Owner manual

Pointing Accuracy Enhancement (PAE)

Boththestaralignmentmethodsprovidealignmentadequateforanyvisualobservingpurpose.Forapplicationsthatrequireextrahigh

precisioninaparticularpartofthesky,theSynScanAZprovidesaPointingAccuracyEnhancement(PAE)functiontofurtherimprove

accuracy.

1. Use a go-to command to slew the telescope to a target in the area of sky where you want increased accuracy.

2. Centertheobjectintheeyepieceusingthehandcontroldirectionalkeys.

3. Press and hold down the ESC key for 2 seconds. The hand control will display “Re-center”andthenameofthereferenceobject 

 willappearontheLCDandblinkthreetimes.Ifthego-tocommandissentfromanexternalplanetariumsoftwarethroughthe 

 RS-232cable,thehandcontrolwilldisplay“Last goto object”insteadofthenameoftheobject.

4. MakesurethattheobjectisstillinthecenteroftheviewandpressENTER. The SynScan AZ will record the amount of

correction required and will recalculate its model of the sky. The pointing accuracy in this particular part of the sky should be

 greatlyimproved.

Hint: The result of the PAE is stored in the hand control even if the power has been turned off but will be erased if a new alignment

procedure is performed.

Object Databases in the SynScan AZ

TheSynScanAZcomeswithavastdatabasewithover42,900celestialobjectsallinthepalmofyourhand.Thisdatabaseincludes

selections from the following popular catalogs:

• Solar System

–The7planetsofoursolarsystem,plustheMoonandPluto.

• Named Star –Alistof212bestknownstarsfromtheSynScanAZdatabase

• NGC–7,840ofthebrightestdeepskyobjectsfromtheRevisedNewGeneralCatalog

• IC–5,386ofstandardstarsanddeepskyobjectsfromtheIndexedCatalog

• Messier –Completelistof110Messierobjects

• Caldwell –Completelistof109Caldwellobjects

• Double Stars–Includes55well-knowndoublestars

• Variable Stars–Includes20well-knownvariablestars

• SAO–Includes29,523stars