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Figure 37:

AutoStar Levels

Figure 38:

Menus set in

loop

7. Press MODE once to start moving back up

through the AutoStar levels. The first level up

is the Event menu.

8. Press MODE again to move up another level.

This is the top level, “Select Item”.

9. Press MODE again to return to the starting

point of “Select Item: Object”.

Example of Locating a menu

As you typically will be using menus after you initialize

and align your telescope, this example will assume

you have just completed aligning your scope. AutoStar II

displays “Select Item: Object” after the alignment

procedure; this will be our starting point. In this

example, we will locate the “Owner Info” option. Please

reference

page 27, figure 35

for the location of the

Autostar II keys used in this example.

1.

“Select Item: Object” displays.

2. As the Owner Info option is in the Setup menu,

you will have to use one of the Scroll keys to

navigate through the list of menus. Press the

Scroll Down Key. “Select Item: Event” displays

3. Keep pressing the Scroll Down key. Notice that

all the menus display as you press the key:

Guided Tour, Glossary, Utilities, Setup. Stop

when “Select Item: Setup” displays. If you press

the Scroll Down key one more time, “Select Item:

Object” will display again. This is because the list

of menus or options cycles through each choice

over and over again when you press one of the

Scroll keys.

4. With “Select Item: Setup” displayed, press

ENTER. Pressing ENTER selects the menu or

option currently displayed.

5.

“Setup: Align” displays.

6. Press the Scroll Down key again. “Select Item:

Telescope” displays. Press ENTER. Autostar II

will now display all the choices that are available

with the Telescope menu.

7. Continue to press the Scroll Down key until

“Setup: Owner Info” displays.

8. Press ENTER. “Owner Info: Name” displays.

Press ENTER again. “Name” displays, with the

second line blank. On this line you may enter

your first and last name into Autostar II’s memory.

line, press the ENTER key to choose that option

and move down one menu level. In the example,

press Enter and the display now reads “Object: Solar

System.” You have moved down to the Object menu

level

(Fig. 37)

. You can now use the up and down keys

to scroll through the other options available for the

Objects menu: Constellations, Deep Sky, etc.

Press the MODE key to leave a level; e.g., the wrong

menu option is chosen.

Important Note: No matter how many levels into

AutoStar are traveled, each press of the MODE

key moves up a level, until the top level, “Select

Item”, is reached. Once in the Select Item level,

press MODE to return to the topmost level,

“Select Item: Object”.

AutoStar Navigation Exercise

To demonstrate how the AutoStar menu structure

works, the following exercise calculates Sunset time

so an evening observing session can be planned.

To Calculate Sunset time:

1. Press the MODE key several times, until “Select

Item: Object” is displayed.

2. Press the Scroll Down key once to display the

“Event” option in the “Select Item” menu.

3. Press the ENTER key to choose the “Event”

option and move down a level. “Event: Sunrise”

is displayed.

4. Press the Scroll Down key once to display the

“Sunset” option in the Event menu.

5. Press the ENTER key to choose the “Sunset”

option and move down another level.

6. AutoStar calculates the Sunset time based on

the current date, time, and location. AutoStar

then displays the results of the calculation.

AutoStar II Operation

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Example of Locating a menu, AutoStar Navigation Exercise

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