STARSENSE MANUAL ALIGN
StarSense Manual alignment allows you to point the
telescope in the part of the sky you wish to use for
taking alignment images . This is particularly useful
in locations where the horizon is obstructed or you
have limited visibility . Manual StarSense Alignment
is not as accurate as automatic alignment . However,
it provides good pointing accuracy throughout the
region of the sky that was used for the alignment .
To use StarSense Manual alignment:
1. With the telescope powered on, press the
ALIGN button .
2. Use the UP/DOWN scroll keys to select
StarSense Manual option and press ENTER .
3. Move the telescope to its home position or
switch position . Alt-Az mounts should have the
telescope pointing at the horizon . Equatorial
mounts should be positioned to the index marks .
Telescopes with switch postions will automatically
move to the home switch positions .
4. Use the direction buttons to aim the telescope
at a clear part of sky and press ENTER . When
moving the telescope, remember to always finish
slewing using the UP and RIGHT direction
buttons on the hand control . A small checkmark
will display at the right of the hand control display
when this is done .
(This corrects any errors due
to mechanical backlash in your mount .)
StarSense will then begin taking the first image and
will display "Acquiring Image" on the hand control display .
5. Once the image is captured and processed, the
display will ask you to select the next alignment
point . Use the direction buttons to slew the
telescope to another clear portion of sky . Once
again, use the UP and RIGHT direction buttons
to finish slewing the telescope . Press ENTER .
6. Once the second image is captured and
processed, use the direction buttons to slew
the telescope to a final clear portion of sky as
far away as possible from the first alignment
position . Press ENTER .
Once the third image is processed, StarSense is
aligned and ready for use .
STARSENSE USER AUTO ALIGN
User Auto Align allows you to customize where
StarSense points the telescope during alignment .
This is useful if there are large portions of the sky
that are obstructed or inaccessible . To setup the
User Auto Align, you must first perform a StarSense
Manual Align .
1. Perform a StarSense Manual Align as outlined in
this manual . Select unobstructed areas of the sky
that are at least 20 degrees apart .
2. Press MENU and use the UP/DOWN scroll
keys to select STARSENSE . Scroll again to
select USER AUTO ALIGN and press ENTER .
3. Press ENTER to save your StarSense Manual
Align . This saves the areas of sky you selected
so all subsequent StarSense User Auto Aligns
will point to the same area .
Now you can use StarSense User Auto Align, and
the telescope will automatically slew to the areas of
sky you selected during the Manual Align .
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