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INSTRUCTION MANUAL Star Discovery Mount Copyright © Sky-Watcher SL26032014 V1

Part III: Astronomy with the Hand Control 9 (Continued) To set the northern latitude: 4. Rotate the altitude axis to enable the altitudescale to rea

Part III: Astronomy with the Hand Control 10 Using the Hand Controller for Astronomy The basic movements of the Star Discovery mount are directional m

Part IV: Terrestrial Photography 11 Part IV: Terrestrial Photography The Star Discovery mount is also perfectly suited to shoot amazing panor

Part IV: Terrestrial Photography 12 It is also possible to attach two devices on the mounting bracket by using the secondary accessory p

Part IV: Terrestrial Photography 13 Camera Cruising Function The hand control can control a camera to take pictures at up to 6 preset positions (a to

Part IV: Terrestrial Photography 14 1. Press one of the buttons 1-5 to choose a slewing speed. Speed 1, 2, 3 are for time-lapsephotography, speed 4,

Part IV: Terrestrial Photography 15 2. Set the lowest altitude angle of photography: look through the view finder of the camera and use the (DOWN)/

Part V: Astronomy with the SynScan Version 4 16 Part V: Astronomy with the SynScan Version 4 Do you know that the SynScan Version 4 hand controller

Part V: Astronomy with the SynScan Version 4 17 The following table lists the available speeds: Key Speed Usage 0 0.5X One turn in 48h: very slow sp

Part V: Astronomy with the SynScan Version 4 18 4. Time Zone: The LCD screen will display “Set Time Zone” in the first line, and display the curren

CONTENT Part I: Introduction A simple mount, yet efficient ...

Part V: Astronomy with the SynScan Version 4 19 3. The hand control will generate a list of the brightest stars within the selected horizon

Part V: Astronomy with the SynScan Version 4 20 4. If the 1st alignment star is not a planet, the SynScan hand control will now disp

Part V: Astronomy with the SynScan Version 4 21 4. The SynScan hand control will now display “Alignment Successful”. Press (ENTER) to complete

Part V: Astronomy with the SynScan Version 4 22 Locating Planets and the Moon  Press the (PLANET/7) shortcut key. The screen will display

Part V: Astronomy with the SynScan Version 4 23 The User Defined Objects menu (up to 25 objects can be defined) Defining New Objects:  Press th

Part V: Astronomy with the SynScan Version 4 24 The Tour menu The SynScan hand control can generate a list of the most famous deep sky objects whic

Part V: Astronomy with the SynScan Version 4 25 6. Press the (ENTER) key to select an identified object and then use the scroll keys to read its d

Appendix: Tips for observing the sky 26 Appendix: Tips for observing the sky Sky conditions Sky conditions are usually defined by two atmosph

27 We want to ensure that your experience with a Sky-Watcher product is the best it can be. To make that happen we

Part I: Introduction 2 Part I : Introduction A simple mount, yet efficient When designing the Star Discovery mount, Sky-Watcher engineers kept

Part II: Getting Started 3 Parts description When unpacking the mount box, depending on your controller model, you will find the followin

Part II: Getting Started 4 Install the mount’s head on the base so the three threads [shown by arrows in (Fig. 2)] are aligned with the three screws o

Part II: Getting Started 5 Preparing the telescope for an observation If you already know how to use a telescope you may skip this section, otherwise

Part II: Getting Started 6 The 23mm eyepiece delivers a larger view of objects with fewer enlargement, as if “seen from a further distance

Part II: Getting Started 7 Aligning the finder scope The 6x24 finder scope is a small fixed magnification scope mounted on the optical tu

Part III: Astronomy with the Hand Control 8 Part III: Astronomy with the Hand Control If you are using the SynScan version 4 (different hand controlle