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Old 13-05-2011, 08:37 AM
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Use the arrows - on about 5 or 3 slew speed.
Read the book a few times- there's a lot in there that you miss the first and second time.
Did you get the 8"?
defocus the stars to a big donut it's easier to work out where they sit in the EP.
If you point it North, do it with the Mag compass AWAY from the base - there's some deviation if you don't.

Once you have it set up, if you are a little out when you goto a star, centre the star and hold down the enter button for about 4 seconds - then release it - the beep that sounds indicates it is synchronising the star - then press enter again and it will use the synch to refresh the tuning. VERY useful if you're going for a faint fuzzy. You go to a known star nearby and synch then you know the faint fuzzy will be centred when you goto it.
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