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- Page 1 COMPUTERIZED TELESCOPE SkyProdigy 102 ITEM #22090 INSTRUCTION MANUAL...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
INSTRUCTION MANUAL TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Warning SkyProdigy Models ASSEMBLY Assembling SkyProdigy Attaching the Hand Control Holder Attaching the Fork Arm to the Tripod Attaching the Telescope to the Fork Arm The Star Diagonal The Eyepiece Focusing Attaching the Hand Control Powering SkyProdigy The StarPointer Finderscope StarPointer Installation... - Page 3 Advanced Level Menu Items Database Setup Telescope Setup Tracking Slew Limits Direction Buttons Cordwrap Backlash Compensation StarSense Camera SKYPRRODIGY MENU TREE TELESCOPE BASICS Focusing Image Orientation Calculating Magni cation Determining Field of View General Observing Hints CELESTIAL OBSERVING Observing the Moon Lunar Observing Hints Observing the Planets Planetary Observing Hints...
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Page 4: Introduction
*Celestron’s SkyProdigy telescope uses an integrated imaging camera and patented StarSense Technology to automatically align itself with the night sky and determine where the telescope is currently pointing.The camera automatically captures an image of the sky, which is processed internally to positively identify the stars in the image. -
Page 5: Skyprodigy Models
SkyProdigy 102 Telescope 1. Optical Tube 7. Tripod 2. StarPointer Finderscope 8. Accessory Tray 3. Eyepiece 9. Hand Control 4. Diagonal 10. Fork Arm 5. Focus Knob 11. StarSense Camera 6. Tube Clamp Knob 12. Objective Lens... - Page 6 SkyProdigy 6 Telescope 1. Optical Tube 6. Tripod 2. StarPointer Finderscope 7. Accessory Tray 3. Eyepiece 8. Hand Control (Not Shown) 4. Diagonal 9. Fork Arm (Not Shown) 5. Tube Clamp Knob 10. StarSense Camera...
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Page 7: Assembly
INSTRUCTION MANUAL [Continued] ASSEMBLY SkyProdigy comes partially assembled and can be operational in 3. Adjust the tripod height until the bubble level on the tripod a matter of minutes. SkyProdigy is conveniently packaged in one leg is centered (See gure 2-2). reusable shipping carton that contains the following accesso- 4. -
Page 8: Attaching The Telescope To The Fork Arm
Attaching the Telescope to the Fork Arm The Eyepiece The eyepiece, is the optical element that magni es the image fo- Your telescope optical tube has a built on dovetail mounting bar cused by the telescope. To install the eyepiece: used to attach the tube to the fork arm. -
Page 9: Focusing
INSTRUCTION MANUAL Eyepieces are commonly referred to by focal length and barrel Powering the SkyProdigy diameter. The focal length of each eyepiece is printed on the eyepiece barrel. The longer the focal length (i.e., the larger the SkyProdigy can be powered by 8 user supplied D-size alkaline batteries or an optional 12v AC adapter. -
Page 10: The Starpointer Finderscope
StarPointer Installation (SkyProdigy 102) window or your eye. The StarPointer comes equipped with a vari- able brightness control, two axes alignment control and mount- 1. Slide the StarPointer bracket into the dovetail mounting ing brackets. Before the StarPointer is ready to be used, it must platform on top of the focuser assembly (see gure 2-12). -
Page 11: Hand Control
1. Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) Window: Has a four-line, others. 18 character display screen that has red backlighting 7. Option (Celestron Logo): Can be used in combination for comfortable viewing of telescope information and with other keys to access more advanced features and scrolling text. -
Page 12: Starsense Alignment
Tips for Aligning SkyProdigy Remember the following alignment guidelines to make using SkyProdigy as simple and accurate as possible. level tripod will help the telescope better match the images it takes with the actual sky and give you a more accurate determination of your location. -
Page 13: Manual Starsense Alignment
INSTRUCTION MANUAL SkyProdigy also provides two other alignment methods that Solar System Alignment can be used instead of the StarSense Auto Alignment. To access Solar System Align is designed to provide good tracking and the additional alignment methods, Press and hold the OPTION GoTo performance by using solar system objects (Sun, Moon Key and press the ALIGN button. -
Page 14: Re Ne Alignment
Re ne Alignment brightest stars, double (Binary) stars, variable stars, and selected asterisms. Once the telescope is aligned using Solar System Align, you Deep Sky have the option of adding additional alignment objects (either best Galaxies, Nebulae and Clusters, as well as the complete other planets or stars from the Named Star Catalog) in order to Messier and select NGC objects. -
Page 15: Identify Button
INSTRUCTION MANUAL coordinates of the object. Press it again to display the text description. Press BACK to return to the previous screen. to instantly speed up the motors without having to choose a - To slew to the object displayed, press ENTER. speed rate. -
Page 16: Basic Level Menu Items
The Basic functions, which are displayed on the hand control Get Version Info when initially powered on, are the commonly used functions the current version and build number of the hand control, camera that you may need to use every time you use your telescope. and motor control software. -
Page 17: Telescope Setup
INSTRUCTION MANUAL displayed when the IDENTIFY button is pressed. This will Cordwrap not only allow you to set the brightness of the object you want more than 360º in azimuth and wrapping cables around the SkyProdigy to identify but also the distance away from its current base of the telescope. - Page 18 SkyProdigy will then take an image of the sky and calibrate the center of the camera sensor with the star seen in the eyepiece. Note: In order to manually slew the telescope and center a bright star in the eyepiece it may be necessary to rst align the StarPointer nderscope with the eyepiece.
