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Celestron Ultima 2000 Instruction Manual (130 pages)

Brand: Celestron | Category: Telescope | Size: 7.98 MB

Table of Contents
5
Overview
8
Warning
9
Getting Familiar - Indoor Use
10
How to Scroll through the Main Menu List
10
How to Slew the Telescope
11
Using the Telescope under the Night Sky
12
Two Star Alignment
12
Turning Tracking on
13
Finding Objects
13
Setting up the Tripod
15
Adjusting the Tripod Height
16
The Field Tripod Completely Set up
16
Attaching the Telescope to the Tripod
17
Installing the Finder
18
Attaching the Finderscope Bracket to the Telescope
18
Attaching the Finder to the Bracket
19
Focusing the Finderscope and Reticle
20
Aligning the Finderscope
20
Attaching the Visual Back
21
Attaching the Star Diagonal
21
Attaching the Eyepiece
21
Balancing the Telescope
22
Horizontal Position
23
Vertical Position
23
Adjusting the Clutches
24
Altitude Clutch
24
Azimuth Clutch
25
Attaching an Equatorial Wedge to the Tripod
26
Attaching the Ultima 2000 to a Wedge
27
Inserting the Batteries
27
Storing Your Ultima 2000
28
Buttons for the Hand Control
29
Main Menu
30
Control Buttons
30
Diamond Buttons
30
Navigating through the Menu
31
Scrolling through the Menu
31
Entering and Exiting a Menu
31
Looking up a Messier Object
32
Description of each Menu
33
Menu Align
33
Menu GO to
34
Menu CATALOG
34
Solar System
37
The Non-Stellar Catalog
37
Uppsala General Catalog
37
The User Catalog
37
Named Object
38
Menu POSITION
38
Menu IDENTIFY
39
Menu TIMER
39
Menu SETUP
40
Speed
40
Track
41
Rate
41
Pec
42
Volts
42
AZM Gear
42
ALT Gear
43
AZM Back
43
Alt Back
43
CORD - Cord Wrap Control
44
BTN SPD - Button Speed
44
BTN Slew - Button Slew
44
Chart
45
Scroll
45
Version
45
Menu TOUR
45
Brightness Setting
46
Slewing Speed Setting
46
Manual Mode under the Sky
46
Drive Base
47
The Drive Base Cover of the Ultima 2000
47
The Schmidt-Cassegrain System
48
Image Orientation
49
Your First Look
50
Calculating Magnification
51
Determining Field of View
51
Daytime Observing
51
General Observing Hints
52
General Photography Hints
52
The Celestial Coordinate System
53
Motion of the Stars
54
Polar Alignment
55
Finding the Pole
56
Latitude Scales
57
To Align Your Telescope
57
Pointing at Polaris
58
Declination Drift
59
The 7X50 MM Finder
59
Drive System
61
Turning the Tracking on and off
61
Changing Slewing Speeds
62
Saving Power
63
Determining the Altitude Backlash Compensation
64
Finding 90 Declination for Polar Alignment
64
Alignment
66
SKY - Two Star Alignment
66
EQ North
67
SKY - Updating Alignment
67
CHANGE - Changing Alignment Starts
68
One Star Alignment
68
Earth - Terrestial Alignment
70
Terrestial Alignment to User Defined New Objects
71
Pointing
73
GO to Command
73
Precise Pointing - Relative Command
74
Observing the Moon
75
Observing the Planets
75
Observing the Sun
75
Planetary Observing Hints
75
Observing Deep Sky Objects
76
Seeing Conditions
76
Transparency
76
Sky Illumination
76
Seeing
77
Celestial Photography
79
Short Exposure Prime Focus Photography
79
Piggyback Photography
81
Eyepiece Projection
82
Effective Focal Length
83
Effective Magnification
83
Long Exposure Prime Focus Photography
84
Effective F# or F-Ratio
84
CCD Imaging
86
Description of F-Numbers
87
Light Path at F/10 Focus
87
Light Path at Fastar
87
Fastar Configurations
88
Care and Cleaning of the Optics
92
Collimation
92
Alignment Star List
99
Constellation Abbreviations
100
List of Named Object Catalog
101
Commands
103
Optical Specifications
105
Mechanical Specifications
106
Setting the Backlash Comensations for an Auto Guiders
109
Viewing Near the Zenith in Alt-Az
109
Auto Guiding
109
Viewing Objects below the Horizon
110
Using Cord Wrap
110
Slewing Autostop
110
January Sky
116
February Sky
117
March Sky
118
April Sky
119
May Sky
120
June Sky
121
July Sky
122
August Sky
123
Semptember Sky
124
October Sky
125
November Sky
126
December Sky
127

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