Bushnell North Star GOTO - Manuals

M ALIGNING FINDERSCOPE Look through Main Telescope Tube and establish a well-defined target. (see Focusing Telescope section) Remove plastic insulator from between Red Dot Finderscope battery and battery clip. Turn Red Dot Finderscope on. Looking through Red Dot Finderscope, turn adjustment wheels u...

M ENJOYING YOUR NEW TELESCOPE 8. 1. First determine your targeted object. Any bright object in the night sky is a good starting point. One of the favorite starting points in astronomy is the moon. This is an object sure to please any budding astronomer or experienced veteran. When you have developed...

M HELPFUL HINTS 9. 1 . Your telescope is a very sensitive instrument. For best results and fewer vibrations set your telescope up on a level location on the ground rather than your concrete driveway or your wooden deck. This will provide a more stable foundation for viewing, especially if you’ve dra...

BUTTON FUNCTIONS 1. On/Off Button (On Northstar Base) 2. Back Button 3. Enter Button 4. Scroll Up Button 5. Scroll Down Button 6. LCD Display 7. “GO” Button 8. Motorized Movement Buttons (4) 9. Battery Door (On Northstar Base) NORTHSTAR COMPUTER INTERFACE DIAGRAM The Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) is ...

M MODE OVERVIEW OF PRODUCT Explore: The Explore Mode of Northstar provides the ability to explore various astronomical objectscategorized by object type. These objects would fall under one or more of the following types of objects:Deep Sky, Planets, Constellations, and Stars. Each of these subheadin...

M ALIGNING NORTHSTAR FOR THE FIRST TIME (NOTE: Make certain that the telescope is set up on a level surface.) S T E P 1: POINT NORTH Point the telescope in the direction of North. NOTE: THE USER SHOULD JUSTAT T E M P T TO GETTHE TELESCOPE POINTED RELAT I V E LYCLOSE TON O RTH. THE A L I G N M E N T ...

M ALIGNING NORTHSTAR FOR THE FIRST TIME (Continued) S T E P 2: SET THE TIME By using the SCROLL U P and SCROLLDOWN buttons and the ENTER button, the time can easily be set as well as thetime zone. Each flashing option will need to be changed to read the appropriate number. Once the appropriate numbe...

M ALIGNING NORTHSTAR FOR THE FIRST TIME (Continued) The distance the object is from the center is related to how far outside of a city you might be located or howaccurately you aligned with north. Repeat this process for STAR 2 and press ENTER. After this step is completed, you will see a display th...

M USING NORTHSTAR FOR THE FIRST TIME (Continued) Now imagine that you are a parent trying to impress your children (or vice versa). Ten minutes into your firstobserving session you are already learning astronomical objects. This is a great educational tool !!!! To find the object, just press the “GO...

The following appendix information is more thorough information than that listed inthe main instruction manual. For sake of space, the complete 20,000 objectcatalog is not listed. However, we have included the entire star list and the entireMessier object lists for your information. In addition, the...

NAME - NAMERA - RIGHT ASCENSION (hours min.min)DEC - DECLINATION (degrees)MAG - MAGNITUDESIZE - SIZECON - CONSTELLATION Messier C atalog C atalog Index 19. MESSIER CATALOG NAME RA DEC MAG SIZE CON DESCRIPTION M001 Crab nebula supernova remnant NGC 1952 05 34.5 +22.0 8.4 6' Tau nebula M002 NGC 7089 2...

Star Catalog 20. M059 NGC 4621 12 42.0 +11.7 9.8 2' Vir elongated galaxy with bright core M060 NGC 4649 12 43.7 +11.6 8.8 3.5' Vir round galaxy with bright core M061 NGC 4303 12 21.9 +04.5 9.7 5' Vir spiral galaxy structure M062 NGC 6266 17 01.2 -30.1 6.5 9' Oph globular cluster M063 Sunflower NGC 5...

32. WARRANTY / REPAIR TELESCOPE LIFETIME LIMITED WARRANTY Your Bushnell ® telescope is warranted to be free of defects in materials and workmanship for the lifetime of the original owner. The Lifetime Limited Warranty is an expression of our confidence inthe materials and mechanical workmanship of o...