iOptron SmartStar A-MC90 Manuals

www.iOptron.com 1 Manual SmartStarTM-A Series Refractor, Newtonian and Maksutov-Cassegrain Telescopes www . iOptron . com www.iOptron.com 2 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. www.iOptron.com 3 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 Assembly 0.2 GoToNovaTM Features 0.3 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 www.iOptron.com 4 TIP: Learn some astronomy basics 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.