Appendix A: Upgrading The Firmware In Your Mount And Hand Control - Celestron CGX Instruction Manual

• Enter R.A. - Dec: You can also store a specific set of
coordinates for an object just by entering the R A and
declination for that object Scroll to the "Enter RA-DEC"
command and press ENTER The display will then ask
you to enter first the R A and then the declination of the
desired object
• Save Land Object: The telescope can also be used as
a spotting scope on terrestrial objects Fixed land objects
can be stored by saving their altitude and azimuth relative
to the location of the telescope at the time of observing
Since these objects are relative to the location of the
telescope, they are only valid for that exact location To
save land objects, once again center the desired object in
the eyepiece Scroll down to the "Save Land Obj" command
and press ENTER The display will ask you to enter a
number between 1 and 200 to identify the object Press
ENTER again to save this object to the database
To replace the contents of any of the user defined-objects,
simply save a new object using one of the existing
identification numbers; the telescope will replace the
previous user-defined object with the current one
Get R.A./DEC - Displays the right ascension and declination
for the current position of the telescope
Goto R.A./Dec - Allows you to input a specific R A and
declination and slew to it
Hint: To store a set of coordinates (R A /Dec) permanently
into the database, save it as a User-Defined Object as
described above
Identify
Identify Mode will search any of the mount's database
catalogs or lists and display the name and offset distances
to the nearest matching objects This feature can serve two
purposes First, it can be used to identify an unknown object
in the field of view of your eyepiece Additionally, Identify
Mode can be used to find other celestial objects that are
close to the objects you are currently observing For example,
if your telescope is pointed at the brightest star in the
constellation Lyra, choosing Identify and then searching the
Named Star catalog will no doubt return the star Vega as
the star you are observing However, by selecting Identify
and searching by the Named Object or Messier catalogs,
the hand control will let you know that the Ring Nebula (M57)
is approximately 6° from your current position Searching the
Double Star catalog will reveal that Epsilon Lyrae is only 1°
away from Vega To use the Identify feature:
• Press the Menu button and select the Identify option
• Use the Up/Down scroll keys to select the catalog
that you would like to search
• Press ENTER to begin the search
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NOTE: Some of the databases contain thousands of
objects and can therefore take several minutes to return the
closest objects.
Precise GoTo
The mount has a Precise Goto function that can assist in
finding extremely faint objects and centering objects closer
to the center of the field of view for astroimaging Precise
GoTo automatically searches out the closest bright star to
the desired object and asks the user to carefully center the
star in the eyepiece The hand control then calculates the
small difference between its GoTo position and its centered
position Using this offset, the mount will then slew to the
desired object with enhanced accuracy
To use Precise GoTo:
1 Press the MENU button and use the Up/Down keys
to select Precise GoTo
• Choose Database to select the object that you want
to observe from any of the database catalogs listed or;
• Choose R A /DEC to enter a set of celestial coordinates
that you wish to slew to
2 Once the desired object is selected, the hand control
will search out and display the closest bright star to
your desired object Press ENTER to slew to the bright
alignment star
3 Use the direction buttons to carefully center the alignment
star in the eyepiece
4 Press ENTER to slew to the desired object
Appendix A:
Upgrading the Firmware in Your
Mount and Hand Control
To check for new firmware updates, refer to this URL:
http://software celestron com/updates/CFM/CFM/
1 Plug your NexStar+ hand control into the AUX1 or
AUX2 port
2 Plug a standard USB B cable from your mount to
your PC
3 Plug power into the CGX and power it on
4 Open Celestron Firmware Manager (CFM)
5 CFM will check your hardware and scan for updates
CFM will automatically determine which components
will require updating
6 Proceed to click "Update" in CFM and allow updates
to complete