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- Page 1 inStruCtion Manual orion ® SkyView Pro intelliScope ® ™ upgrade Kit #7885 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 274 REV B 12/05...
- Page 2 Right ascension encoder IntelliScope object locator hand controller 9V battery 3/32” hex key Loctite liquid thread-locker Hand controller cable Declination encoder Declination adapter Socket-head cap screws Declination encoder magnet ring Nylon hook-and-loop strip Figure 1. The SkyView Pro IntelliScope Upgrade Kit.
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Page 3: Parts List
Congratulations on your purchase of a SkyView Pro (SVP) IntelliScope Upgrade Kit. This kit contains all the parts needed to transform your SkyView Pro equatorial mount into a computerized system. Once installed, the IntelliScope object locator will direct your telescope to point to thousands of astronomical targets (over 14,000!) in the night sky. You’ll find yourself observing more objects in one night than you ever have before! Please take the time to read this instruction manual before attempting to install and use the SVP IntelliScope kit. - Page 4 R.A. encoder onto the rear casting of the SVP mount’s Lock levers R.A. axis (Figure 4). The slot in the encoder’s housing should line up with the casting feature on the rear of the mount’s R.A. axis. Do not retighten the screws on the exte- rior of the R.A.
- Page 5 Figure 9. The Dec. encoder installs onto the Dec. adapter. The slot in the Dec. adapter should line up with the Dec. encoder’s Figure 10. SkyView Pro IntelliScope cable installation. modular jack. “tuning” the Encoders Cable and Hand Controller installation Now that the encoders are installed, and the cabling is con- 11.Slide the battery cover off the back of the IntelliScope...
- Page 6 and reinstall the encoder. For the Dec. encoder, additional Dec. radius number tuning can be done by rotating the Dec. adapter relative to the mount (i.e. so the slot in it is oriented differently than R.A. radius number shown in Figure 6). Also, be sure the magnet rings are not cross-threaded on the mount.
- Page 7 Telescope pointing to relative west 0° on Dec. setting circle Figure 14a-c. (14a.) To make the Dec = 0° reference mark, first orient the mount so that the telescope tube is parallel with the R.A. axis and the counterweight shaft is horizontal. (14b) Once a distant object is centered with the latitude L-bolts and azimuth adjustment knobs, rotate the mount precisely 180°...
- Page 8 controller to turn off. If the controller does turn off, you will need to perform the initial alignment procedure again. If the LCD screen and the buttons’ backlighting automatically begin to dim, it’s time to change batteries. Note Regarding Polar Alignment The mount does not need to be polar aligned for the IntelliScope system to work properly to find objects.
- Page 9 using additional Star alignments the telescope so that it is pointing at that star (but don’t press the Enter button yet). A clever feature of the IntelliScope object locator is its ability to use multiple star alignments in order to improve pointing accu- Note: The controller will not accept Polaris as the first alignment racy across the entire sky.
- Page 10 Figure 16a-c. This sequence of pictures illustrate how the controller’s guide arrows will look as you are finding an object. (a.) When you are far away from the object, there will be a number (from 10 to 179) to the left of the guide arrows. (b.) When you are close to the object, each guide arrow will display a number on its immediate left (from 0 to 9) and immediate right (from 0 to 9);...
- Page 11 PLUTO sion and declination. When you are finished viewing the planet, you may scroll to another planet by using the arrow Smaller than our own Moon, Pluto is very, very faint and buttons. shows little more than a point of light similar to a star. Even The planetary features and details you can see will vary from the Hubble Space Telescope is unable to show much detail planet to planet.
- Page 12 beyond the already mentioned Messier catalog. To be more (brightness), size (in arc-minutes or arc-seconds), and a brief precise, the version of the New General Catalog used in the scrolling text description. IntelliScope object locator is an improved version known as When you are finished viewing the selected IC object, you the “Revised New General Catalog”;...
- Page 13 the Galaxy button again. thousands of stars packed into a spherical shape by mutual gravity. Globular clusters reside outside the disk of the Milky D. Locating Stars Way galaxy and orbit the galaxy’s center. It is believed that The IntelliScope database contains 837 stars. Stars always globular clusters are formed as a natural consequence of gal- appear like tiny points of light.
