Celestron Advanced VX Mount Advanced VX Manual

Celestron Advanced VX Mount Manual

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    Series Telescopes Instruction Manual For Models: 91519 32054 32062 22020 12079 12026 12046 12067 12031
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    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
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    Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the Celestron Advanced VX telescope mount. The Advanced VX German equatorial mount has been designed with the highest quality materials to ensure stability and durability. All this adds up to a telescope that gives you a lifetime of enjoyment with a
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    with 8" Edge HD Optical Tube Shown) 1 11 B D 29 3 10 7 C E 6 8 4 F 5 A 1 Optical Tube 2 Advanced VX Equatorial Mount 3 Latitude Adjustment Scale 4 Tripod Center Leg Brace/Accessory Tray 5 Tripod 6 Counterweight 7 Counterweight Bar 8 Hand Control 9 Control Panel 10 R.A. Motor Housing 11
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    setting up your Celestron mount, you must start with the tripod and work up from there. These instructions are laid out in the order each task must be performed. Setting up the Tripod The Advanced VX tripod comes with an all-metal center leg brace/accessory tray to give rock solid support to the
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    Axis Lock Nut Counterweight Bar Counterweight Attaching the Accessory Tray The Advanced VX mount comes with an accessory tray that has holes specially ready to attach the counterweight. Observing Tip: Since the fully assembled telescope can be quite heavy, position the mount so that the polar
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    sliding over the safety screw. Attaching the Hand Control Holder The Advanced VX telescope models come with a hand control holder that attaches to a Telescope Mounting Screw Moving the Telescope Manually In order to properly balance your telescope, you will need to move your telescope manually
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    counterweight bar and loosen the rear screw. The latitude adjustment on the Advanced VX mount has a range from approximately 7° to 77°. Balancing the Mount in DEC Although the mount does not track in declination, the telescope should also be balanced in this axis to prevent any sudden motions when
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    the mount). To do this you should loosen both latitude adjustment screws and manually push the front of the mount down as far as it will go. the Telescope The Advanced VX mount can be powered by the supplied car battery adapter or optional 12V AC adapter. Use only adapters supplied by Celestron.
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    Computerized Hand Control The Advanced VX uses the NexStar+ hand control that is designed to give you instant access to all the functions your mount has to offer. With automatic slewing
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    A lign: Instructs the hand control to begin the process of aligning your telescope. 3. Direction Keys: Allows complete control of the Advanced VX mount in any direction. Use the direction keys to center objects in the eyepiece or manually slew telescope. 4. Catalog Keys: The Advanced VX has a key
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    and select any one of over two hundred alignment stars. 2. Once the telescope is finished slewing to your first alignment star, the display will ask you finderscope. When centered in the finder, press ENTER. The display will then instruct you to center the star in the field of view of the eyepiece.
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    the coordinates of bright objects like the Moon and planets and provides the telescope with information needed to track objects in any part of the sky , do the following: 1. P ress the BACK button until the display reads "Advanced VX Ready" 2. P ress the MENU button and use the Up and Down keys to
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    (the Celestron logo) and press OBJECT INFO to see information about the object you selected. Caution: Never slew the telescope when someone is looking into the eyepiece. The telescope can move at fast slew speeds and may hit an observer in the eye. SkyTour Button The Advanced VX mount includes
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    speed slew rate to precise guiding rate or anywhere in between. telescope move in the correct direction. Help Button In future firmware updates, this button will offer troubleshooting tips. For your convenience, it currently functions as a shortcut to the Messier Catalog. Menu Button The Advanced VX
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    Celestron logo) for 10 seconds while powering up the telescope. Scope Setup Menu Setup Time-Site - Allows the user to customize the telescope when changing directions). The Advanced VX anti-backlash feature allows higher value may be necessary for photographic guiding. To set the anti-backlash value,
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    are accessible from both sides of the Meridian. The Meridian feature allows the telescope tube to remain on a desired side of the mount when slewing, and and pointing east. • Disable - This is the default setting, which instructs the mount to always swing around to the other side of the pier as
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    If this proves to be a problem, the direction that the telescope takes to center an object can be changed. To change the telescopes slewing direction, see GoTo Approach options will also provide access to several advanced utility functions within the telescope such as; Calibrate Mount, Hibernate as
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    accuracy of the drive. This feature is for advanced astrophotography and is used when your telescope is accurately polar aligned. For more information on using PEC, refer to the section of the manual on "Astroimaging." User Objects Menu Your telescope can store up to 400 different user-defined
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    , Identify Mode can be used to find other celestial objects that are close to the objects you are currently observing. For example, if your telescope is pointed at the brightest star in the constellation Lyra, choosing Identify and then searching the Named Star catalog will no doubt return the star
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    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
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    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
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    (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 finder bracket and then
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    bracket will slide in from the back. The finderscope should be oriented so that the objective lens is toward the front (open) end of the telescope. 8. T ighten the set screw on the mounting bracket to hold the finderscope in place. Installing the Eyepieces The eyepiece, or ocular as it is also
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    and #12067) Installing the Star Diagonal The star diagonal is a prism that diverts the light at a right angle to the light path of the telescope. This allows you to observe in positions that are physically more comfortable than if you looked straight through. To attach the star diagonal onto the
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    and into the rear cell. WARNING: If you remove the mounting bracket, do not completely thread the screws back into the rear cell of the telescope. The screws may be long enough to obstruct the movement of, and possibly damage the primary mirror. Finder Bracket Rear Cell 2. P artially thread-in the
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    piggyback astroimaging (a couple of minutes). Polar Align using the Hand Control The Advanced VX mount has a polar alignment function called "All-Star" Polar Alignment that will help you polar align your telescope for increased tracking precision and for astroimaging. This feature allows you to
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    controller to select Undo Sync from the list, and press Enter. The message Complete will display on the LCD. To re-align your telescope: 1. S lew the telescope to one of the original alignment stars or another bright star if the original alignment stars are no longer in a convenient location. Press
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    Alignment section earlier in the manual. 2. Remove all visual accessories. 3. Thread the Radial Guider onto your telescope. 4. Thread the T-Ring Advanced VX mount needs to know the current position of its worm gear, so it has a reference when playing back the recorded error. Next, you must guide
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    the recording begins. Note: Once the worm gear is indexed, it will not need to be positioned again until the telescope is turned off. To give yourself more time to prepare for guiding, it may be necessary to restart PEC recording after the worm gear has found its index. 6. A fter 10 minutes
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    Appendix A - Advanced VX Mount Technical Specifications Payload Capacity (excluding counterweight) Optical Height Range of Mount Weight of Tripod Weight of EQ Head Weight of Counterweight Total Telescope Kit Weight 30 Pounds Standard Vixen-style "V" dovetail bar NexStar+ hand control with LCD
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    problems arise, or if you need assistance in using your telescope mount contact: Celestron Customer Service Department 2835 Columbia Street Torrance, CA 90503 Tel. 800.421.9649 Monday-Friday 8AM-4PM PST B. The Proper Return Authorization Number must be obtained from Celestron in advance instructions
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Series Telescopes
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
For Models:
91519 32054 32062
22020 12079 12026
12046 12067 12031