1.  on your mobile device, go to settings and make sure WiFi is enabled 

2. power up the Digital Setting Circles system and a new WiFi network will be available on your mobile device. The default name of this new WiFi network is "stargazing". If you provided me a different name, your chosen network name will show up.

3. connect to the new WiFi network, using the default password "orionnebula". If you provided me different password, you have to connect using your chosen password

4. start Sky Safari Plus or Sky Safari Pro

5. If you already performed an initial setup, skip to step 9, otherwise, continue with step 6

6. go to Settings/Telescope/Setup and choose:

   1. Equipment Selection/ Scope Type = Basic Encoder System​

   2. Equipment Selection/ Mount Type = Alt-Az Push To

      1. RA/Azm = 2400 (multiply this number with your gear ratio for Azimuth)​

      2. Dec/Alt = 2400 (multiply this number with your gear ratio for Altitude)

      3. Get Automatically = No  (disable)

   3. Communication Settings / IP Address = 192.168.4.1

   4. Communication Settings / Port Number = 80

   5. Communication Settings / Set Time & Location = Yes

   6. Communication Settings / Readout Rate = 10 per second

7. tap on Done

8. now you should see the sky map with a cross hair and a menu on the bottom

9. tap on Connect on the bottom menu

10. If the connection is successful, you will see the sky map and a cross hair and the first bottom menu option will say "Disconnect". This is the indication that your device was able to connect to Sky Safari. 

11. If the connection is not successful, you will see a "Connection Failure" message. Tap OK and then tap "Connenct" again. Repeat this step 2-3 times, at 10-15 seconds intervals, because,  sometimes, old and slow devices will take a while to establish a connection. This is not a defect.

12. once  you are connected, the cross hair in Sky Safari will move when you move the telescope. At this point, the telescope is connected but not aligned, so you will have to do a 2 star alignment.

13. point the telescope to a star you can recognize. Center it in the eyepiece and then find it in Sky Safari and tap on it and then tap on "Align" and then confirm alignment. One star alignment is completed, now you have to align with a second star.

14. Point the telescope to another star that you can identify and center it in the eyepiece (I prefer to choose second star at 90 degrees in azimuth from the first star, but it is not mandatory).

15. Find the second star in Sky Safari and tap on it. A tiny white cross hair will appear on that star. Tap "Align" and choose "Align" and then "OK". 

16. You should see a message saying "Alignment complete"

17. If you get an error message, it means you made some mistake in the steps 13-15, so please repeat these steps.

18. Once the 2 star alignment is complete, you will see a cross hair on top of the sky map. The cross hair position on the sky map  corresponds to the center of your eyepiece and it will move in sync with the telescope movement.

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Few things I like to do after I am aligned :
 

Browse the sky and check what is in the cross hairs

1. tap on "Lock" and browse the sky by moving the telescope while watching the Sky Safari screen. When you move the telescope, the sky map will move underneath the cross hair that is locked in the center of the screen​

2. when you see an interesting object on the screen, zoom in, move the telescope until the cross hair is on top of it, then tap on the object, then tap "Selection" then "Object Info" to see what object are you seeing in the eyepiece.

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Find Objects and Push To Them

1. ​​tap on search and then type the name of an object

2. from the list of search results, tap on the desired object

3. tap on "Center". Now the object will be centered on the screen. 

4. Tap on "Push To" and Sky Safari will show your telescope cross hair and an arrow pointing in the direction of the object you want to observe.

5. Move the telescope in the direction of the arrow. The arrow will change direction based on your telescope movement. When you get close to the target, the arrow disappears, so it is not cluttering the view. 

6. Zoom in and position the cross hairs right above the object

7. You should be able to see the object in the eyepiece

8. ​Enjoy

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Hunt Satellites - watch them crossing the eyepiece field of view

1. Enable satellites and satellite trajectory in Sky Safari​

2. now, beside the stars, you have a bunch of green moving dots on the screen (the satellites)

3. tap on a satellite and it's trajectory will be displayed as a curve

4. move telescope until the cross hair is on the satellite trajectory, right in front of the satellite

5. make sure you are zoomed in a lot in Sky Safari

6. look into the eyepiece - wait until it is crossing your field your view

7. enjoy

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