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The NexStar Evolution and SkyPortal User's Guide

James L. Chen, Adam Chen (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

XIX, 219 Seiten

2016 | 1st ed. 2016
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-32538-5 (ISBN)

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This book serves as a comprehensive guide for using a Nexstar Evolution mount with WiFi SkyPortal control, walking the reader through the process for aligning and operating the system from a tablet or smartphone. The next generation Go-To mount from Celestron, this is compatible not only with the Nextstar Evolution but also with older mounts. It is the ideal resource for anyone who owns, or is thinking of owning, a Nexstar Evolution telescope, or adapting their existing Celestron mount. Pros and cons of the system are thoroughly covered with a critical depth that addresses any possible question by users.
Beginning with a brief history of Go-To telescopes and the genesis of this still new technology, the author covers every aspect of the newly expanding capability in observing. This includes the associated Sky Portal smartphone and tablet application, the transition from the original Nexstar GoTo system to the new SkyPortal system, theuse of the Sky Portal application with its Sky Safari 4 basic software and Celestron WiFi adaptations, and discussions on the use of SkyPortal application using the Celestron adapter on older Celestron mounts. Comments and recommendations for equipment enable the reader to successfully use and appreciate the new WiFi capability without becoming overwhelmed. Extensively illustrated using actual screenshots from the program interface, this is the only guide to the Nextstar SkyPortal an observer will need.

Author - James Chen: Retired Department of the Navy and Federal Aviation Administration Radar and Surveillance Systems Engineer. Former Program Manager for Advanced Navigation and Positioning Corporation. Guest lecturer at local Washington DC/Northern Virginia/Maryland astronomy clubs on amateur astronomy topics of eyepiece design, optical filters, urban and suburban astronomy, and lunar observing. Author of an Astronomy Magazine article on Dobsonian telescope design in November 1989 issue, and contributor to Astronomy Technology Today magazine. First book, published in June 2014 by Springer, entitled How to Find the Apollo Landings Sites. Second book entitled A Guide to the Hubble Space Telescope Objects, is also available from Springer. Third book entitled The Vixen Star Book User Guide, is also available from Springer. Served as a part-time technical and sales consultant for two Washington DC area telescope stores for over 30 years.

Preface.- Chapter 1: A Brief History of ComputerizedTelescope Mounts for Amateurs.- Chapter 2: A Review of Celestron GoToComputerized Telescopes.- Chapter 3: Introduction to the Celestron NexStarEvolution and Sky Portal.- Chapter 4: Basic Operation of the Celestron NexStarEvolution and SkyPortal App.- Chapter 5: Basic Operation of the CelestronNexStar Evolution and NexStar+ Hand Control.- Chapter 6: Lessons Learned inUsing the Celestron NexStar Evolution and SkyPortal.- Chapter 7: Introductionto the SkyPortal WiFi Module.- Chapter 8: Advanced WiFi Tricks.- Chapter 9: Accessoriesfor the Celestron NexStar Evolution.- Chapter 10: Mounting Other Optical Tubeson the NexStar Evolution Mounts.- Chapter 11: Maintenance and Care of theNexStar Evolution Mounts and Electronics.- Appendix 1: TroubleshootingChecklist.- Appendix 2: Celestron Timeline.- Appendix 3: Celestron NexStarEvolution Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope Specifications.- Appendix 4: MessierCatalog.- Appendix 5: The Caldwell Catalog.- Appendix 6: Selected Non-Messier Catalog NGC Objects.- Appendix 7:The Herschel 400.- Appendix 8: Current Sky Portal WiFi Module CompatibleCelestron Mount Specifications.- Appendix 9: Glossary.- Bibliography.- Biographies.-Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	08.10.2016
Reihe/Serie	The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series
Zusatzinfo	XIX, 219 p. 167 illus., 153 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie
	Informatik ► Theorie / Studium ► Künstliche Intelligenz / Robotik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
Schlagworte	Adapting older Celestron mounts • Aligning Wifi Sky Portal • Astronomy, Observations and Techniques • Celestron WiFi adaptations • Computer telescope control guide • How to use Celetron GoTo mounts • image processing and computer vision • NextStar GoTo mount transition • Physics and Astronomy • Popular Science in Astronomy • Remote observing with a tablet • SkyQLink adapter • Sky Safari 4 mount • Starting to use Nextar Evolution system
ISBN-10	3-319-32538-8 / 3319325388
ISBN-13	978-3-319-32538-5 / 9783319325385
Zustand	Neuware