SKY-WATCHER Star Discovery Mount Instruction Manual page 16

2. Set the lowest altitude angle of photography: look through the view finder of the camera
and use the (DOWN)/(UP) buttons to slew the altitude axis to the desired lowest point of
photography, and then press button (SET) and button (DOWN) to save the position.
3. Set the highest altitude angle of photography: look through the view finder of the camera
and use the (DOWN)/(UP) buttons to slew the altitude axis to the desired highest point of
photography, and then press button (SET) and button (UP) to save the position.
4. Set the azimuth range of photography: look through the view finder of the camera and
use the Right/Left buttons to slew the azimuth axis to the desired left most point of
photography, and then press buttons (SET) and (LEFT) to save the position. Then use
Right/Left buttons to slew the azimuth axis to the desired right most point and press
(SET) and (RIGHT) buttons to save the position.
To take a 360 degree panoramic picture, it is just needed to save the same
position to (LEFT) and (RIGHT).
We recommend using the power-on position as the left limit of azimuth because
the mount will always return to the power-on position after it finishes the
photography.
5. Start panoramic photography.
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Press buttons (a) and (c) simultaneously to start taking panoramic pictures.
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The mount will start taking pictures from the preset lowest altitude angle, first move in
azimuth direction, then increase altitude angle gradually.
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After all pictures are taken, the mount will return to the original position (Power-on
Position).
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During taking pictures, user can press the (SET) button to pause. Release the (SET)
button will resume the operation.
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By default, when the mount stops to take a picture, the active time of the shutter
triggering signal is 3 seconds. User can press button (a) to (f) and button (DOWN) to
change the time to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 10 seconds during the cruising. The proper
time depends on how long the camera takes to finish an exposure.
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Press buttons (DOWN) and (RIGHT) to suspend the operation.
The field of view and altitude limits are saved in the hand control even after the
power is turned off. For the next panoramic photography session, the user does
not need to repeat the setting if these parameters do not change. User can
simply level the tripod and camera, turn on power and press button (a) and (c) to
start taking panoramic pictures. As the hand control always takes panoramic
photography after each power-on; it is required to set left/right limits of azimuth
for matrix photography.
Part IV: Terrestrial Photography
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