Sky-Watcher SynScan V3 Hand Controller User Manual
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PART VIII : AUXILIARY FUNCTIONS
8.12 Synchronizing Encoders
If the mount lost the correct position of any of its two axes; for example, the axis is manually
moved, the pointing accuracy will be poor when the SynScan hand control tries to locate an
object.
Providing the base of the mount is not moved, users can recover the pointing accuracy with
the “
Synchronize Encoder
” operation:
1.
Access the menu “
Setup \ Sync. Encoder
” and press the
ENTER
key.
2.
Use the scroll keys to select an alignment star and press the
ENTER
key. The mount will
point the telescope towards the alignment star.
3.
After the mount has stopped, use the direction keys to center the alignment star in the
eyepiece, then press the
ENTER
key to confirm.
4.
The SynScan hand control will display “
Sync Encoder Completed
”. Press any key to exit.
2.
Press the “
ID
” shortcut key. The screen will display “
Identify: Searching…
”. The SynScan
hand control will look up the named stars, planets, Messier objects, NGC objects, and IC
objects within a 5 degrees range centered by the object in the eyepiece.
3.
The screen will display “
No object found
” if the SynScan hand control cannot identify the
object.
4.
If an object is found within the 5 degree range, then the screen will display the object’s
name in the top row, and the deviation from the object to the center of the eyepiece.
5.
If multiple objects are found, use the scroll keys to browse through the list of identified
objects.
6.
Press the
ENTER
key to select an identified object and then use the scroll keys to read
its data, such as the J2000 celestial coordinates, magnitude (
MAG=
), rising time (
Rise:
),
transit time (
Transit:
), setting time (
Set:
), size (
Size=
) and associated constellation (
Con-
stellation:
).
7.
Press the
ESC
key to exit.