Equipment Help

Use the Equipment settings to enter information about your telescopes, eyepieces, finder scope, and/or camera(s). SkySafari uses this information to display the field of view of your equipment. And you can select this equipment when logging observations of objects.

The My Equipment settings can be accessed by tapping the Observe button in the toolbar.

Telescopes

This section lists your telescopes. To add a new telescope, tap the Plus button to the right of the Telescope category name. Select equipment from the existing list or select to "Create Custom" and then enter:

• Model Name: descriptive name for the scope, for example "Celestron 8-in SCT f/10".
• Manufacturer: name of the company that made the scope.
• Aperture: diameter of the telescope's primary mirror or lens, in mm.
• Focal Length: focal length of the telescope's primary mirror or lens, in mm.

Eyepieces

To add a new eyepiece, tap the Plus button to the right of the Eyepieces category name:

• Model Name: descriptive name for the eyepiece.
• Manufacturer: name of the company that made the eyepiece.
• Focal Length: focal length of the eyepiece, in mm.
• Apparent Field of View: the angular width of the visible circle (in degrees) that you see looking through the eyepiece.

Binoculars & Finders

To add a new binocular or finder, tap the Plus button to the right of the Binoculars & Finders category name:

• Model Name: descriptive name for the binocular or finder.
• Aperture: diameter of the objective lens, in mm.
• Magnification: the enlarging power of the binocular or finder.
• True Field of View: the true angular width (in degrees) of the visible circle.

Cameras

You can enter information for film cameras, CCDs, DSLR cameras, or any device with a rectangular image sensor:

• Sensor Width/Height: total width/height of the active image sensor area, in mm.
• Sensor X/Y-offset: horizontal/vertical offset of the sensor center from the camera's optical axis, in mm.

Barlows and Focal Reducers

To add a barlow or focal reducer:

• Model Name: descriptive name for this piece of equipment.
• Magnification: the change in magnification. Enter a number greater than 1 for magnification or between 0 and 1 for reduction.