Orion SynScan V5 Hand Control - SynScan Hand Control Introduction

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PART I : INTRODUCTION
PART II : INITIALIZATION
PART III : ALIGNMENT
PART IV : SYNSCAN MENU TREE
PART V : LOCATING OBJECTS
PART VI : CONFIGURE THE TELESCOPE MOUNT
CONTENT
1.1 Outline and Interface .......................................................................................... 4
1.2 Connecting to a Telescope Mount ...................................................................... 4
1.3 Slew the Mount with the Direction Keys ............................................................. 4
1.4 SynScan Hand control’s Operating Modes ......................................................... 5
2.1 Setup the Home Position of the Telescope Mount ............................................. 7
2.2 Initialize the Hand Control ................................................................................... 7
3.1 Choosing an Alignment Method .........................................................................11
3.2 Aligning to Alignment Stars ...............................................................................11
3.3 Alignment Method for Equatorial Mounts ..........................................................11
3.4 Alt-Azimuth Mounts using Brightest Star Alignment Method ............................12
3.5 Alt-Azimuth Mounts using 2-Star Alignment Method ........................................15
3.6 Alt-Azimuth Mounts using Daytime Alignment Method .............................16
3.7 Tips for Improving Alignment Accuracy .............................................................17
3.8 Comparison of Alignment Methods ....................................................................17
4.1 Menu Structure ................................................................................................. 19
4.2 Accessing Menus ..............................................................................................20
4.3 Short-cut Keys ...................................................................................................20
5.1 Locating Messier Objects ................................................................................. 21
5.2 Locating NGC and IC Objects .......................................................................... 22
5.3 Locating Planets and the Moon ........................................................................ 22
5.4 Locating Caldwell Objects ................................................................................ 22
5.5 Locating SAO Stars .......................................................................................... 23
5.6 Locating Named Stars, Double Stars, and Variable Stars .............................. 23
5.7 Deep Sky Tour .................................................................................................. 24
5.8 User-Dened Objects ........................................................................................ 24
6.1 Choosing Tracking Speed ..............................................................................26
6.2 Backlash Compensation ..................................................................................26
6.3 Setting the Slewing Limits .............................................................................26
6.4 Enable/Disable Auxiliary Encoder ..................................................................27
6.5 Setting Autoguider Speed ...............................................................................27
6.6 Setting Flipping Mode ........................................................................................27
PART VII : CONFIGURE THE HAND CONTRL
7.1 Display, Keypad ................................................................................................. 28
7.2 Alignment Star Filter ........................................................................................... 28
7.3 Sorting Method of the Alignment Star List ........................................................ 28
7.4 Naming of Stars ................................................................................................ 28
Basic Operations
Intermediate Operations