IOptron SMARTSTAR 8507 Manuel d'utilisateur

1 SmartStar® Solar 60 GOTO Telescope Instruction Manual For Products #8506 & #8507 www.iOptron.com

104. Getting Started 4.1. Getting Familiar with Telescope It is strongly suggested to practice how to use the telescope and mount during the daytime

11If you want more magnification, you may order higher power eyepieces. (Note: a 25 mm focal length eyepiece has a lower power than a 10 mm one.) Al

124.2. Explore GOTO and Tracking Capability In order to experience the full GOTO capability of GoToNova® technology it is important to set up the mo

13Press MENU button. From the main menu scroll down and select “Set Up Controller” Press ENTER. Select “Set Up Time and Site” Press ENTER. The S

14• New York City is 300 minutes “behind” UT • Los Angeles is 480 minutes “behind” UT • Rome is 60 minutes “ahead” of UT • Beijing is 480 minute

15button to change the adjustment speed during centering. You may do Select and Slew again to double check if the Sun in centered. 4. If the Sun in

165. Complete Functions of GoToNova® Hand Controller 5.1. Slew to an Object Press MENU button, from the main menu, select “Select and Slew.” Select

175.1.7. Enter Position Go to a target by entering its R.A. and DEC numbers. 5.1.8. Watch List A watch list is a list of your favorite celestial obj

18 Use ► or ◄ button to move the cursor, and ▼ or ▲ button to change the number. Press ENTER to finish land object coordinates setting. Press BACK

19 5.4.2. Set Key Beep Turn the key beep on/off. 5.4.3. Set Azi Work Mode This function will set the mount azimuth mode while performing GOTO. Ther

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205.5.2. One Star Align From the main menu, select “Align”. Select “One Star Align” and press ENTER. A list of bright align stars that are above the

21 Add a new object: Use ▼ or ▲ button to move the cursor to “Add a new object” line, and press ENTER. Enter the name of your object by using ▲ or

22Delete one data Use ▼ or ▲ button to move the cursor to “Delete one data” line, and press ENTER. A user object screen will show: Use ► or ◄ b

23Use ▼ or ▲ button to move the cursor to “Edit one comet” line, and press ENTER. A user object screen will show: The first line shows the number

245.7. Watch List A watch list is a list of your favorite celestial objects in the database. User can add, delete and browse the watch list. All cel

256. Using Electronic Eyepiece to Capture Images For model #8506, with the included 1.3MP iE1300 electronic eyepiece, now you can experience astro-v

262. Double click on “future.rar” to open the compressed file package and double click on “setup.exe” to start install the software 3. Select your

27 7. Click on "finish" to exit when InstallShield wizard has been completed. Operation of Future WinJoe 1. Connect the iE1300 to the U

28 3. Click on “” to bring up the “Capture Settings” menu to select a camera, if your computer equipped more than one. In this case, select “MDA1300

29 5. Click on " " to set the attributes of images shown, such as brightness and contrast. 6. Click on “” to capture a still image. 7. Cl

35.7. Watch List... 24 5.8. S

307. Maintenance and Servicing 7.1. Maintenance The SmartStar® Solar 60TM telescope is a precision optical instrument designed to yield a lifetime o

31When transporting the telescope, take care not to bump or drop the instrument; this type of abuse can damage the optics or affect the GOTO trackin

32(1) Leveling (very important). (2) Site information (minutes ahead or behind UT, DST). (3) Check the power source. 7.4. iOptron Customer Servic

33Appendix A. Technical Specifications Optical Design Air Spaced Doublet Refractor Optical Tube Materials Aluminum Clear Aperture 60 mm Focal Le

34Appendix B. GoToNova® 8405 HC MENU STRUCTURE MENUSelect and SlewSelect and SlewPlanets, Sun, MoonPlanets, Sun, MoonCometsCometsAsteroidsAsteroidsS

