension and 47 mA, display maximum brightness, declination typical CATALOG, complete database of Reverse polarity protected celestial objects from 3 sources Battery Recommended... - Page 11 06 47.0 -20 44 38 CMa open cluster dense M093 07 44.6 -23 52 22 Pup open cluster dense M042 Great Orion Nebula 05 35.4 -05 27 66 nebula M094 12 50.9 +41 07 11 CVn elongated galaxy with bright M043 05 35.6...
- Page 12 ST032 ·305 02 47.5 +19 22 3" double star challenge ST091 Sigma-2 09 10.4 +67 08 4" Uma double star magnitude contrast ST033 RZ 02 48.9 +69 38 * variable star ST092 ·1338 09 21.0 +38 11 1" double star challenge ST034 Pi 02 49.3 +17 28 3"...
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Page 13: Setup Star List
ST150 Mu 17 05.3 +54 28 2" double star equal magnitude ST209 Al Nair 22 08.2 -46 58 * star ST151 Alpha 17 14.6 +14 23 5" double star equal magnitude ST210 41 22 14.3 -21 04 5" colored double star ST152 36 17 15.3 -26 36 5"... -
Page 14: Quick Reference
If it does not change sides, then it is possible Equatorial mounts: DEC=0—set telescope declination to that the cable itself is bad. Contact Orion Technical Support for exactly 0° (Aim scope at celestial equator, 90° from the pole. - Page 15 ENTER. one-Year limited Warranty This Orion Sky Wizard 2 is warranted against defects in materials or workmanship for a period of one year from the date of purchase. This warranty is for the benefit of the original retail purchaser only.
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