Do not look through a telescope or its viewfinder as it is moving. Children should always have adult supervision while observing. When the telescope slews to the first star for alignment, it should be visible in the viewfinder, but may not appear in the field of view of the eyepiece. Use the arrow keys to center the star in the viewfinder and then in the eyepiece. For some types of applications, such as astrophotography, the Polar configuration may be desired.
Polar alignment means that the telescope has been aligned with the celestial coordinate system.
This coordinate system is explained in the telescope instruction manual. Polar alignment is only applicable to the ETX-series telescope. DS telescope owners may disregard any sections dealing with polar alignment in this manual. These procedures are done the first time the telescope has power applied or if Autostar has been Reset . Align Alignment option screen is displayed.