User manual ORION TELESCOPES & BINOCULARS 07803

[. . . ] INSTRUCTION MANUAL Orion SkyWizard 3 ® TM #78 03 Electronic Finder & Sky Catalog Model 3 Customer Support (800) 676-1343 E-mail: support@telescope. com Corporate Offices (831) 763-7000 Providing Exceptional Consumer Optical Products Since 1975 P. O. Box 1815, Santa Cruz, CA 95061 IN 050 Rev. Your Orion Sky Wizard Model 3 will put the fun back in your telescope observing. It provides a digital readout of celestial coordinates, a database of more than 10, 000 of the most interesting deep sky subjects, and the ability to guide the observer to astronomical objects. [. . . ] Press MODE, scroll to CATALOG, press ENTER. The last calendar date entered will be displayed. This date is used in the planetary orbit calculations. The range of years is from 1950 to 2050. The display order is Month, Date, and Year. The digits may be set sequentially using the UP and DOWN buttons to set each digit. Press ENTER when each digit is set to the desired value. After setting all the digits of the date, press UP or DOWN to select a planet. The UP and DOWN buttons will allow you to scroll through the list of planets. Press enter to display the current coordinates of the planet. The CATALOG display for selecting a planet: MERCURY VENUS MARS JUPITER SATURN URANUS NEPTUNE PLUTO The first time a catalog is used the display will show its first entry. For example, the Messier catalog displays M001, which happens to be the Crab Nebula. The ST (Star) catalog contains many interesting stars, double stars and red stars and includes all of the alignment stars. (The complete list is included in the back of this manual. ) First look up the object, select CATALOG mode, choose ST, and enter the index number using the arrow buttons to set the blinking digit, pressing ENTER to advance to the next digit to be set. Press ENTER after setting the last digit and the display will show the coordinates. For the famous double star "Abireo" the following information would appear on the display: Example CATALOG display for selecting an object from the star (ST) list: Enter number: ST182 Coordinates: 0513+028 Description: ST182 MAG=4. 5 SIZE=7. 0 RHO ORION COLORED DOUBLE STAR SA=11 The MESSIER catalog "M" contains the full historical list of 110 objects identified by the famous French astronomer Charles Messier. These objects are the most popular objects observed by amateur astronomers. (The catalog list includes objects now known to be duplicates or asterisms, which are identified in the description. ) To view an object in the Messier Catalog, select CATALOG with the MODE button and press ENTER. If you are already in CATALOG, simply press the arrow buttons to switch between the nine groups and press ENTER. Enter the desired value of the blinking digit using the arrow buttons and press ENTER to advance to the next digit. When the last digit has been set, press ENTER and the display will show the M number. Press ENTER again to show the coordinates for the selected object. Press ENTER again for a scrolling description which includes magnitude, popular name, constellation and description. [. . . ] Press ENTER again to display scrolling object description. B. The Sky Wizard is close, but the objects are not quite in the field of view. This is almost always the startup index mark. If your telescope is not precisely polar aligned, or you have an Alt. -Az telescope, you must take care to get this index mark exact. [. . . ]