Celestron NexStar GT - Manual

Page 2 - Fig

2 T T h h e e H H a a n n d d C C o o n n t t r r o o l l The NexStar GT's hand controller is designed to give you instant access to all the functions the NexStar has to offer.With automatic slewing to over 4,000 objects, and common sense menu descriptions, even a beginner can master itsvariety of f...

Page 4 - Helpful

4 1. Once the NexStar is powered on the display will read NexStar Ready . Press ENTER to begin alignment. The first time that the NexStar is used, it will request information to help identify the model of telescope. Oncepowered on, the hand control will display the message Select Model Select Model ...

Page 5 - your telescopes pointing and tracking accuracy.

5 the Star Pointer finder. Once finished slewing, the display will ask you to use the arrow buttons to align the selected starwith the red dot in the center of the Star Pointer. If for some reason the chosen star is not visible (perhaps behind a treeor building) you can press UNDO to select and slew...

Page 7 - Press the INFO Key; constellation and fascinating facts about many of the objects.; Press the ENTER Key; To slew to the object displayed, press ENTER.; Nine available slew speeds

7 S S l l e e w w i i n n g g t t o o a a n n O O b b j j e e c c t t Once the desired object is displayed on the hand control screen, you have two options: •••• Press the INFO Key . This will give you useful information about the selected object such as magnitude, constellation and fascinating fact...

Page 8 - Used for tracking the moon when observing the lunar landscape.

8 R R a a t t e e B B u u t t t t o o n n Pressing the RATE key (11) allows you to instantly change the speed rate of the motors from high speed slew rate toprecise guiding rate or anywhere in between. Each rate corresponds to a number on the hand controller key pad. Thenumber 9 is the fastest rate ...

Page 9 - The Sky; User Defined Objects; Save Land Object

9 Sidereal Time – Displays the Sidereal time for your current time and location. This is useful for knowing the right ascension of celestial objects that are located on the local meridian at that time. Filter Limits – When an alignment is complete, the NexStar automatically knows which celestial obj...

Page 10 - User Defined Object; Slew Limits –; Direction Buttons; Light Control; Select Model; M E N U

10 Goto Alt-Az - Allows you to enter a specific altitude and azimuth position and slew to it. To store a set of coordinates (R.A./Dec) permanently into the NexStar database, save it as a User Defined Object as described above. U U t t i i l l i i t t y y F F e e a a t t u u r r e e s s Scrolling thr...

Page 11 - P O IN T T U B E N O R T H & L E V E L; A L IG N M E N T; N e x S t a r R e a d y; functions

11 A L T - A ZE Q N O R T HE Q S O U T HO F F M O D E S ID E R E A LS O L A RL U N A R R A T E T R A C K I N G V I E W T IM E -S I T ES I D E R E A L T I M E A L T M A X IN L IS TA L T M IN IN L IS T F I L T E R L I M I T S S E T U P T I M E / S I T EA N T I - B A C K L A S HS L E W L I M I T SD I R...

Page 12 - APPENDIX C – MAPS OF TIME ZONES