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Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
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Part I : Introduction
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Outline and Interface
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Connecting to a Telescope Mount
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Slew the Mount with the Direction Keys
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Synscan Hand Control's Operating Modes
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Part II : Initialization
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Setup the Home Position of the Telescope Mount
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Initialize the Hand Control
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Part III : Alignment
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Choosing an Alignment Method
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Aligning to Alignment Stars
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Alignment Method for Equatorial Mounts
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Alt-Azimuth Mounts Using Brightest Star Alignment Method
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Alt-Azimuth Mounts Using 2-Star Alignment Method
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Alt-Azimuth Mounts Using Daytime Alignment Method
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Tips for Improving Alignment Accuracy
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Comparison of Alignment Methods
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Part IV : Synscan Menu Tree
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Menu Structure
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Accessing Menus
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Short-Cut Keys
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Part V : Locating Objects
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Locating Messier Objects
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Locating NGC and IC Objects
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Locating Planets and the Moon
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Locating Caldwell Objects
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Locating SAO Stars
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Locating Named Stars, Double Stars, and Variable Stars
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Deep Sky Tour
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User-Defined Objects
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Part VI : Configure the Telescope Mount
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Choosing Tracking Speed
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Backlash Compensation
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Setting the Slewing Limits
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Enable/Disable Auxiliary Encoder
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Setting Autoguider Speed
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Setting Flipping Mode
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Part VII : Configure the Hand Contrl
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Display, Keypad
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Alignment Star Filter
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Sorting Method of the Alignment Star List
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Naming of Stars
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Language Configuration
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Part VIII : Auxiliary Functions
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Editing Date, Time, Coordinates, Time Zones, and Daylight Saving Time
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Re-Aligning the Mount
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Show Position
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Show Time and Local Sidereal Time
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Display Version Information
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Display Power Voltage
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Display Polaris Position
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Display Polar Alignment Error
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Changing Polar Scope Illumination Level
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Identifying Objects
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Synchronizing Encoders
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Part IX : Connecting to a Computer
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Working with Astronomical Applications
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PC Direct Mode
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Part X : Updating Firmware
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Hardware Requirements
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Preparation
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Updating Firmware
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Troubleshooting
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Part XI : Advanced Functions
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Parking Telescope
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Pointing Accuracy Enhancement
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Polar Alignment Without Polar Scope
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Camera Control
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Periodic Error Correction (PEC) for EQ Mount
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Calibrating Auto-Home Offset
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Setting Cone Error and Non-Perpendicular Error
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Astronomical Time-Lapse Photography
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Solar Tracking Mode
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Part XII : Using a Synscan Gps Module
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Initialization of the Hand Control with a Synscan GPS Module
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Checking GPS Information
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Appendix I : Eliminating Cone Error
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Appendix II : Synscan Self-Diagnosis
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Appendix III : Schematic of the Ports
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Appendix IV : Specifications
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SynScan V5 Hand Control
Category
Remote Control
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