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com 1 WARNING! NEVER USE A SMARTSTAR TELESCOPE TO LOOK AT THE SUN! Looking at or near the Sun will cause instant and irreversible damage to your eye. Children should always have adult supervision while observing. 2 TIP: For beginner users without a lot of knowledge in astronomy please refer to the Quick Start Reference. It contains enough information to get you started so you can enjoy the night sky without knowing all the jargon and math. CONTENTS Chapter. 0 Quick Start Reference 0.1 GoToNovaTM Features 0.2 Getting Started Chapter. 1 Set Up And Align 1.1 Basic Symbols 1.2 Set Up 1.3 Align Chapter. 2 Select And Slew 2.1 Planets, sun, moon 2.2 Deep Sky Objects 2.3 Comets 2.4 Asteroids 2.5 Stars 2.6 User Objects 2.7 Enter Position 2.8 Land Marks 2.9 Watch List Chapter. 3 Other Functions 3.1 Sync To Target 3.2 Electronic Focuser 3.3 PEC option 3.4 Set up tracking 3.5 User objects 3.6 Auto guide 3.7 Park scope 3.8 To park position 3.9 The Equatorial Mode Chapter. 4 How to Observe 4.1 Observe manually 4.2 Observe using arrow keys 4.3 the Moon 4.4 Tracking Appendix A. Menu Structure B. Messier Catalog C. Modern Constellations D. Celestial Coordinates E. Specifications F. Products List 3 For beginner users without a lot of knowledge in astronomy please refer to the Quick Start Menu. It contains enough information to get you started so you can enjoy the night sky without knowing all the jargon and math. For more serious users we assume that you know some astronomy basics in reading this manual. Please refer to Appendix A for a more detailed menu structure. 4 Chapter 0 Quick Start Reference 0.1 GoToNovaTM Features: (8401) LCD Display Menu Back Enter Up Right Down Left Stop/0 Light Help Numbers 5 The 8401 GoToNovaTM hand held controller operates the SmartStarTM A series telescopes. The user interface is simple and easy to learn. It can automatically reposition your telescope to any of the 130,000 objects stored in the database with the push of a button. LCD Display: 8-line big screen, it displays all the information Back Key: Move back to the previous screen. Menu Key: Return to the Main Menu. Enter Key: Confirms an input, goes to the next menu, selects a choice, slews the telescope to a selected object. Arrow Keys: Moves the cursor, moves the telescope in a specific direction. Number Keys: Adjusts numerical values. Speed Key: Adjusts the speed. Light Key: Adjusts the light. Help Key: For help. Useful Links Sky and Telescope Astronomy The Hubble Site 6 TIP: The controller TIP: A GPS module makes life a lot easier. It automatically sets the time and location for 0.2 Getting Started For most beginner users who may not need a lot of astronomical detail this chapter gives just enough information to set up the controller. After the easy-to-follow setup you will be ready to point your telescope to wherever you want in the night sky. After assembling the telescope [Refer to our Assembling Chart] turn on the power button located on the mount. You will see the iOptron logo displayed for a few seconds. Then you will see the zero position screen. By default, it works in Alt-Az mode: TR.A. 1h36m 2s TDEC 90°0’ 0” R.A. 19h52m 5s DEC 47°31’16” 64X Lgst 7h52m38s Stop Alt. 0°0’ 0” Azi. 0°0’ 0” 2007-07-10 14:25:23 N When the power is turned on you will see “G_ON” (GPS turned on) in the upper right corner of the screen. In about a minute, after the internal GPS communicate with the satellites, you will see “G_OK” on the screen. Both time and location are automatically set. If there is no GPS module connected you will need to set up time and location manually. Press MENU button. Then you will see this screen: Select and slew Sync. To target Electric Focuser Set up controller Align PEC option Set up tracking User objects Auto guide Park scope To park position automatically skips those stars below the time and location. horizon of your current Select “Set up controller” Set up Local Time Set up Site Set N/S Hemisphere Set Display contrast Set Eyepiece light Set Backlight Set Anti-backlash Set key Beep Set Mount Type Reset All Upgrade Firmware Set Gear Ratio Set Language 7 you. Press ENTER to select “Set up local time”, and you will see this screen: Set Local Time: TIP: 2007-06-18 14.49.18 Daylight Time savingv Use the LEFT and RIGHT keys to move the cursor, and use the number keys to adjust the numbers. When the correct local time has been entered, press ENTER. Then you will see this screen: Spend some time familiarize yourself with those bright stars in the night sky Set up site Info: Longi: W071d27m47s Latit: N42d15m40s 300 Min. behind UT Again, use the LEFT and RIGHT keys to move the cursor, and use the number keys to adjust the values. You need the longitude and latitude values of your location. These values can be obtained from ...