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5. UsethedirectionalbuttonsonthehandcontroltocenterthestarinyournderscopeandpressENTER.Nowcenterthestarin
 thetelescope’seyepieceandpressENTER.Tomakeiteasiertocenterthestarintheeyepiece,youmaychangetheslewing
speed by pressing the RATEbuttonandthenchooseanumberbetween0(slowest)–9(fastest).
Note: For the best accuracy, the SynScan AZ recommends that you align on a star and not a planet. If the rst star you selected for
alignment is actually a planet, the hand control will ask you to center the planet in your eyepiece and press ENTER. The scope will then
present a list of stars that are visible. Select one from the list and the scope will move to it automatically. You will be asked to center this
star in the eyepiece and press ENTER to continue the alignment process.
6. TheLCDdisplaywillnowshowalistofotherbrightstarsthatyoucanuseasyoursecondalignmentstar.Usethescrollkeysto
 movethroughthelistandpressENTERtoconrmyourchoice.Thescopewillautomaticallyslewtowardsthesecondalignment
 star.Usethehandcontroltocenterthestarinyournderscopeandthenyoureyepiece,adjustingtherateoftheslewmotorsas
needed. Press ENTERtocompletethealignment.Ifyouseemultiplestarsintheeyepiece’seldofview,youralignmentstar
will be the brightest among them.
7. Ifeveryalignmentstarwascenteredupcorrectly,thehandcontroldisplaywillread“Alignment Successful.”Iftherewereany
 errors,thewarning“Alignment Failed”willshowonthedisplayandthealignmentwillhavetoberepeated.Youmayexitthe
alignment procedure any time by pressing the ESC key.
Hint: To ensure the accuracy of the star alignment, make sure to end the movement with the UP and RIGHT directional keys when
centering the rst and second alignment stars in the eyepiece.
Hint: SynScan AZ will beep once when it has nished slewing to an object. Do not try to adjust the telescope before you hear the beep.
The SynScan AZ hand control will only respond to the ESC key while slewing.
Two-Star Alignment
1. Inthealignmentscreen,usethescrollkeystoselectTwo-StarAlignmentandpressENTERtoconrm.
2. TheSynScanAZwilldisplayalistofstarsavailableinthecurrentskyforyoutochooseastherstalignmentstar.Usingthe
 scrollkeys,chooseastarthatyouarefamiliarwithandpressENTER. You will need to use the directional buttons on the hand
control to slew the telescope to point to the star you chose.