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 ===== Open Dome Using ASCOM ===== ===== Open Dome Using ASCOM =====
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 Find ASCOM Dome Control on Desktop. Click Open Dome. Disconnect, then immediately open TheSky 64 or else the dome will move to the telescope park position. Find ASCOM Dome Control on Desktop. Click Open Dome. Disconnect, then immediately open TheSky 64 or else the dome will move to the telescope park position.
  
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 Start TheSky Professional Edition (64 bit).  Start TheSky Professional Edition (64 bit). 
 On the left side of the window, click Dome. Click the Connect button. On the left side of the window again, click Telescope. click the Startup dropdown menu. Click the Connect Telescope option. On the left side of the window again, click Find. If telescope status reads "parked", then unpark in shutdown tools. In the Search for: bar, type in a bright star in the sky (Vega, Altair, etc....). Click the Find button. Click Slew.Open the RCOS (TIM) program on the desktop. Click the Connect button. Click the primary mirror button. Click Open for the shutters. Center the object in the finder scope and the primary eyepiece. Return to the left side of the window, click the Startup dropdown menu and click Star Synchronization. Click the Sync button. Point to a different bright object. The telescope should align the star in the middle of the eyepiece. For the rest of observing, navigate to all objects or coordinates via TheSky On the left side of the window, click Dome. Click the Connect button. On the left side of the window again, click Telescope. click the Startup dropdown menu. Click the Connect Telescope option. On the left side of the window again, click Find. If telescope status reads "parked", then unpark in shutdown tools. In the Search for: bar, type in a bright star in the sky (Vega, Altair, etc....). Click the Find button. Click Slew.Open the RCOS (TIM) program on the desktop. Click the Connect button. Click the primary mirror button. Click Open for the shutters. Center the object in the finder scope and the primary eyepiece. Return to the left side of the window, click the Startup dropdown menu and click Star Synchronization. Click the Sync button. Point to a different bright object. The telescope should align the star in the middle of the eyepiece. For the rest of observing, navigate to all objects or coordinates via TheSky
-**The telescope and dome can only be operated with one type of software connected at a time; controlling via ASCOM or Maestro when connected with TheSky (or vice-versa) will confuse the telescope.**+The telescope and dome can only be operated with one type of software connected at a time; controlling via ASCOM or Maestro when connected with TheSky (or vice-versa) will confuse the telescope.
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