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You are now ready to perform AutoStar's One-Star
alignment procedure.
One Star Alignment
To prepare your telescope for One Star Alignment:
1. Plug in the AC adapter to the control panel.
2. Verify both the RA and DEC clutches are tight.
3. Connect Autostar II to the HBX port of the
control panel.
4. Flip the power switch of the control panel to the ON
position. The Autostar II screen is activated and a
5. "Press 0 to Align or Mode for Menu" displays.
Press 0.
6. The telescope will seek the home position and align
with its internal sensors.
7. "GERMAN NORTH" is displayed. Instructions how
to place your mount in the german home position
scrolls in the lower portion of the display. Press EN-
TER. Since the mount has used its internal home
position sensors to position it in the home position.
accuracy to provide a reasonable alignment. (press
any Autostar II key to abort the Alignment).
receiver acquires and syncs up with signals from
GPS satellites.
After
performing
these
now knows:
• The telescope's limiting positions
• The observing site's location
• The date and time
9. "CTR Polaris: Slewing" displays. When the tele-
scope stops slewing, center Polaris in the eyepiece
using only the mounts latitude and azimuth adjust
knobs
THE HANDBOX TO CENTER POLARIS. When
Polaris is centered lock the Altitude and Azimuth
locks, then press ENTER.
10. Autostar II then chooses another star to align upon.
"Searching...." displays. The telescope then slews
to a bright star for alignment. If it does not appear
operations, Autostar
II
. DO NOT USE
star visible. Use the Arrow keys to move the tele-
scope until the star is visible and centered in the
eyepiece. The alignment star should be easily rec-
ognized and be the brightest star in the area of the
sky where the telescope is pointing. Press ENTER.
"Align Successful" displays. If "Align Unsuccessful
displays," repeat the procedure.
NOTE: When the second star is centered and En-
ter is pressed, the StarLock is automatically aligned
with the primary OTA. After the alignment, if you wish
to realign the StarLock with the primary OTA after a
GoTo to a star, press and hold the ENTER key on Au-
tostar for 2 seconds, then release. "Enter to Sync" will
display, press Enter. This aligns the StarLock to the
Primary OTA and improves the mounts high precision
pointing performance.
After your initial alignment, you can update the Home
position for your scope, by selecting "Calibrate Home
Position" from the SETUP/TELESCOPE menu. This
will provide even more accurate results for subse-
quent alignments. This procedure only need be done
OTAs.
Syncing your Eyepiece or Camera
using Starlock
Whenever you change eyepieces, diagonals or cam-
can compensate for this slight difference by perform-
ing the following routine:
1. Press the MODE key several times, until "Select
Item: Object" is displayed.
2. Press the ENTER key to choose the "Object"
option and move down four (4) levels. "Object:
Star" is displayed.
3. Press the ENTER key to choose the "Star" op-
tion and move down one (1) level. "Named" is
displayed.
3. Press the ENTER key to choose the "Named"
option.
4. Scroll thorough the lists of Named star until you
come to a bright star that is visible (if you are
not sure what to choose use the same star that
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