SKY-WATCHER SynScan - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

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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 Controller’s Operating Modes .................................................... 5
2.1 Setup Home Position of the Telescope Mount ..................................................... 7
2.2 Initialize the Hand Control .................................................................................. 7
3.1 Choosing an Alignment Method .........................................................................10
3.2 Aligning to Alignment Stars ...............................................................................10
3.3 Alignment Method for Equatorial Mounts ..........................................................10
3.4 Alt-Azimuth Mounts using Brightest Star Alignment Method ............................11
3.5 Alt-Azimuth Mounts using 2-Star Alignment Method ........................................12
3.6 Tips for Improving Alignment Accuracy .............................................................15
3.7 Comparison of Alignment Methods ....................................................................15
4.1 Menu Structure .................................................................................................. 17
4.2 Accessing Menus ..............................................................................................18
4.3 Short-cut Keys ....................................................................................................18
5.1 Locating Messier Objects ................................................................................. 19
5.2 Locating NGC and IC Objects .......................................................................... 20
5.3 Locating Planets and the Moon ........................................................................ 20
5.4 Locating Caldwell Objects ................................................................................ 20
5.5 Locating SAO Stars .......................................................................................... 21
5.6 Locating Named Stars, Double Stars, and Variable Stars ............................... 21
5.7 Deep Sky Tour ................................................................................................... 22
5.8 User-Dened Objects ........................................................................................ 22
6.1 Choosing Tracking Speed ...............................................................................24
6.2 Backlash Compensation ...................................................................................24
6.3 Setting the Altitude Axis Slewing Limits .........................................................24
6.4 Enable/Disable Auxiliary Encoder ....................................................................25
6.5 Setting Autoguider Speed ................................................................................25
PART VII : CONFIGURE THE HAND CONTRL
7.1 Display, Keypad, and Beeper ............................................................................... 26
7.2 Alignment Star Filter ........................................................................................... 26
7.3 Sorting Method of the Alignment Star List ......................................................... 26
Basic Operations
Intermediate Operations