4. The Location menu appears.

Use the scroll buttons to display “City Database” and press

ENTER. You will then be asked to select your country, state and closest city from the lists.
Press ENTER after each selection.
5.The Time menu appears. Using the number buttons, enter the current time in hours, NEXSTAR
e. ENTER
f. ALIGN a. BACK
minutes and seconds and press ENTER. You will be asked to select AM or PM and press
ENTER. Then use the scroll buttons to choose between standard time and daylight
saving time.
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6. Use the scroll buttons to select your time zone and press ENTER.
7. The
 Date menu appears. Use the number buttons to enter the month, day and year. Then, QUESTIONS OR PROBLEMS WITH SET-UP?
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press ENTER.
C. SCROLL BUTTONS 8. The hand control has now saved your settings. The next time you set up the telescope, your Q U I C K S E T- U P G U I D E
settings will be saved, making it much easier and quicker to align. You will only have to
d. MOTOR SPEED update the date and time.
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9. Now look up in the sky with the naked eye and find three bright celestial objects. (Any
bright star in the sky will work.) For the most accurate results, the objects you align to WHAT’S IN THE BOX: Telescope tube, computerized mount, tripod, accessory tray with hand control holder, hand control, battery pack with pouch, red dot finder, mirror
should be in three different parts of the sky. diagonal, 4mm eyepiece, 20mm eyepiece, TheSkyX – First Light Edition Astronomy Software
10. U se the hand control directional buttons to move the telescope toward the first bright
object. When you get close to your object, look through the Red Dot Finder and move the SETTING UP THE TELESCOPE
GETTING TO KNOW YOUR HAND CONTROL telescope to center the red dot in your finderscope directly on top of the object.
These are the buttons on the NexStar+ hand control that you will be using to align your
computerized mount:
Press ENTER. 1 2 3
a. BACK: If you make a mistake when entering data, the BACK button will take you to the 11. If your Red Dot Finder was properly aligned, you should see the bright object in your 20mm
last menu. eyepiece. Use the directional buttons to center the bright object in the eyepiece. The
motors will automatically slow down to help you center your object. (Note: Always center
b. D IRECTIONAL ARROW BUTTONS: These four buttons move the telescope up, down, the star in the eyepiece using the UP and RIGHT directional buttons last. If you have gone
left and right. too far in one of these directions, use the DOWN or LEFT buttons to pass center and then
c. S CROLL BUTTONS: These two buttons help you navigate the hand control menus. Use re-approach using UP and RIGHT.) When your object is centered, press ALIGN.
them to scroll through the choices whenever you see an up or down caret on the right 12.You are now ready to move the telescope to the second object. Use the same procedure as
side of the display. 1. Loosen the bolts at the bottom of each tripod leg and extend the 2. Gently separate the tripod legs. The Y-shaped brace in the 3. Place the accessory tray on top of the Y-shaped brace. Secure
you did for the first object: center it in the Red Dot Finder and press ENTER, then center in legs fully. Retighten bolts to secure the legs in place. middle of the tripod will move upward and snap into place. the tray using the hand knob on the bottom of the brace.
d. M OTOR SPEED: This button changes the speed of the motors when the directional the eyepiece and press ALIGN. (Note: Do not overtighten.)
arrow buttons are pressed. Press the MOTOR SPEED button followed by a number, 1 13.Repeat this same procedure for the third object. This time, when you press ALIGN, the
through 9. Speed 9 is the fastest speed and works well for moving long distances.
Speed 1 is the slowest, so slow that you need to be looking through the 4mm eyepiece
hand control will display “Please Wait” while it calculates the alignment. After a few
seconds, the hand control will display “Match Confirmed.”
4 5 6
to see a star move. For alignment purposes, we recommend using speeds 5-9.
e. ENTER: This button confirms data choices throughout the alignment process. You are now ready to explore the cosmos! Press ENTER to continue. If you want to know the
f. A LIGN: Press this button to confirm that the selected objects are centered in names of the objects you just aligned on, press the BACK button and scroll through the list.
the eyepiece. Don’t forget to turn your Red Dot Finder off to conserve the battery.

