Celestron NexStar SE Series Instruction Manual page 13

4 The display will now prompt you to select a bright star from the displayed list on the hand control Use the SCROLL UP
and SCROLL DOWN buttons to scroll to view your options Then, select the desired star and press ENTER
5 Use the arrow buttons to slew the telescope to the star you selected Center the star in the finderscope and press ENTER
Next, center the star in the eyepiece and press ALIGN
6 Next, the hand control will automatically display the most suitable second alignment star that is above the horizon Press
ENTER to automatically slew the telescope to the displayed star If, for some reason, you do not wish to select this star
(perhaps it is behind a tree or building), you can either:
• Press the BACK button to display the next most suitable star for alignment
• Use the SCROLL UP and SCROLL DOWN buttons to manually select any star you wish from the entire list of available stars
Once the telescope finishes slewing, the display will ask you to use the arrow buttons to center align the selected star in
the red dot finderscope Once this is done, press ENTER The display will then instruct you to center the star in the field of
view of the eyepiece When the star is centered, press ALIGN to accept this star as your second alignment star When the
telescope has been aligned to both stars the display will read "Align Success " You are now ready to find your first object
TWO-STAR ALIGN
With the two-star alignment method, the NexStar SE requires the user to know the positions of two bright stars in order to
accurately align the telescope with the sky and begin finding objects Here is an overview of the two-star alignment procedure:
1 Once the telescope is powered on, use the SCROLL UP and SCROLL DOWN buttons to select Two-Star Align
Press ENTER
2 The hand control will display the last time and location information that was entered into the hand control Press ENTER
to accept the current information or press BACK to manually edit the information (see SkyAlign section on page 10
for detailed instruction on entering time/site information)
3 The SELECT STAR 1 message will appear in the top row of the display Use the SCROLL UP and SCROLL DOWN
buttons to choose the star you wish to use as the first alignment star Press ENTER
4 The hand control will then prompt you to center the alignment star you selected Use the direction arrow buttons
to slew the telescope to the alignment star and carefully center the star in the finderscope Press ENTER when the
object is centered
5 Then, center the star in the eyepiece Press ALIGN
HINT: In order to accurately center the alignment star in the eyepiece, you may wish to decrease the slew rate of the motors
for fine centering. You can do this by pressing the MOTOR SPEED button on the hand control and selecting the
number that corresponds to the speed you desire (9 = fastest, 1 = slowest).
6 The hand control will then prompt you to select and center a second alignment star Press ENTER when this star is cen-
tered in the finderscope Next, center the star in the eyepiece Use the same motor slew directions and GoTo approach
angle as noted previously Press the ALIGN button It is best to choose alignment stars that are a good distance away
from one another Stars that are at least 40º to 60º apart will give you a more accurate alignment than stars that are closer
to each other
Once the second star alignment is completed, the display will read "Align Successful", and you should hear the tracking
motors turn on and begin to track
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