Celestron Ultima 8 - Hand Control and Drive Base Operations; Buttons for the Hand Control and Main Menu; Navigating Menus and Finding Objects; Description of Each Menu Item

4
S
LEWING
S
PEED
S
ETTING
......................................................................................................................................................45
DRIVE BASE......................................................................................................................................................................46
CHAPTER 5 - TELESCOPE BASICS...........................................................................................................................47
T
HE
S
CHMIDT
-C
ASSEGRAIN
S
YSTEM
....................................................................................................................................47
I
MAGE
O
RIENTATION
............................................................................................................................................................48
Y
OUR
F
IRST
L
OOK
................................................................................................................................................................49
Daytime Observing ..........................................................................................................................................................50
C
ALCULATING
M
AGNIFICATION
............................................................................................................................................50
D
ETERMINING
F
IELD OF
V
IEW
...............................................................................................................................................50
G
ENERAL
O
BSERVING
H
INTS
................................................................................................................................................51
G
ENERAL
P
HOTOGRAPHY
H
INTS
...........................................................................................................................................51
CHAPTER 6 - ASTRONOMY BASICS........................................................................................................................52
T
HE
C
ELESTIAL
C
OORDINATE
S
YSTEM
.................................................................................................................................52
M
OTION OF THE
S
TARS
.........................................................................................................................................................53
P
OLAR
A
LIGNMENT
(
WITH
W
EDGE
)......................................................................................................................................54
Finding the Pole...............................................................................................................................................................55
Latitude Scales.................................................................................................................................................................56
Pointing at Polaris...........................................................................................................................................................57
Declination Drift..............................................................................................................................................................58
The 7x50mm Finder.........................................................................................................................................................58
CHAPTER 7 - PROCEDURES ......................................................................................................................................60
D
RIVE
S
YSTEM
.....................................................................................................................................................................60
Turning the Tracking On and Off ....................................................................................................................................60
Changing Slewing Speeds (Button Speed ON).................................................................................................................61
Changing Slewing Speeds (Button Speed OFF)...............................................................................................................61
Saving Power ...................................................................................................................................................................62
Determining the Altitude Backlash Compensation ..........................................................................................................63
Finding 90º Declination for Polar Alignment..................................................................................................................63
A
LIGNMENT
..........................................................................................................................................................................65
SKY - Two Star Alignment ...............................................................................................................................................65
EQ North - Polar Aligned, one star alignment ................................................................................................................65
SKY - Updating Alignment...............................................................................................................................................66
CHANGE - Changing Alignment Stars............................................................................................................................66
SKY - One Star Alignment................................................................................................................................................67
EARTH - Terrestrial Alignment .......................................................................................................................................69
EARTH - Terrestrial Alignment to User Defined NEW Objects.......................................................................................70
Finding 90º Declination for Polar Alignment..................................................................................................................71
P
OINTING
..............................................................................................................................................................................72
GO TO Command ............................................................................................................................................................72
Increasing Pointing Accuracy using Enhanced Encoder Resolution - EER....................................................................72
Precise Pointing - Relative Command.............................................................................................................................73
CHAPTER 8 - CELESTIAL OBSERVING ..................................................................................................................74
O
BSERVING THE
M
OON
.........................................................................................................................................................74
Lunar Observing Hints.....................................................................................................................................................74
O
BSERVING THE
P
LANETS
.....................................................................................................................................................74
Planetary Observing Hints...............................................................................................................................................74
O
BSERVING THE
S
UN
............................................................................................................................................................74
Solar Observing Hints......................................................................................................................................................75
O
BSERVING
D
EEP
S
KY
O
BJECTS
...........................................................................................................................................75
S
EEING
C
ONDITIONS
.............................................................................................................................................................75
Transparency ...................................................................................................................................................................75
Sky Illumination ...............................................................................................................................................................75
Seeing...............................................................................................................................................................................76