Owner manual

One-Star Alt/Az Alignment

One-Star Alignment requires some knowledge of the

night sky. Autostar provides a database of bright stars.

One-Star Alignment is identical to Two-Star Alt/Az:

Alignment (see “Two-Star ALT/AZ Alignment,” above),

except only one star from this database is chosen by

the observer for alignment.

IMPORTANT NOTE : The accuracy of One-

Star Alt/Az Alignment, unlike the Two-Star and

Easy (Alt/Az) Alignment procedures, depends

on how well the observer levels the telescope

and how close to North the telescope is pointed

when setting the Home Position (Pg. 9, Fig. 6).

Because the other methods use two stars to

align upon, they are more precise than One-

Star Alignment.

Browse

This menu allows you to search the database for objects

with certain parameters, much like a search engine.

“Edit Parameters” lets you set various parameters for

the search, and “Start Search” activates the search. A

typical search might be performed as follows:

1. Select “Browse” from the Object menu. Press

ENTER. “Browse: Start Search” displays.

2. Press one of the Scroll Keys and “Browse: Edit

Parameters” displays. Press Enter.

3. “Edit Parameters: Largest (mins)” displays.

“Mins” stands for arc-minutes. Press ENTER.

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