35 AlignSolarsys AlignOne Star AlignTwo Star AlignAlignAlignSolarsys AlignSolarsys AlignOne Star AlignOne Star AlignTwo Star AlignTwo Star AlignMod

36Appendix C. GoToNova® Star List No.Constellation AbbreviationNo.Constellation Abbreviation1AndromedaAnd45Lacerta Lac2AntliaAnt46Leo Leo3ApusAps47L

37 Messier This table is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article List of Messier ob

38ID No. OBJECT ID No. OBJECT147 Tucanae48Fornax A2Andromeda Galaxy49gamma Cas Nebula3Antennae50gamma Cyg Nebula4Arp's Spiral51Gem Cluster5Atom

3995 Praesepe 117 Sunflower Galaxy96 Ptolemy's Cluster 118 Swan Nebula97 rho Ophiuchi Nebula 119 Table of Scorpius98 Ring Nebula 120 Tank Track

4 1. SmarStar® Solar 60TM Overview 1.1. SmartStar® Solar 60TM Features New from iOptron -- The Solar 60TM computerized telescope system! Now your fami

40001 Acamar 049 Ascella 097 Kaus Australis 145 Rassalas002 Achernar 050 Asellus Australis 098 Kaus Borealis 146 Rasagethi003 Acrux 051 Asellus

41 No.Object Const Sep. MagitudeSAOComm. NameNo.Object Const Sep. MagitudeSAOComm. Name1 Gam And 9.8 2.3 / 5.1 37734 Almaak 37 Iot Cas 2.3 4.7/7.0/8.

42No.Object Const Sep.MagitudeSAOComm. NameNo.Object Const Sep.MagitudeSAOComm. Name73 52 Cyg 6.1 4.2 / 9.4 70467 111 95 Her 6.3 5.0 / 5.2 8564774

43No.Object Const Sep.MagitudeSAOComm. NameNo.Object Const Sep.MagitudeSAOComm. Name149 67 Oph 55 4.0 / 8.6 123013 181 Bet Sco 13.6 2.6 / 4.9 1596

44No. Name Year Month Day e q ωΩ iHG1 6P d'Arrest 2008 8 14.9663 0.612767 1.353724 178.1336 138.9339 19.5151 7.5 162 7P Pons-Winnecke 2008 9 26

4533 81P Wild 2010 2 22.7485 0.537369 1.597838 41.8137 136.0972 3.2375 7 634 82P Gehrels 2010 1 12.4773 0.121921 3.633291 226.3166 239.5183 1.1264 5

46No. Name Year Month Day M a e ωΩ iHG1 Ceres 2008 11 30 344.5453 2.766792 0.079475 72.8956 80.4045 10.5857 3.34 0.122 Pallas 2008 11 30 327.9744 2.

4733 Polyhymnia 2008 11 30 291.3457 2.864372 0.338273 338.2115 8.5843 1.871 8.55 0.3334 Circe 2008 11 30 357.3366 2.686037 0.108253 329.9188 184.518

48 GoToNova SAO Bright Star List For 8405 GoToNova® hand controller consists of SAO bright stars with their magnitudes greater than 6. A reference ta

49 IOPTRON ONE YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY A. iOptron warrants your telescope, mount, or controller to be free from defects in materials and workmanship

5Electronic eyepiece to bring the video/images to you computer screen With the 1.3 megapixel electronic eyepiece (Model #8506 only), you can experie

6 2. Telescope Assembly Step 1. Preparing the Tripod Unlock the tripod leg locks (#10). Extend tripod legs. Lock the leg locks afterwards. S

7 Step 4. Attaching telescope Attach telescope to mount using the dovetail lock knob (#2). Step 5. Attaching optics Insert 90º diagonal:

83. GoToNova® 8405 Hand Controller Figure 1. GoToNova® 8405 Hand Controller GoToNova® 8405 hand controller (HC) is the standard controller for a

9 Figure 2. 8405 Hand Controller LCD Information Screen 1. Target Name: displays the name of the target that telescope is currently pointed to. •