Instruction Manual

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Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the
Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving.
MENUS AND MENU OPTIONS
Object Menu
Almost all observing with Autostar is performed using the Object menu category. ( NOTE:
Exceptions include Guided Tour and Landmark Survey. ) See GO TO SATURN, page 19, for an
example of observing using the Object menu. Also see
TAKE A GUIDED TOUR, page 19.
Many Autostar menu categories contain databases. An Autostar database is a list of viewable
objects, such as stars, planets, comets, nebulae, and so forth. When one of these objects is
selected from a database, Autostar moves your telescope (if properly aligned) and points it at
the selected object.
The Object Menu options include:
Solar System is a database of the eight planets (Earth is not included) in order out from the
Sun, followed by the Moon, asteroids, and comets.
Constellation is a database 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 once to change the second line to the name of the brightest star in the constel-
lation. Press GO TO a second time to slew the telescope to that star. Use the Scroll keys to
cycle through the list of stars in the constellation, from brightest to dimmest.
Deep Sky is a database of objects outside our Solar System such as nebulae, star clusters,
galaxies, and quasars.
Star is a database of stars listed in different categories such as named, double, variable, or
nearby.
Satellite is a database of Earth-orbiting objects such as the International Space Station, the
Hubble Space Telescope, Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites, and geosynchronous
orbit satellites.
User Objects allows the user to define and store in memory deep-sky objects of specific inter-
est that are not currently in the Autostar database. See "Appendix B" for more information.
Tonight's Best
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Com
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Constellations
Androm
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Galaxies
Nebulae
M
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Etc
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Star
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D
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Variable
Etc.
Satellite
Select
Add
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Edit
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Select
Add
D
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Edit
Landm
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Select
Add
D
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Identify
Sunrise
Sunset
M
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M
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M
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Phases
Next Full M
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Next New
M
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Next 1st Qtr
Next 3rd Qtr
M
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Quadrantids
Lyrids
Eta Aquarids
D
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Perseids
Orionids
Taurids
Leonids
Gem
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U
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Solar E
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Lunar Eclipses
Autum
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Vernal Equino
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Winter Solstice
Sum
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Tim
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Set
Start & Stop
Alarm
Set
On & Off
Eyepiece Calc.
Field of View
M
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Suggest
D
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Sun Warning
Getting Started
Brightness Adj.
Contrast Adj.
Beep
Sleep
Scope
Park Scope
Cord Wrap
Align
Easy
One Star
Two Star
D
ate
Tim
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D
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Te lescope
Telescope M
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Focal Length
Az/R
A Ratio
Alt/Dec Ratio
M
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Az/R
A Percent
Alt/Dec Percent
Train D
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Tracking Rate
Reverse L
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Reverse U
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Quiet Slew
M
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M
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C
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H
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Ta rgets
Astronom
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Terrestr
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Site
Select
Add
D
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D
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Statistics
Reset
Select Item:
Object
Select Item:
Event
Select Item:
Guided Tour
Select Item:
Glossary
Select Item:
Utilities
Select Item:
Setup
Fig. 22: The Complete Autostar Menu Structure.