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Celestron StarSense AutoAlign Manual

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Summary of Contents for Celestron StarSense AutoAlign

  • Page 1 M A N U A L...
  • Page 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Warning .
  • Page 3 StarSense™ is patented technology that allows your telescope to determine its position and align itself with the night sky automatically . StarSense AutoAlign’s internal camera captures an image of the sky, and then analyzes it to identify the stars in the image . Based on this information, StarSense can determine the coordinates of the center of the image .

  • Page 4: System Requirements

    CPC, CPC DX Ultima 2000 NexStar 130SLT Reflector NexStar GT (with Aux . splitter) Early generation GoTo mounts (such as Compustar) All Celestron Reflectors and Refractors Packaged with the CGE Pro NexStar GPS Advanced VX Mount Advanced VX Series All Celestron Reflectors and Refractors Packaged with the Advanced CG-5 Mount CG-5 Computerized (with Aux .

  • Page 5: Attaching The Starsense Camera To Your Telescope

    Note: If your telescope does not have an auxiliary port, Remove StarPointer the Auxiliary Port Splitter, (item #93919 available from Celestron), is required . First, plug the splitter 2. Using the Optical Tube Compatibility Chart on Installing large base (front to back) into the auxiliary port .

  • Page 6: Connecting Starsense Hand Control To Your Telescope

    1. Remove the NexStar Hand Control from ENTER to move the cursor through the time and index marks . The tripod does not need to be guide scopes on Celestron 8” Schmidt-Cassegrains your mount . date fields . level . Equatorial mounts should be roughly polar...

  • Page 7: Improving Pointing Accuracy With Starsense

    . Press ENTER . is ready to view objects and StarSense will The first time you use StarSense AutoAlign, then make fine adjustments by looking through accurately locate them in your eyepiece’s field 6.
  • Page 8 . 3. The display will ask if you want to add an alignment 4. Press OPTION (Celestron logo key on bottom solar filter) . Permanent and irreversible eye damage object or replace the existing one .
  • Page 9 40,000+ object database . StarSense AutoAlign’s hand control gives you StarSense contains the following catalogs in its instant access to the night sky . With automatic database: Solar System, Stars, and Deep Sky .
  • Page 10 Pluto . To allow the Sun to be displayed as an of the hand control functions, such as displaying 7. OPTION (Celestron Logo): Can be used in For example, if your telescope is pointed at the option in the database, see Allow Sun option in the information about the object .
  • Page 11 MOTOR SPEED BUTTON HELP BUTTON DATABASE SETUP Press ENTER to accept the value . The telescope can be controlled at nine different The HELP button gives you instant access to SkyTour Filters: These filters allow you to set the Allow Sun: Enable the Sun under the Solar System speed rates .
  • Page 12 If you attempt to slew to an object that is outside tracking (west) for azimuth and counterclockwise play between gears . The amount of compensation keep a guide star centered in the eyepiece . PEC of your slew limits, a warning message will appear in declination .
  • Page 13 display will read Wake Up . After pressing Enter, VIEW / GOTO POSITION Menu Tree you have the option of scrolling through the time/ To slew to a custom coordinate, Press ENTER, site information to confirm the current setting . input the coordinates, then press ENTER to slew Press ENTER to wake up the telescope .
  • Page 14 32-bit processor with embedded Linux Operating System Allow Sun Time and Location USB Port USB 2 .0 Telescope View/Mode Time Auxiliary Port Connects to Celestron telescopes Tracking Rate View/Mode Location Hand Controller Specifications Sidereal, Solar, Lunar, Off Time/Loc . Source Object Database 45,178 RA Only, RA &...
  • Page 15 Tel . (310) 328-9560 Fax . (310) 212-5835 Website: www .celestron .com Copyright 2013 Celestron All rights reserved. (Products or instructions may change without notice or obligation.) Designed and intended for those 14 years of age and older. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rule. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and 2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operations.