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tracking accuracy. To do so, press MENU
button, scroll down to “Align”, select “Easy
One Star Align” and press ENTER. A list of
three bright objects, such as Moon, Venus,
and other stars, will be displayed for you to
select from. Select an object using ▲ or ▼
key. Then press ENTER. Use ◄ ► ▲ or ▼
key to center the object in your eyepiece.
Press SPEED button to change the slew
speed if needed. Then press ENTER to
complete the alignment. Or press the BACK
key to cancel the process.
An alternate way is performing “Sync to
Target”. To do so, press MENU button,
select “Select and Slew” and press ENTER.
Then select a known sky object, such as
Moon from “Planets, Sun, Moon” menu and
press ENTER. The mount will slew to the
Moon. When the mount stopped slewing,
the Moon could be just inside your eyepiece
or way off. Press MENU button and scroll
down the menu to “Sync to Target” and
press ENTER. Follow the instruction, use ◄
► ▲ and ▼ keys to move the Moon in the
center of your eyepiece and press ENTER.
4.3. Turn Off the Mount
When finishing observing, always move the
mount to Park Position. If the mount is not
moved, no initial set up is needed when
powered on the next time. To do so, press
the MENU button, scroll down to “Park
Telescope” and press ENTER. Turn the
power off.
5. Use SmartStar
®
-G
Telescopes
5.1. Manual Operation of a
Telescope
You may observe land and astronomical
objects using GOTONOVA’s arrow keys.
After the telescope was assembled
(referring to Section 2. Telescope
Assembly), flip the I/O switch on the
telescope mount to turn on the mount. Use
►,◄,▼ or ▲ buttons to point the telescope
to desired object. You may need using
SPEED key to change the slewing speed.
5.2. Slew to an Object
Press MENU button, from the main menu,
select “Select and Slew.” Select an object
you would like to observe and press ENTER
key.
The GOTONOVA
TM
8402G hand controller
has a database consists of over 50,000
objects. Use ► or ◄ button to move the
cursor and ▼ or ▲ button to change the
number. A check mark “
√” indicates the
object is above the horizon, and cross mark
“X
” means it is below the horizon. Only
those objects above the horizon can be
observed. In some catalogs, those stars
below the horizon may not display.
5.2.1. Planets, Sun, Moon
There are 9 objects in Solar system.
5.2.2. Deep Sky Objects
This menu includes objects outside our
Solar system such as galaxies, star
clusters, quasars, nebulae.
• Named Deepsky Objects: It consists of
60 deep sky objects with their common
names. More information will be
available by pressing HELP key. A list of
named deep sky objects is also
attached in Appendix C.
• Messier Catalog: It consists of all 110
objects in Messier catalog. More
information will be available by pressing
HELP key.
• NGC IC Catalog: consists of 7840
objects in NGC catalog and 5386
objects in IC catalog. To select an object
from NGC or IC catalog, move the
cursor to NGC, using▲ or ▼ button to
toggle between NGC and IC. Then
move the cursor to numerical position