FINDING OBJECTS
ALIGNING THE COMPUTERIZED MOUNT Now that your mount is properly aligned, you can access any of the objects in the computerized
1. S et up the telescope and make sure your Red Dot Finder has been properly aligned. 4. Take the computerized mount and place the bottom end into the 5. Plug the hand control into the port on the side of the computer- 6. Next, attach telescope tube to the computerized mount. Start by
mount’s database. To have the computer find a planet, simply press the SOLAR SYSTEM button
Turn on the Red Dot Finder. cup at the top of the tripod, securing with the large hand knob ized mount. Place the hand control into the hand control holder loosening the large black bolt near the top of the computerized
and use the scroll buttons to look through the list of planets that are currently above your
on the tripod. on the accessory tray. mount. Then, slide the dovetail bar on the side of the telescope
2. W
 hen you first plug in the telescope, the display will read “Verifying Packages – Please horizon. Press ENTER and the scope will automatically rotate and center the planet in the tube into the clamp at the top of the computerized mount. Tighten
Wait.” After a few seconds, it will display “NexStar Ready.” Press the ENTER button to view of your 20mm eyepiece and will track the planet as it moves across the night sky. the large black bolt to secure the tube in place.
begin the alignment process.
3. A menu will appear showing the many different methods of alignment. We’re selecting
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SkyAlign, the easiest one. Press ENTER to continue.

8. NOW YOU’RE READY TO ATTACH ACCESSORIES TO THE TELESCOPE TUBE

SOLAR WARNING: Never attempt to view the sun through any telescope without proper filtering! 7. Remove the lens caps from both ends of the telescope.

F O R D ETA I L E D U S A G E I N F O R M ATI O N P L E A S E C O N S U LT YO U R O W N E R’S M A N U A L.

 SIGHTING ON THE MOON YOUR NEW TELESCOPE: WHAT TO EXPECT
8a. 8b. 8c. The best and easiest target for you to try to view first is the Moon. Try observing the Moon at SOM E TI PS FOR A G REAT OBSE RVI NG EXPE RI E NCE:
different points in its phase cycle. The best time to view the Moon is from two days after a
New Moon up to a few days before a Full Moon. During this period, you will be able to see the 1. Your telescope will reveal excellent detail on the Moon. Try observing the
most detail in the craters and lunar mountain ranges. “terminator,” the line of darkness on the edge of the Moon’s disk. Observing along
the terminator provides the best detail of craters and other surface features. Try
1. With the Moon visible in the sky, set up your telescope as described above with the higher-power eyepieces (like the 4mm eyepiece included with your telescope) to
20mm eyepiece. see the Moon up close.

2. Use the four large directional arrow buttons on the hand control to move the telescope 2. Stars will always look like pinpoints of light, even though a large telescope. Stars are too
left and right or up and down so that it is roughly pointing toward the Moon. distant to be resolved as a sphere. However, your telescope can show you the separation
a. Red Dot Finder b. Mirror Diagonal c. Eyepiece between double stars. Nebulae, like the Orion Nebula, may look like stars to the naked eye,
i. Loosen the silver set screw located on the top left side of i. Loosen the two silver set screws at the rear end of the telescope i. Loosen the two small silver set screws in the mirror diagonal and 3. Turn on the Red Dot Finder and look through it to find the red dot. but their gas clouds will look “fuzzy” through your telescope.
the telescope. and remove the cap by pulling it straight out. insert the chrome barrel of the 20mm eyepiece into the diagonal.
ii. Slide the Red Dot Finder into the slot and tighten the set ii.Insert the chrome barrel of the mirror diagonal into the telescope Retighten the both set screws to secure. (Note: You’ll use the 4mm 4. Continue moving the telescope using the hand control until the red dot appears over 3. Saturn and Jupiter are the best planets to observe. You can see the rings around Saturn
screw to secure. and tighten both set screws to secure it in place. eyepiece later. For now, keep it in the accessory tray.) |the moon. and the moons of Jupiter through your telescope. During certain times, you can even see
iii. Remove the small plastic tab between the battery and the the shadow of the moons on Jupiter’s surface. Under good seeing conditions you can
battery terminal.
5. Look through the 20mm eyepiece. Gently turn the focus knobs to adjust the sharpness of
the image. observe cloud bands on Jupiter.
iv. The Red Dot Finder has an on/off dial on the right side. To turn the
red dot on, turn the dial clockwise. The brightness of the red dot 4. Speaking of seeing conditions, every night will offer different seeing conditions. The
can be adjusted. The farther you turn the on/off knob, the brighter CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE NOW OBSERVED YOUR FIRST CELESTIAL OBJECT! atmosphere can be nice and stable, which is great for observing the planets and the Moon.
the red dot will become. (Note: Be sure to turn off the Red Dot But sometimes the atmosphere is very turbulent, making it harder to view fine details. If
Finder when not in use.) To get a closer view of the Moon, loosen the two set screws on the mirror diagonal and re-
move the 20mm eyepiece. Replace it with the 4mm eyepiece and tighten the two set screws. you notice that the stars are twinkling like crazy, then there is likely a lot of atmospheric
The 4mm eyepiece will give you significantly more magnification, making the Moon turbulence that evening.

