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Note: The EQ North and EQ South tracking modes are only needed with telescopes that can be polar aligned, such as the

NexStar 4, 5 and 8. The NexStar 60, 80 and 114 are exclusively Alt-Az mounted telescopes and do not require

equatorial tracking.

Tracking Rate

View Time-Site

Sidereal Time

ascension of celestial objects that are located on the local meridian at that time.

Filter Limits

horizon. As a result, when scrolling through the database lists (or selecting the Tour function), the NexStar hand control

will display only those objects that are known to be above the horizon when you are observing. You can customize the

object database by selecting altitude limits that are appropriate for your location and situation. For example, if you are

observing from a mountainous location where the horizon is partially obscured, you can set your minimum altitude limit to

read +20º. This will make sure that the hand control only displays objects that are higher in altitude than 20º.

Observing

If you want to explore the entire object database, set the maximum altitude limit to 90º and the minimum limit to –90º. This

Tip!

will display every object in the database lists regardless of whether it is visible in the sky from your location or not.

RS-232

- The NexStar has a RS-232 port located on the bottom of the hand control that allows it to communicate with

many astronomy computer programs such as enhanced versions of The Sky® by Software Bisque. Before attempting to

create a link with a computer , select the RS-232 option and press Enter.

User Defined Objects

Save Sky Object:

Save Land Object:

Used to track the sky when the telescope is polar aligned using an

EQ North

equatorial wedge in the Northern Hemisphere.

EQ South

Used to track the sky when the telescope is polar aligned using an

equatorial wedge in the Southern Hemisphere.

Off

When using the telescope for terrestrial (land) observation the tracking

can be turned off so that the telescope never moves.

In addition to being able to move the telescope with the hand control buttons, the NexStar will

continually track a celestial object as it moves across the night sky. The tracking rate can be

changed depending on what type of object is being observed:

Sidereal

This rate compensates for the rotation of the earth by moving the

telescope at the same rate as the rotation of the earth, but in the opposite

direction. When tracking in Alt-Az mode, the telescope must make

corrections in both altitude and azimuth.

Lunar

Used for tracking the moon when observing the lunar landscape.

Used for tracking the Sun when solar observing using a proper solar filter.

Solar

- View Time-Site will display the last saved time and longitude/latitude entered in the hand control.

–

Displays the Sidereal time for your current time and location. This is useful for knowing the right

– When an alignment is complete, the NexStar automatically knows which celestial objects are above the

- The NexStar can store up to 50 different user defined objects in its memory. The objects can

be daytime land objects or an interesting celestial object that you discover that is not included

in the regular database. There are several ways to save an object to memory depending on

what type of object it is:

The NexStar stores celestial objects to its database by saving its right ascension and

declination in the sky. This way the same object can be found each time the telescope is

aligned. Once a desired object is centered in the eyepiece, simply scroll to the "Save Sky

Obj"

Obj" command and press ENTER. The display will ask you to enter a number between 1-25

to identify the object. Press ENTER again to save this object to the database.

The NexStar can also be used as a spotting scope on terrestrial objects. Fixed land objects

can be stored by saving their altitude and azimuth relative to the location of the telescope at

the time of observing. Since these objects are relative to the location of the telescope, they

Save Sky