Meade Tripod LX600-ACF 14 inch User Manual - Page 30
Navigating Autostar II, Object Menu
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AutoASuttaorSt#a4r9I7I HOApeNrDatBiOonX 9. Press the Up or Down Arrow key. Notice that a letter of the alphabet displays. Continue to press one of the Arrow keys until the first letter of your name displays. 10. Use the Right Arrow key to move to the next position so you can choose the second letter of your name. Continue to use the Arrow keys to enter your full name. 11. Press ENTER when you are finished. Your name is now entered into AutoStar II's memory. 12. "Owner Info: Name" displays again (if you wish, you can press the Scroll Down key - "Owner Info: Address" will display and you can enter your address if you wish). 13. Press MODE and "Setup: Owner Info" displays. Press MODE again. "Select Item: Setup" displays. MODE allows you to backup and exit through the menu structure. Navigating Autostar II Autostar II's menus are organized for quick and easy navigation: • Press ENTER to go deeper into Autostar II's menu levels. • Press MODE to move back toward the top menu level. • Press Number key "1" to engage the Speed mode, and then press Number keys 1 through 9 to change speeds. • Press Number key "4" to access the Focus menus. • Press Number key "7" to access the StarLock menu. • Press the Scroll keys to move up and down through the options or lists. • Press the Arrow keys to move the cursor across the display. • Press the Help (?) key to access on-line help. Object Menu Almost all observing with Autostar II is performed using the Object menu category. (Note: Exceptions include Guided Tour and Landmark Survey.) Autostar II contains many libraries of viewable objects, such as stars, planets, comets, nebulae and so forth. When one of these objects is selected from a library, Autostar II moves your telescope (if properly aligned) and points it at the selected object. Six of the most popular libraries can be accessed directly using the hot buttons. The Object Menu options include: Solar System: A library of the eight planets (Earth is not included) in order out from the Sun, followed by the Moon, asteroids, and comets (Number key "5"). Constellation: A library of all 88 Northern and Southern Hemisphere constellations. When this menu option is chosen and a constellation name appears on the first line of the screen, press GO TO and the telescope goes to the center of the constellation and will display coordinates. Then, use the Scroll keys to cycle through the list of the most significant stars in the constellation. Then it will display deep space objects and so forth in the constellation. Deep Sky: A library of objects outside our Solar System such as nebulae, star clusters, galaxies, and quasars. Star: A catalog of stars listed in different categories such as named, double, variable, or nearby. Also included are the Hipparcos, SAO, HD, and HR catalogs. The Star catalog may also be accessed directly by pressing Number key "6." Satellite: A library of Earth-orbiting objects such as the International Space Station, the Hubble Space Telescope, Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites, and geosynchronous orbit satellites. To learn more about observing satellites, see page 36. Other Catalogs are accessed directly using the Autostar II "hot keys": Caldwell (key "2"), Messier catalog ("3"), Solar System ("5"), IC ("8"), and NGC ("9"). To slew the telescope to catalog objects: Enter the catalog number of the object using the Number keys and then press ENTER. For example: To slew to NGC 6720, press Number Key "9," then using the Number keys, enter the digits "6-7-2-0." Then press ENTER. Autostar II displays the common name and alternate names of the object, if available. Press one of the Scroll keys to display some or all of the following information about that object: Type of object (galaxy, nebula, etc.), DEC and RA coordinates, constellation it is located within, magnitude, size, distance, and star-type classification, if the object is a star. If further information is available, it displays as scrolling text. Press GO TO. The telescope, if aligned, will slew to that chosen object. Press MODE repeatedly to return to previous menu levels. User Objects: Allows the user to define and store in memory deep-sky objects of specific interest that are not currently in the 30