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• “Tonight’s Best”, a selection of the most interesting
objects visible on any night.
• “A Star’s Life”, tours how stars are formed, created,
changes through their lives and nally die using
examples that are visible tonight.
• “How Far is Far”, tour showing the phenomenal
distances you can see with your LX65 Series.
AutoStar Suite also allows you to create your own guided
tours of the skies, including your own objects and titles
(for complete instructions on how to use the authoring
tools please refer to the reference manual included on
the AutoStar Suite DVD).
Object Menu
Almost all observing with LX65 is performed using the
Object menu category. (NOTE: Exceptions include
Guided Tour and Landmarks).
Many LX65 menu categories contain databases. An
LX65 database is a list of objects, such as stars, planets,
comets, nebulae and so forth. When one of these objects
is selected from a database by pressing “ENTER” and
then “GO TO”, LX65 moves your telescope (when
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 ascending orbits 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
therstlineofthescreen,pressGOTOoncetochange
the second line to the name of the brightest star in the
constellation.
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 grouped in various catalogs like Messier,
Caldwell and NGC.
Star is a database of stars listed in different categories
such as named, double, variable, or nearby.
Entering Data into AudioStar
• To enter numbers and text:
a) Use the Number keys, or
b) Use the Arrow keys to scroll through numbers
0 - 9 and the alphabet. The Down Arrow key
begins with the letter “A”; the Up Arrow key
begins with digit “9”.
• To move the cursor across the display: Use
the Right or Left Arrow key to move the cursor
from one number to the next in the display
• Press ENTER when the desired information
has been entered.
Navigating AudioStar
AudioStar’s menus are organized for quick and
easy navigation:
• Press ENTER to go deeper into AudioStar’s
menu levels.
• Press MODE to move back toward the top
menu level.
• 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.
When multiple choices are available within a menu
option, the option that is currently selected is usually
displayed rst and highlighted by a right pointing
arrow (>).
Guided Tour Menu
When Guided Tours is selected, LX65 shows you a
list of theme tours that will help you explore the night
sky. These tours are pre programmed presentations
of objects that are visible for the user’s particular
location, time and date.
The most popular tour is “Tonight’s Best” that guides
the user to the best objects that are currently up in the
night sky. This tour is the easiest way to get started
exploring the cosmos with your new LX65 telescope.
Each tour will select the objects, present information
about the object and, if you press “GoTo”, put that
object in the eyepiece of the telescope for you to
view.
The telescope comes pre-loaded with: