User manual ORION TELESCOPES & BINOCULARS 07803

[. . . ] INSTRUCTION MANUAL Orion SkyWizard 3 ® TM #78 03 Electronic Finder & Sky Catalog Model 3 Customer Support (800) 676-1343 E-mail: support@telescope. com Corporate Offices (831) 763-7000 Providing Exceptional Consumer Optical Products Since 1975 P. O. Your Orion Sky Wizard Model 3 will put the fun back in your telescope observing. It provides a digital readout of celestial coordinates, a database of more than 10, 000 of the most interesting deep sky subjects, and the ability to guide the observer to astronomical objects. It's designed to work with both altazimuth (including Dobsonian) and equatorial telescope mounts. [. . . ] The ESO and UGC Catalogs include selections from two professional scientific astronomical catalogs. It may be used to store the coordinates of the observer's favorite objects, for current positions of an unexpected comet or nova, or for a variable star observing list. Look up the coordinates of the new object in a magazine or other publication. First the object number is set in the same manner as selecting any catalog object. After the object is selected, press ENTER and the coordinates will be displayed. The first digit of the coordinates will blink, this digit may be changed by pressing the UP and DOWN buttons to increment or decrement the digit. When you have finished setting the digits, press ENTER, then MODE to exit or UP or DOWN to go to another entry in the catalog. Example CATALOG display for selecting an object from the NEW catalog: Enter number: NEW15 Coordinates: 1930+275 The PLANETS Catalog consists of the major planets of the solar system. While the date is not required for any other type of celestial subject, it is necessary for calculating correct planet positions. Sky Wizard will remind you to enter the date the first time you choose the Planets catalog during an observing session. The digits may be set sequentially using the UP and DOWN buttons to set each digit. After setting all the digits of the date, press UP or DOWN to select a planet. The UP and DOWN buttons will allow you to scroll through the list of planets. The CATALOG display for selecting a planet: MERCURY VENUS MARS JUPITER SATURN URANUS NEPTUNE PLUTO The first time a catalog is used the display will show its first entry. For example, the Messier catalog displays M001, which happens to be the Crab Nebula. The ST (Star) catalog contains many interesting stars, double stars and red stars and includes all of the alignment stars. (The complete list is included in the back of this manual. ) First look up the object, select CATALOG mode, choose ST, and enter the index number using the arrow buttons to set the blinking digit, pressing ENTER to advance to the next digit to be set. Press ENTER after setting the last digit and the display will show the coordinates. For the famous double star "Abireo" the following information would appear on the display: Example CATALOG display for selecting an object from the star (ST) list: Enter number: ST182 Coordinates: 0513+028 Description: ST182 MAG=4. 5 SIZE=7. 0 RHO ORION COLORED DOUBLE STAR SA=11 The MESSIER catalog "M" contains the full historical list of 110 objects identified by the famous French astronomer Charles Messier. These objects are the most popular objects observed by amateur astronomers. (The catalog list includes objects now known to be duplicates or asterisms, which are identified in the description. ) To view an object in the Messier Catalog, select CATALOG with the MODE button and press ENTER. If you are already in CATALOG, simply press the arrow buttons to switch between the nine groups and press ENTER. Enter the desired value of the blinking digit using the arrow buttons and press ENTER to advance to the next digit. [. . . ] If the encoder test goes the wrong way, simply go to INSTALL mode and change the polarity of the axis in question. Be sure to turn the unit off, then back on before doing the encoder test again. If you have a German Equatorial mount, is the first star you chose in SETUP mode in the Eastern half of the sky?Are you sure you entered the correct names of sighting stars in Setup? [. . . ]