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Celestron NexStar 6 SE User Manual

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INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................................................................................4

W

ARNING

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ASSEMBLY ...............................................................................................................................................................................6

A

SSEMBLING THE

N

EX

S

TAR

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Powering the NexStar .........................................................................................................................................................6

The Hand Control ...............................................................................................................................................................6

The Star Diagonal...............................................................................................................................................................7

The Eyepiece.......................................................................................................................................................................7

The Star Pointer Finderscope.............................................................................................................................................7

Removing the Optical Tube.................................................................................................................................................8

Attaching the NexStar to the Tripod ...................................................................................................................................9

HAND CONTROL ..................................................................................................................................................................10

H

AND

C

ONTROL

O

PERATION

.................................................................................................................................................11

Alignment Procedure ........................................................................................................................................................11

Sky Align ...........................................................................................................................................................................12

Auto Two-Star Align .........................................................................................................................................................13

Two Star Alignment ..........................................................................................................................................................14

One-Star Align ..................................................................................................................................................................14

Solar System Align ............................................................................................................................................................15

I

MPROVING

P

OINTING

A

CCURACY

.........................................................................................................................................16

Alignment Stars: ...............................................................................................................................................................16

Sync: .................................................................................................................................................................................17

Undo Sync: .......................................................................................................................................................................17

O

BJECT

C

ATALOG

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Selecting an Object ...........................................................................................................................................................17

Slewing to an Object .........................................................................................................................................................18

Finding Planets.................................................................................................................................................................18

Tour Mode ........................................................................................................................................................................18

Constellation Tour ............................................................................................................................................................18

D

IRECTION

B

UTTONS

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Rate Button .......................................................................................................................................................................19

S

ETUP

P

ROCEDURES

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Tracking Mode..................................................................................................................................................................19

Tracking Rate....................................................................................................................................................................19

View Time-Site ..................................................................................................................................................................20

User Defined Objects........................................................................................................................................................20

I

DENTIFY

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P

RECISE

G

O

T

O

.......................................................................................................................................................................21

S

COPE

S

ETUP

F

EATURES

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Setup Time-Site ................................................................................................................................................................................21

Anti-backlash ...................................................................................................................................................................................21

Slew Limits.......................................................................................................................................................................................22

Filter Limits .....................................................................................................................................................................................22

Direction Buttons .............................................................................................................................................................................22

Goto Approach.................................................................................................................................................................................22

AutoguideRates ................................................................................................................................................................................22

Cordwrap .........................................................................................................................................................................................22

U

TILITY

F

EATURES

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