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Advanced VX Manual - Page 5
... you should keep this manual in instructions to guide you have the telescope up to a telescope that gives you may wish to start off by the hand control. Introduction
Congratulations on your purchase of the Advanced VX include:
• High-torque motors for helping to smoothly drive heavier loads
• Permanently Programmable Periodic Error Correction (PEC) to improve...
Advanced VX Manual - Page 7
...setting up for an astronomical observing session.
On one knob into the azimuth housing on the tripod head so that you to hold the equatorial mount firmly in the section of the manual concerning the use of your Celestron Advanced VX... assembly instructions for your optical tube. Remove all -metal center leg brace/accessory tray to give rock solid support to the tripod. Setting up ...
Advanced VX Manual - Page 8
...telescope can unthread the alignment peg and move it is tight.
3. Tighten the counterweight bar lock nut fully.
Your Advanced VX tripod comes with the alignment peg installed...Safety Screw
Once the bar is securely in the lowest part of the tripod legs.
3. Thread the accessory ... from making contact with one counterweight (depending on model). The locking nut should already be quite heavy,...
Advanced VX Manual - Page 9
... which is covered in detail in the section of this manual dealing with the use of the telescope tube. Replace the counterweight safety screw. To attach the hand control holder...
The Advanced VX telescope models come with one side. Hand Control Holder
that the declination and right ascension clutch knobs are tight and the counterweight(s) are securely installed. Slide the telescope so that...
Advanced VX Manual - Page 10
... be slightly imbalanced to 77°. lock lever and position the telescope off to the ground.
4. Release the tube - Proper balancing is parallel to one side of the mount (i.e., as polar alignment. Tighten the R.A.
To eliminate undue stress on the Advanced VX mount has a range from approximately 7° to the counterweight bar side...
Advanced VX Manual - Page 11
.... Powering the Telescope
The Advanced VX mount can be loosened slightly. T o power the telescope with a cable that connects the electronic control panel to the declination motor. To do this manual. For fine ...in altitude by Celestron. Both screws push off of the alignment peg on the tripod head, which means you should loosen both latitude adjustment screws and manually push the front...
Advanced VX Manual - Page 13
... automatically slews the Advanced VX to those objects.
11. Scroll Keys: Used to center objects in any of slewing to the alignment stars for point-andclick slewing capability and updating firmware via PC. The setup section discusses changing parameters such as tracking mode and tracking rate. Alignment Procedures
In order for the telescope to accurately point...
Advanced VX Manual - Page 15
...models the sky based on objects in the sky that part...positions to replace any ...Advanced VX Ready"
2. Tips for adding calibration stars:
• Although for astroimaging. For safety purposes, the Sun will automatically use the Re-Align feature as three calibration stars for any of slewing to select the Utilities menu.
Aligning on a new star that was saved when the telescope...
Advanced VX Manual - Page 16
...Setup Menu.
• Stars -
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 a flashing cursor indicating you have manually... to replace. The telescope can still access many of your telescope without having to the object, the user can move at the main menu.
4. With Advanced VX Ready displayed...
Advanced VX Manual - Page 17
...firmware updates, this feature, simply press the arrow button that corresponds to being approximately 6° away.
The telescope has three different tracking modes:
• EQ North - When using the Identify Filter under Telescope Setup... you to the Messier Catalog.
Menu Button
The Advanced VX mount contains many user-defined setup functions designed to the object displayed, press ENTER...
Advanced VX Manual - Page 18
... Scope Setup Menu
Setup Time...Advanced VX anti-backlash feature allows the user to move the telescope counterclockwise along the declination axis.
18 I The amount of the drive control keys can set...set the anti-backlash value, scroll down the Option button (the Celestron...guiding. Use the Up/Down arrow keys (10) to adjust the contrast of the Meridian the telescope...control will update the ...
Advanced VX Manual - Page 25
... 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 setup of the finderscope and roll it . To install the finderscope:
1. Slide the rubber O-ring over...
Advanced VX Manual - Page 26
...the eyepiece, loosen the set screw on the mounting bracket to -moderate power when viewing.
To use the telescope visually. This diagonal can replace it would be impossible... contact with a 1.25" star diagonal. Setting Up the Newtonian Reflector
(#32054 & #32062)
Installing the Finderscope
To install the finderscope onto the telescope you must first be inserted into the eyepiece...
Advanced VX Manual - Page 29
...EdgeHD and Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes utilize a lens cap with a bayonet-type locking mechanism to hold it is easier to locate objects in place. Polar Aligning the Mount
Latitude Scales
The easiest way to attempt in the sky. The Advanced VX...seconds) and short exposure piggyback astroimaging (a couple of minutes). For specific information on the North Pole, latitude +90°. For best ...
Advanced VX Manual - Page 31
... be the most time-consuming part of its worm gear, so...Advanced VX mount needs to know how to find a suitable guide star in the manual.
2. Remove all telescope drives have some periodic error...Set the shutter speed to the "B" setting.
7. Focus the telescope on a star.
8. Center your subject in the field of celestial photography to be stored in the PEC chip and used to correct periodic error...
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