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- Page 1 Manual orion ® sky Wizard ™ #7801 Electronic Finder & Sky Catalog Model 1 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 034 Rev C 1099...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Your Orion Sky Wizard Model 1 will put the fun back in your telescope observing. It provides a digital readout of celestial coordinates, a database of the more than 110 of the most interest- ing 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 It is the last step in the installation procedure before Use the UP and DOWN keys to select the proper character, going out into the field. Please do this test before calling Orion and then press ENTER to move to the next character. When support for assistance.
- Page 4 installed upside down. Remember that the wires on the ends your telescope mount needs to be aimed to a particular posi- tion once each time you set up to observe. The accuracy of of the leads should extend away from the encoder shaft. Sky Wizard is dependent upon you accurately setting the ini- To check the RA axis, again point the telescope up and slightly tial index mark for this position, so take your time.
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Page 5: Operation
Turn on Sky Wizard. It will briefly display the startup message After Sky Wizard determines the transformation resulting ORION SKY WIZARD V 1.14. The numbers displayed are the from star alignment, it displays a measure of how well the software version number. Sky Wizard will display one of the alignment agrees with its star data. - Page 6 Press ENTER after setting the last digit and the display will show the coordinates. JUPITER Example CATALOG display for selecting an object from the SATURN star (ST) list: URANUS Enter number: ST27 0513+028 Coordinates: NEPTUNE Description: MAG=4.5 SIZE=7.0 PLUTO RHO ORION COLORED DOUBLE STAR...
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Page 7: Sample Observing Session
We turn on the Sky Wizard. It will briefly ENTER. FIND takes the last object selected from the display the startup message ORION SKY WIZARD V1.14 CATALOG, compares the object’s coordinates with the cur- (1.14 is the software version number). Then it will display rent telescope position, and displays steering directions. - Page 8 base and the smart function called FIND. To start, let’s just stay in RA DEC mode and swing the tele- scope around to one of our favorites, M37 in the constellation Auriga. The coordinates are 0552+326. We are currently posi- tioned on Mizar at 1324+549.
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Page 9: Specifications
using the sYnc Function Equatorial Setup Based on two star sightings, polar alignment not required. Declination While observing we notice most of the objects are off toward must initially be set to Dec=0. the same edge of the field of view when we zero the FIND Latitude, longitude, date, and time not display. -
Page 10: Catalog Listings
M041 06 47.0 -20 44 CMa open cluster dense M088 12 32.0 +14 25 Com very elongated galaxy with M042 Great Orion Nebula 05 35.4 -05 27 nebula bright core M043 05 35.6 -05 16 nebula bright with dust M089 12 35.7... -
Page 11: The Setup Star List
6. the sEtuP star list M090 12 36.8 +13 10 very elongated galaxy with bright core M091 12 35.4 +14 30 10.2 Com elongated galaxy with bright core The SETUP mode contains a short list of 28 bright naviga- tional stars which make the initial star alignment operation go M092 17 17.1 +43 08... -
Page 12: Troubleshooting Your Sky Wizard
7. troubleshooting Your the sky Wizard cannot find anything. The Wizard is way off. The scope points at the ground or is sky Wizard more than 20° off of known targets. Warp values are 20.0 or greater. readouts do not change when you move the 1. -
Page 13: Quick Reference
0.8 or less. Verify star identification and Basic setup & use start over if the factor is higher. Important: Before using your Orion Sky Wizard for the first Displaying celestial coordinates time you need to run the INSTALL program and enter the 1. - Page 14 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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