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INSTRUCTION MANUAL
StarSeeker 70mm StarSeeker 80mm StarSeeker 114mm StarSeeker 130mm
IN 264 Rev. B 4/06
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Slew Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 TABLE OF CONTENTS Filter Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Direction Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Warning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Select Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 ASSEMBLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Objective Lens Tube Ring Star Pointer Clamp Finderscope Eyepiece Fork Arm Accessory Tray w/ Hand Control Holder Hand Control Tripod Star Diagonal Focuser Knob The Starseeker 70mm and 80mm Refractor Telescopes (80mm model shown) 3
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Star Pointer Finderscope Eyepiece Focuser Knob Tube Ring Optical Tube Fork Arm Tripod Collimation Adjustment Knobs Accessory Tray w/ Hand Control Holder Hand Control StarSeeker 114mm & 130mm Reflecting Telescopes (114mm model shown) 4
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Internal heat build-up inside the telescope can cause Introduction these devices to crack or break, allowing unfiltered sun- light to pass through to the eye. Congratulations on your purchase of the Celestron StarSeeker! The StarSeeker ushers in a whole new genera- Never leave the telescope unsupervised, either when tion of computer automated technology. Simple and friendly to children are present or adults who may not be familiar with use, the StarSeeker is up and running after locating
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2. Thread the coupling screw into the hole at the bottom of Assembling the StarSeeker the fork arm base and hand tighten. Your StarSeeker comes in three major sections: the optical tube, fork arm and the tripod. These sections can be attached Your StarSeeker is fully assembled and is ready to attach the in seconds using the quick release coupling screw located accessories. under the tripod mounting platform. Remove all of the acces- sories from their individual boxes. Remember to save all o
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3. Tighten the thumbscrew to hold the eyepiece in place. Eyepiece Star pointer To remove the eyepiece, loosen the thumbscrew on the star diagonal and slide the eyepiece out. Focus For StarSeeker 114mm and 130mm models: knob 1. Loosen the thumb screw on the eyepiece adapter at the end of the focuser barrel and remove the protective dust cap from the focuser barrel. 2. Slide the chrome portion of the low power 25mm eyepiece into the eyepiece adapter. 3. Tighten the thumbscrew to hold the
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Attaching the Hand Control Sight tube The StarSeeker hand control has a phone jack type connector at the end of its cord. Plug the phone jack connector into the outlet at the base of the telescope’s fork arm. Push the connec- ON/OFF tor into the outlet until it clicks into place and place the hand Brightness control control into its holder as described previously in the Assembly section of the manual. Powering the StarSeeker The StarSeeker can be powered by the supplied battery pack or an o
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Double Stars: Alphabetical listing of the most visually 10. Scroll Keys: Used to scroll up and down within any of the stunning double, triple and quadruple stars in the sky. menu lists. A double arrow symbol on the right side of the LCD indicates that the scroll keys can be used to view Variable Stars: Select list of the brightest variable stars additional information. with the shortest period of changing magnitude. 11. Rate: Instantly changes the rate of speed of the motors Asterisms: A u
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Important: The first time the StarSeeker is used, it will request site. Select City Database and press ENTER. information to help identify the model of telescope. Once The hand control will allow you to choose from either U.S. powered on, the hand control will display the message Select or international locations. For a listing of U.S. locations by Model. Use the Up and Down menu keys (10) to scroll through state and then by city, press ENTER while United States is the different StarSeek
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6. For the second alignment object, choose a bright star or 1. Once the StarSeeker is powered on , Press ENTER to planet as far as possible from the first alignment object. begin alignment. Once again use the arrow button to center the object in 2. Use the Up and Down scroll keys (10) to select Auto Two- the finderscope and press ENTER. Then once centered in Star Align and press ENTER. the eyepiece press the ALIGN button. 3. The hand control will display the last time and location 7. Re
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4. StarSeeker then asks you to center in the eyepiece the Solar System Align alignment star you selected. Use the direction arrow but- Solar System Align is designed to provide excellent tracking tons to slew the telescope to the alignment star and care- and GoTo performance by using solar system objects (Sun, fully center the star in the finderscope. Press ENTER when Moon and planets) to align the telescope with the sky. Solar centered. System Align is a great way to align your telescope f
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of the sky. required to enter the first four digits of the objects six digit SAO number. Once the first four digits are entered, the hand control If you have aligned your telescope using the One-star will automatically list all the available SAO objects beginning align method, you can use re-align to align to an additional with those numbers. This allows you to scroll through only object in the sky. This will improve the pointing accuracy the SAO stars in the database. For example, in
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Tour Mode The hand control has a “double button” feature that allows you to instantly speed up the motors without having to choose a The StarSeeker includes a tour feature which automatically speed rate. To use this feature, simply press the arrow button allows the user to choose from a list of interesting objects that corresponds to the direction that you want to move the based on the date and time in which you are observing. The telescope. While holding that button down, press the oppos
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Lunar Used for tracking the moon when observing the lunar Identify landscape. Identify Mode will search any of the StarSeeker database catalogs or lists and display the name and offset distances to Solar Used for tracking the Sun when solar observing using the nearest matching objects. This feature can serve two pur- a proper solar filter. poses. First, it can be used to identify an unknown object in View Time-Site - View Time-Site will display the last saved the field of view of your eyepi
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these values and use them each time it is turned on until they Utility Features are changed. Version - Selecting this option will allow you to see the version number of the hand control software. Slew Limits - Sets the limits in altitude that the telescope can slew without displaying a warning message. The slew limits Light Control - This feature allows you to turn off both the prevent the telescope tube from slewing to an object below the red key pad light and LCD display for daytime use t
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StarSeeker StarSeeker Menu Tree: The following figure is a menu tree showing the sub-menus associated with the primary command functions. 17
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Let’s say, for example, you are using the 25mm eyepiece. To Telescope Basics determine the magnification you simply divide the focal length of your telescope (for example, the StarSeeker 130mm has A telescope is an instrument that collects and focuses light. a focal length of 650mm) by the focal length of the eyepiece, The nature of the optical design determines how the light 25mm. Dividing 650 by 25 yields a magnification of 26 power. is focused. Some telescopes, known as refractors, use
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Hazy skies, fog, and mist can also make it difficult to Planetary focus when viewing terrestrially. The amount of detail seen Observing under these conditions is greatly reduced. Also, when Hints photographing under these conditions, the processed film Remember that may come out a little grainier than normal with lower con- atmospheric con- trast and underexposed. ditions are usually the limiting fac- If you wear corrective lenses (specifically glasses), you tor on how much may want
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Viewing Conditions Telescope Maintenance Viewing conditions affect what you can see through your While your StarSeeker telescope requires little maintenance, telescope during an observing session. Conditions include there are a few things to remember that will ensure your tele- transparency, sky illumination, and seeing. Understanding scope performs at its best. viewing conditions and the effect they have on observing will help you get the most out of your telescope. Care and Cleaning of th