9a. 9b. 9c . appear much larger. (Note: You may need to adjust the focus knobs when you change
eyepieces, so make sure you are getting the sharpest image possible.)
5. The Moon and planets can be easily observed under city lights. However, if you want to
look at deep sky objects such as star clusters, nebulae and even galaxies, you’ll need to
get away from city lights. The darker the skies, the better! Try taking your telescope on
You can view many other celestial objects, such as planets, star clusters and nebulae using your next camping trip.
this same technique if you know where to find them in the night sky.
6. The human eye cannot see color when looking through a telescope. However, colors
The next big step with your telescope is to align its internal computer, so you can let your will emerge in long-exposure photographs taken through the telescope.
telescope do the work. Once it’s aligned, your NexStar 90GT can locate and track thousands 7. S peaking of photography, yes, you can connect a camera to your telescope!
of objects for you—automatically. Visit www.explorethesky.com to learn more about taking photos through your telescope.
9. Power the telescope b. Insert a fresh set of 8 AA batteries into the battery holder, c. Plug the cord from the battery pack into the power port on the 8. Your telescope will need time to “cool down” to provide the best images. When a telescope
a. Open the battery pack pouch and remove the battery holder. making sure you insert them with the correct polarity (+/-). base of the mount. Your telescope has no on/off switch; simply is moved from one temperature to another, it will need time to reach an equilibrium. While
Put the battery holder back into the pouch and place the pouch plugging the battery pack cord into the mount should cause the it is cooling, you may experience turbulence in your image.
on the accessory tray. hand control to light up.

ALIGNING THE RED DOT FINDER

The first time you assemble your telescope, you’ll need to align the Red Dot Finder. This one-time setup procedure should
be done during the day.
1. Take the telescope outside during the day and find an easily recognizable object, such as a streetlight, car license plate,
Left and Right
or tall tree. The object should be as far away as possible, but at least a quarter mile away.
Adjuster
2. With the telescope powered up, use the four large directional arrow buttons on the hand control to move the telescope
On /Off
Up and Down
left and right or up and down so that it is roughly pointing toward the object you chose in step 1.
Adjuster 3. Look through the telescope using your 20mm eyepiece and use the hand control buttons to move the telescope until the
object you chose lies in the center of the view. If the image is blurry, gently turn the focus knobs on either side of the East South West

telescope until it comes into sharp focus. (Note: The image in your telescope will appear mirror reversed, left to right.
This is perfectly normal in an astronomical telescope.)
4. If the motors are moving the telescope too quickly, you can adjust the speed of the motors by pressing the MOTOR
SPEED button on the lower right of the hand control keypad, followed by the number 5. This will slow the motors down to
more manageable speed when looking through the telescope. To return to a faster speed, press the MOTOR SPEED button
again followed by the number 9.
5. Once the object is centered in your 20mm eyepiece, turn on the Red Dot Finder. With your head positioned about a foot VISIT WWW.EXPLORETHESKY.COM
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behind the Finder, look through the round lens of the finder and locate the red dot.
6. Without moving the telescope (by hand or by using the hand control), use the two adjustment knobs located on the side
and underneath the Red Dot Finder. One controls the left-right motion of the dot. The other controls the up-down motion
of the dot. Adjust both of these until the red dot appears over the same object you are observing in the 20mm eyepiece.

Your Red Dot Finder is now aligned and should not require realignment unless it is bumped or dropped. You can even take
the Red Dot Finder off the telescope and reattach it while preserving alignment.
The moon with 20 MM eyepiece. The moon with 4 MM eyepiece.

(Note: Be sure to turn off the Red Dot Finder when not in use.)