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4. Select Edit Objects and press ENTER.

5. Choosetosaveyouruserobjects’coordinatesasRAandDec(RightAscensionandDeclination-usefulforastronomicalobjects)

 orAlt/Az(usefulforterrestrialobjects).Press1forRA/Decand2forAlt/Azformats.

6. Thehandcontrolwilldisplaythecoordinatesoftheobjectthetelescopeiscurrentlypointingat.InRA/Decmode,theRA 

 coordinateswillbedisplayedrstinhoursandminutes,followedbytheDeccoordinateindegrees.InAlt/Azformat,theazimuth 

 coordinatewillbedisplayedrst,followedbythealtitudecoordinate,bothindegreesandminutes.

Hint: If you desire, you may change the coordinates displayed by using the numeric keypad and the LEFT and RIGHT directional keys to

move the cursor. Press ENTER to save the results. If the coordinates you enter do not exist, the hand control will not respond. Check the

coordinates you entered for errors and re-enter the correct coordinates.

7. Press ENTERtosaveyourobject.ThehandcontrolwilldisplayaUserObjectnumberasshowninFig. 45. Use the scroll keys to

 changetothenumberyouwishtorepresentyournewuserobjectandpressENTER.

TheUserObjectnumberdisplayedmayalreadyhaveanobjectassociatedwithit.Reusingthisnumberwillerasetheoldcoordinates

previouslyassociatedwithit.Itisrecommendedthatyoureviewtheuserobjectlistpriortosavinganewonetoverifywhichnumbersare

stillavailable.

8. The SynScan AZ hand control will display “View Object?”andtheuserobjectnumberyoujustentered.Press ENTER to slew to

 theobjectorESCtoreturntotheEditObjectmenu.

Using the User Dened Database

SynScanAZallowsyoutosaveupto25objectsintheuser-deneddatabase.

Saving an Object to the Database

1. Pointthetelescopeattheobjectyouwanttosaveinyouruserdatabase.

2. FromthemainmenuusethescrollkeystondObjectCatalogandPressENTER.

3. UsethescrollkeystoselectUserObjectsinthelistandpressENTER.

Hint: The User Objects menu can also be accessed directly by pressing

the quick reference hot key #9 on the hand control numeric keypad, as

pictured in Fig. 44

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Fig. 44

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Fig. 45