- Page 14 press the Star button, select “VARIABLE,” and press Enter. The current constellation is shown in the lower left, and the double star’s name is in the lower right. 4. Catalog (ST) Stars Note: Double stars typically have names like “Zeta” (Greek The “ST”...
- Page 15 adding user-Defined objects nitude (brightness), size (in arc minutes or seconds), and a brief text description. Not only does the IntelliScope’s database contain over 14,000 fascinating objects to view, you can even add your own! Up to When you have finished viewing the first tour object for the 99 user-defined objects can be entered into the database by selected month, you can continue the tour by pressing the means of the User button.
- Page 16 the FCn Button IntelliScope system to the object centered in the telescope. The LCD screen will display a new “warp factor” associated The IntelliScope Computerized Object Locator has several with the new alignment. If this number is greater than ±0.7, other useful functions, a couple of which can be accessed by you may want to consider resetting the controller to perform using the FCN (function) button.
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Page 17: Specifications
The LCD screen will now display two lines of data. The bottom relation to the SkyView Pro IntelliScope system. line of data corresponds to the R.A. encoder, while the upper line of data corresponds to the Dec. -
Page 18: Appendix B: Adjusting
aPPEnDiX a: • Is the telescope pointing west when the Dec. = 0° initial posi- tion is set? If the telescope is pointing east, then you will need trouBlESHootinG tHE to remove the tube from the mount (leaving the tube rings and tube ring mounting plate attached), rotate it by 180°, and intElliSCoPE SYStEM replace it on the mount. - Page 19 eyepiece in position. Make sure the eyepiece will remain on the R.A. crosshairs of the illuminated reticle eyepiece stationary while the telescope is slewed; if you are using a (Figure 18). star diagonal, do not rotate the diagonal at anytime during 7.
- Page 20 screws near the front of the tube and tighten the optical axis offset screws closer to the back of the tube (Figure 20a). If Polaris or the distant object moves away from cen- ter when the telescope is pushed as in Figure 19, loosen the optical axis offset screws near the back of the tube and tighten the optical axis offset screws closer to the front of the tube (Figure 20b).
- Page 21 aPPEnDiX C: aliGnMEnt Star FinDEr CHartS NORTH SOUTH SPRING Early March 1:00 AM Late March 12:00 AM Early April 12:00 AM* Late April 11:00 PM* Early May 10:00 PM* Late May 9:00 PM* Early June 8:00 PM (dusk)* *Daylight saving time...
- Page 22 NORTH SOUTH SUMMER Early June 2:00 AM* Late June 1:00 AM* Early July 12:00 AM* Late July 11:00 PM* Early August 10:00 PM* Late August 9:00 PM* Early September 8:00 PM (dusk)* *Daylight saving time...
- Page 23 NORTH SOUTH AUTUMN Early September 2:00 AM* Late September 1:00 AM* Early October 12:00 AM* Late October 11:00 PM* Early November 9:00 PM Late November 8:00 PM Early December 7:00 PM *Daylight saving time...
- Page 24 NORTH SOUTH WINTER Early December 2:00 AM Late December 1:00 AM Early January 12:00 AM Late January 11:00 PM Early February 10:00 PM Late February 9:00 PM Early March 8:00 PM...
- Page 25 aPPEnDiX D: ConStEllation aBBrEViationS And Andromeda CVn Canes Venatici Ori Orion Ant Antlia Cyg Cygnus Pav Pavo Aps Apus Del Delphinus Peg Pegasus Per Perseus Aql Aquila Dor Dorado Aqr Aquarius Dra Draco Phe Phoenix Ara Ara Equ Equuleus Pic Pictor Aries Eridanus PsA Piscis Austrinus...
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Page 36: One-Year Limited Warranty
Warranty This Orion SkyView Pro IntelliScope Upgrade Kit is warranted against defects in materials or workman- ship for a period of one year from the date of purchase. 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...
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