INTRODUCTION
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W
ARNING
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ASSEMBLY
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A
SSEMBLING THE
N
EX
S
TAR
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Powering the NexStar
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The Hand Control
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The Eyepiece
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The Star Pointer Finderscope
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HAND CONTROL
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H
AND
C
ONTROL
O
PERATION
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Alignment Procedure
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Sky Align
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Auto Two-Star Align
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Two Star Alignment
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One-Star Align
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Solar System Align
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I
MPROVING
P
OINTING
A
CCURACY
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Alignment Stars:
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Sync:
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Undo Sync:
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O
BJECT
C
ATALOG
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Selecting an Object
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Slewing to an Object
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Finding Planets
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Tour Mode
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Constellation Tour
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D
IRECTION
B
UTTONS
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Rate Button
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S
ETUP
P
ROCEDURES
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Tracking Mode
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Tracking Rate
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View Time-Site
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User Defined Objects
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C
AMERA
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Connecting Camera
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Controlling Camera
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Camera Wizard
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G
ET
RA/DEC
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G
OTO
R.A/
D
EC
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I
DENTIFY
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P
RECISE
G
O
T
O
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S
COPE
S
ETUP
F
EATURES
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Setup Time-Site
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Anti-backlash
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Slew Limits
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Filter Limits
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Direction Buttons
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Goto Approach
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