Celestron Advanced VX 11" Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope Support and Manuals
Get Help and Manuals for this Celestron item
View All Support Options Below
Free Celestron Advanced VX 11" Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope manuals!
Problems with Celestron Advanced VX 11" Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope?
Ask a Question
Free Celestron Advanced VX 11" Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope manuals!
Problems with Celestron Advanced VX 11" Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope?
Ask a Question
Popular Celestron Advanced VX 11" Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope Manual Pages
Advanced VX Manual - Page 3
... 6 Assembly 7 Computerized Hand Control 12
Object Catalog 16 Slewing to an Object 16 Advanced VX Main Menu Tree 23 Optical Tube Assemblies 25 Setting up the Refractor 25 Setting up the Newtonian Reflector 26 Setting up the Edge HD & Schmidt-Cassegrain Optical Tubes 27 Aligning the Finderscope 29 Polar Aligning the Mount 29 Appendix A - Advanced VX Mount Technical Specifications 33
Advanced VX Manual - Page 5
... hand control has built-in conjunction with you have fully mastered your interest grows from astronomical observing to guide you have the telescope up to give you are present. Use this manual handy until you as your telescope's operation.
Furthermore, the Advanced VX mount is with the most interesting objects in minutes. it .
• Never use...
Advanced VX Manual - Page 7
... 7 Assembly
This section covers the assembly instructions for polar alignment.
3. Hold the...manual concerning the use of your Celestron Advanced VX mount.
The...Advanced VX equatorial mount allows you to the tripod:
1. Locate the Azimuth Adjustment Knobs from there.
If you purchased an Advanced VX telescope... support to the tripod. Setting up from the box containing the Advanced VX ...
Advanced VX Manual - Page 9
... Hand Control Holder
The Advanced VX telescope models come with one of the tripod legs and press firmly until it about halfway up against one , remove the safety screws located beneath the dovetail bar.
3. To mount the telescope tube:
1. Loosen the two mounting screws on the bottom end of the telescope tube.
Replace the counterweight safety screw...
Advanced VX Manual - Page 10
... general balance instructions and will extend horizontally on the Advanced VX mount has a range from approximately 7° to the mounting platform and slide the telescope either forward ...telescope - L oosen the set screws on one side of the mount. The actual process of polar alignment, or making the telescope's axis of rotation parallel to the Earth's, is described later in this manual...
Advanced VX Manual - Page 11
...telescope is done during the polar alignment process only. Use only adapters supplied by the supplied car battery adapter or optional 12V AC adapter. I 11...Powering the Telescope
The Advanced VX mount can be moved. Once polar aligned, the mount must NOT be powered by Celestron. Both...).
To do this manual. While standing behind the telescope, the knobs are on the tripod head, ...
Advanced VX Manual - Page 13
... objects selected from the Advanced VX database.
14. RS-232 Jack: Allows you would for the telescope to accurately point to access more advanced features and functions.
8. 1. Press ENTER to .
• One Star Align uses the same time/location information but only uses one star for point-andclick slewing capability and updating firmware via PC. Your...
Advanced VX Manual - Page 16
...have manually moved...set catalog filters limits. Press ENTER to command the telescope to slew to the object or hold the OPTION button (the Celestron... logo) and press OBJECT INFO to see information and data about the selected object such as a selectable object in the database, see a flashing cursor indicating you to replace. The telescope can move at the main menu.
4. With Advanced VX...
Advanced VX Manual - Page 17
...telescope is the slowest rate (2x sidereal) and can be used to give the user control over the telescopes many user-defined setup functions designed to support the telescope...telescope can be used for the rotation of objects in the Northern Hemisphere.
• EQ South -
Menu Button
The Advanced VX...; Off - Help Button
In future firmware updates, this can be turned off so that...
Advanced VX Manual - Page 18
...as time zone and daylight savings).
The Advanced VX anti-backlash feature allows the user to ...settings high enough to save.
To set the anti-backlash value, scroll down the Option button (the Celestron logo) for negative.
Now, enter the same values for both axes and press ENTER to cause immediate movement without a long pause.
• Negative is complete, the telescope...
Advanced VX Manual - Page 23
... Diagram - Advanced VX Main Menu Tree
Menu
Tracking
View Time-Site Hand Control
Scope Setup Utilities
User Objects
Get RA-Dec GoTo RA Dec
Identify Precise Goto
Mode
EQ North
EQ South
Off
Rate
Sidereal
Solar
Lunar
Saved Site
Light Control
Keypad Level
Display Level
Scrolling Menu
Toggle Bold Font
Set Contrast
Set Language
See...
Advanced VX Manual - Page 24
Advanced VX Main Menu Tree
Scope Setup
Setup Time-Site Anti-Backlash
Filter Limits Direction Button GoTo Approach Autoguide Rates OTA Orientation
Meridian
Mount Settings RA Limits
Custom Rate 9
Custom Site City Database
RA Positive RA Negative Dec Positive Dec Negative
RA Button Dec Button RA Approach Dec Approach
RA ...
Advanced VX Manual - Page 25
... 12 lbs 22" (56 cm) 21 lbs
12067 Schmidt-Cassegrain 11" (280 mm) 2800 mm f/10 40 mm (70x) - 1.25" 9x50 90° - 1.25" Advanced VX 2" Stainless Steel 3x 12 lbs 24" (61 cm) 28 lbs
Setting Up the Refractor (#21020)
Installing the Finderscope
To install the finderscope onto the telescope, you must first mount the finderscope through the...
Advanced VX Manual - Page 26
... magnifies the image focused by the telescope. To use the telescope visually. This diagonal can replace it would be inserted directly into the mounting bracket on the mounting bracket to the finderscope) into the focuser barrel and secured with a set screw in from the back. To install the finderscope:
1. Installing the Eyepieces
The eyepiece, or ocular...
Advanced VX Manual - Page 31
...setting.
7. Focus the telescope on the hand controller to photograph and guide through them toward the Little Dipper. In addition, you to make one of the brightest constellations in the southern hemisphere are several techniques for short, is a system that is relatively bright is to Polaris. The periodic error of the worm errors... recorded error.
First, the Advanced VX mount needs...
Celestron Advanced VX 11" Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope Reviews
We have not received any reviews for Celestron yet.