I'm piecing together a Televue setup. I've purchased a Gibraltor mount and I'm now saving toward a TV102. I'm also thinking about buying the Sky Tour DSC, however I'd like to read the instructions for using them before making the purchase. In particular, I'd like to know what it uses for alignment stars, as my site is partially obscured by trees. Televue's marketing literature doesn't provide that much information about this product. Does anyone know of any web sites that would make this information available?
Sky Tour DSC
Started by davidcolton, 04/02/2003 12:55AM
Posted 04/02/2003 12:55AM
Opening Post
Posted 04/02/2003 04:43AM
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David,
Having spent some time with the Sky Tour, I can share some information with you on how it works. The system is easy to use. The encoders attach to the mount and have telephone type chords that plug into the little Sky Tour computer. You turn on the computer and you get the command to align mark. You line up two little engraved spots on the declination axis and press enter. Then you get a command to align stars. The computer has a list of many major stars to select, just about all of the big bright stars. You pick a star from the list, center in the eyepiece and press enter. You pick another star in the opposite side of the sky from the list, center in the eyepiece and press enter. You then get a read out that states the "warp" factor of your alignment. If it is less than 1 you have a good alignment, which is usually the case. Then you are set to go. Using the catalogue you pick out what you want to see from a about 2,000 objects, such as M-42, and enter the guide mode. A message appears showing you how to move the scope. When the displayed coordinates are at 00, the item is usually in the eyepiece. You can then have the computer align on the object if you want, which improves your warp factor. This winter I was usually aligning on Mizar and Rigel. Hope this helps.
Joel
Having spent some time with the Sky Tour, I can share some information with you on how it works. The system is easy to use. The encoders attach to the mount and have telephone type chords that plug into the little Sky Tour computer. You turn on the computer and you get the command to align mark. You line up two little engraved spots on the declination axis and press enter. Then you get a command to align stars. The computer has a list of many major stars to select, just about all of the big bright stars. You pick a star from the list, center in the eyepiece and press enter. You pick another star in the opposite side of the sky from the list, center in the eyepiece and press enter. You then get a read out that states the "warp" factor of your alignment. If it is less than 1 you have a good alignment, which is usually the case. Then you are set to go. Using the catalogue you pick out what you want to see from a about 2,000 objects, such as M-42, and enter the guide mode. A message appears showing you how to move the scope. When the displayed coordinates are at 00, the item is usually in the eyepiece. You can then have the computer align on the object if you want, which improves your warp factor. This winter I was usually aligning on Mizar and Rigel. Hope this helps.
Joel
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