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Page 19: Skyprrodigy Menu Tree
INSTRUCTION MANUAL SKYPRODIGY MENU TREE The following gure is a menu tree showing the sub-menus associated with the MENU functions. MENU DATABASE SETUP SKYTOUR FILTERS CATALOG FILTERS IDENTIFY FILTERS ALLOW SUN TELESCOPE SETUP TRACKING SLEW LIMITS DIRECTION BUTTONS CORDWRAP BACKLASH COMP STARSENSE CAMERA CALIBRATE CAPTURE SETTINGS... -
Page 20: Telescope Basics
52.5. Continuing with our linear eld width of 43.75 feet at a distance of one thousand yards. The apparent eld of each eyepiece that Celestron manufactures is found in the Celestron Accessory Catalog (#93685-11). Reversed from left to right, as... -
Page 21: Celestial Observing
Change to higher power (magni cation) to focus in on a smaller area. Choose the lunar tracking rate from the SkyProdigy’s try using Celestron eyepiece lters. MENU tracking rate options to keep the Moon centered in the eyepiece even at high magni cations. -
Page 22: Seeing Conditions
urban areas washes out most nebulae making them di cult, if not impossible, to observe. Light Pollution Reduction lters help reduce the background sky brightness, thus increasing contrast. Seeing conditions directly a ect image quality. These drawings Seeing Conditions represent a point source (i.e., star) under bad seeing conditions (left) to excellent conditions (right). -
Page 23: Telescope Maintenance
INSTRUCTION MANUAL TELESCOPE MAINTENANCE position relative to the celestial pole means that it moves very little thus eliminating the need to manually track it. While your SkyProdigy telescope requires little maintenance, there are a few things to remember that will ensure your telescope performs at its best. - Page 24 4. Use the hand control buttons to move the de-focused star image to the edge of the eld of view, in the same direction that the central obstruction of the star image is skewed. 5. While looking through the eyepiece, use a screw driver to turn the collimation screw you located in step 2 and 3.
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Page 25: Appendix A - Technical Specifications
INSTRUCTION MANUAL APPENDIX A - TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Optical Specification SkyProdigy 102 SkyProdigy 6 Design Refractor Schmidt-Cassegrain Aperture 102 mm 152 mm Focal Length 660 mm 1500 mm F/ratio of the Optical System Optical Coatings Fully Multi Coated StarBright Coating Highest Useful Magni cation 241x 354x Resolution: Rayleigh Criterion... -
Page 26: Appendix B - Glossary Of Terms
APPENDIX B - GLOSSARY OF TERMS Absolute Magnitude The apparent magnitude that a star would have if it were observed from a standard distance of 10 parsecs, or 32.6 light-years. The absolute magnitude of the Sun is 4.8. at a distance of 10 parsecs, it would just be visible on Earth on a clear moonless night away from surface light. - Page 27 INSTRUCTION MANUAL The angular distance of a celestial body north or south of the celestial equator. It may be said to correspond Declination (DEC) to latitude on the surface of the Earth. The projection of the Earth’s orbit on to the celestial sphere. It may also be de ned as “the apparent yearly Ecliptic A telescope mounting using two independent rotation axes allowing movement of the instrument in Altitude and Azimuth.
- Page 28 Parallax is the di erence in the apparent position of an object against a background when viewed by an Parallax observer from two di erent locations. These positions and the actual position of the object form a triangle from which the apex angle (the parallax), and the distance of the object can be determined if the length of the baseline between the observing positions is known, and the angular direction of the object from each position at the ends of the baseline has been measured.
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Page 29: Appendix C - Time Zone Map
INSTRUCTION MANUAL APPENDIX C - TIME ZONE MAP... - Page 31 INSTRUCTION MANUAL...
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