Table Of Contents - Avalon Instruments StarGo2 Pro User Manual

1. Introduction..................................................................................................................................3
2. The StarGO2 Controller................................................................................................................3
2.1 The StarGO2 On-Device Display (SODD)..............................................................................4
2.1.1. The Primary Main Screen (Fig. 2.1)..............................................................................4
2.1.2. The Secondary Main Screens.......................................................................................5
2.1.4. The Mount Setup Screen (Figures 2.4).........................................................................6
2.2. The External Display.............................................................................................................6
2.2.1. Connection to the external device...............................................................................6
2.2.2. Cable Connection.........................................................................................................7
2.2.3. Wireless Connection....................................................................................................7
2.3. Use of the StarGO2 External Display (SED)..........................................................................8
3. Telescope Operations with the StarGO2....................................................................................11
3.1. Smart Device Direct Operations.........................................................................................11
3.1.1 Smart Device Direct Operations with SkySafari.........................................................12
3.1.2 Smart Device Direct Operations with kStars lite........................................................16
3.2. Computer Direct Operations..............................................................................................18
3.2.1. KStars, EKOS...............................................................................................................19
3.2.2. Using Cart du Ciel (or Sky Chart) as Planetary app instead of kStars........................28
3.2.3 Using Stellarium Planetary app instead of kStars......................................................32
3.2.4 Use of PHD2 instead of the internal EKOS guiding tool.............................................34
3.3. Computer Remote Operations...........................................................................................36
3.3.1 Use of CDC from an external computers...................................................................37
3.3.2 Connection to StarGO2 of Stellarium residing on an external computer..................38
3.4 Connecting the StarGO to external astrophotography software.......................................40
3.4.1 Accessing the ASCOM Chooser from several applications........................................41
3.4.2. Choosing the StarGO2 driver.....................................................................................45
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