Thank you for purchasing this Sky-Watcher Product Sky-Watcher Saar Adventurer is user-friend and provides various combinations to satisfy &l your sends for telephotography and me-lapse photography. It is a high precision, portals and tabla celestial racking platform for sidereal, solar and lunar tracking with automatic SLR shutter release control.
How the Star Adventurer Works for Telephotography Dua io the rotation of the Earth, stars are not stationary. They appear to drills sound the celestial pols of the Earth {Fig. Thus, belong very faint and constantly moving across the sky, stars ars impassible to be captured on photographs, unless tha camera is scabies to track them steadily to allow long exposure. Star Adventurer provides e solution.
Introduction: The Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer Body : Mode Dial Wide Index : Polar Cops Cap Battery Ass Cover Flora Scope Cover 2 Mini USB Port JR-12 &-pins Auto-guider interface : SLR Shutter Control Port 1 S TIME LAPSE-N Lids Switch 10: Right Bunion and LED Indication 11: Lot Burton and LED indication 12: Clutch Knob SENDS BN Preassigned : Mounting Platform : Lot king Knob 2 Knurled Ring of Polar Cops : Polar Scope : Dave Graduation Circle 1 Time Meridian indicator : Admix Battery Ass 1 Time Graduation Cir
Preparation : Setup Tripod: Without Tit-head: task a standard hello tripe or video tripod with 2 38" connection resew, Spread the lags and cursors the trad lags at te desired height to provide & sable support for your Star Adventure Assemble Equatorial Wed's to the tripod as Fig 4. With Take a standard photo #iPod or video tripod with Till-head or Ball-head. Spread the legs and secures te sped legs at the desired height o provide a stable support for your Ste Adventurer as Fig 5.
Mount The Imaging Equipment: Mow you can mount your imaging equipment according to your need, including the Shutter Central Cable, as the following figures shown. You can contact Sky-Watcher authored dealers {o acquire the optional accessories 88 nested.
Provide Power § source: Saar Adventurer allows two prows source options. One is inserting 4 of AA type batteries; the other is providing DC 5V through USB port (type mini-B).
" Switch to “TIME LAPSE" or “N” Fig 21 Fig 22 Auto-Mulder: Star Adventurer also contain auto-guiding interface to accept single axis (RA axis) auto-guiding signal to provide more accurate celestial tracking for beater quality of historiography. The JR-12 8-pins cutlet is for connecting an ideologue. it is compatible with any auto guider with a 574 type interface. This function only works in Bode * For other modes, the auto-guiding signal has no effect.
For observing In the Southern Hemisphere: locate in the polar sops the 4 dim stars {Around Magnitude § i 8) which form the patient *Clans’ (see drawing in the polar sops as Fig 25). Align the orientation of the "Octane” drawing fo the 4 stars. Then move the 4 stars fo the 4 small circles of the “Oct ans” drawing by using the horizontal adjustment knee 1o fine-tune the Equatorial Wedge or by moving the tit-head of your trips.
The Orientation of Polaris in Polar Scope As Polaris is not located exactly at the North Celestial Pole, wa can ses it orbits the North Celestial Pole In 2 polar scope. The large circles zen in the center of the patter in the Polar Cops is a representation of Polaris’ orbit around the North Celestial Pole. When performing the polar alignment process, iris necessary 1o determine the orientation of Polaris on the circle. We can use the following 2 methods to get the orientation: 1.
1. First morale the Wedge and adjust the destitute i bring Polaris within e fled of view of the polar scope. 2. Then totals the Date Graduation Circle to align Oct 31 1o the 0 of the Time Graduation Circle and tum EyepiscefMounting Platform to align the Time Meridian Contraindication Thereof Times Meridian Careless (Fig 27). This is th date and ima when the striation of Polaris [s directly plow the north pew's { 8 o'clock ) 3. See through the eyepiece to make sure the pattern is rented as shown in Fig 28.
Example for Telephotography for Celestial Tracking: 1. Assemble the iPad and Star Adventurer according to your need. Then finish the polar alignment. 2 Mountie camera or telescope. install the cables (Shutter Control! Cable and auto-guiding} if beaded. 3. Side the Shies Switch R #you are In northern enciphers {Fig 31). Fig 31 4. Rotate the Mode Dial to Mods * The LED on the Mode Dial will it up Mode * The LED in the buttons will light up, tos.
Example for Time-Lapse Photography in Mode 12X: 1. Assemble the tripod and Star Adventurer coordinating to your need. 2. Assemble the caners and connect the camera and Star Adventurer with the Shutter Cantrell Cabs. 3. Slide the Slide Switch to position N. Rotate the Mode Dial o Mode 1230 4. Star Adventurer wail start ts rotate to the right with 2 sped of 2 hour per revolution. When it first reaches 30° it will start to reverse until reaches 60°. it will repeat the swing within this 60° {Fig 32).
Firmware Upgrade: 1. Download * Doter Controller Flatcars Loads higher and tha newest firmware from www.skywatchercom 2 Connect Star Adventurer to the computer with the mini USB cable. If this is the first ime the devices is connected o this computer, pl sass Walt for 8 few minutes for the computer to load the driver. $. Relate the Mode Dial 1o leave the OFF mode to turn on the power. 4.
« it is commendation o do this calibration at daytime, aiming at @ point object {such as a distant rooftop) because the delicate operation with the tiny Allen screws is even more delicate in the dark.