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each month looks towards the northern sky and the other the south. The telescope has a database
of about 50 stars it will accept as alignment stars.
Pick an appropriate star chart and nd two stars highlighted (underlined) on the chart that you can
idenfy in the sky. Having a mobile device with a planetarium app, such as SkySafari, beside you will
make this task easier and more reliable.
Unl you complete the two-star alignment procedure, the telescope has no idea where it is poinng
in the sky or where objects are located. The star alignment procedure gives the telescope the
accurate locaon of two inial stars. From this, it can then determine the locaon of all the
thousands of objects in its database. So, the inial star alignment procedure is crical to a successful
night under the stars.
Task
Hand Controller Message Displayed
Note
Tell the telescope you
want to use the TWO
STAR ALIGNMENT
method.
CPC READY
Press ENTER to begin alignment.
ALIGNMENT
TWO STAR ALIGNMENT
TIME hh:mm:ss
ZONE 10
DATE mm/dd/yy
Press the UNDO buon a
couple of mes unl you get
back to the CPC READY
message.
Press the ENTER buon and
use the Up/Down buons to
select Two-Star Alignment,
press ENTER. (Do not select
the AUTO TWO STAR opon).
The telescope will ask you to
enter the TIME, however, this
should already be correct, so
hit ENTER to accept the
displayed me. Similarly, you
will be asked to set the Zone
and then the DATE. In each
case just press ENTER to
accept the correct informaon
you entered earlier.
Select your rst
alignment star and align
the telescope to it.
Repeat with the second
alignment star
Star 1
Xxxxxx
The telescope will display the
name of a star which it
believes is currently visible in
the sky. If you do not want to
use this specic star as your
rst alignment star you use the
Up/Down keys to scroll
through the list of stars. When
you are happy to use the star
named in the display, hit
ENTER.