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To Add a landmark to the database:
In this procedure, you will store the location of terrestrial
landmarks in AudioStar’s memory.
1. Set the telescope in the home position, if
necessary. Note for future reference where the
telescope is located and if you have aligned the
telescope, which alignment method is used.
IMPORTANT NOTE: To use the Landmark
function, the telescope must be located and
aligned exactly as when the landmark(s) was
added to the database.
2. Display the “Setup: Targets” menu option.
Choose “Terrestrial” and press ENTER – “Setup:
Targets” displays again. Choosing this option
turns off tracking for astronomical objects and
is not useful for the viewing of terrestrial objects
such as those in the Landmark database. Be sure
to change this option back to “Astronomical”
when you wish to view celestial objects again.
3. Press MODE once. “Select Item: Setup”
displays.
4. Press the Scroll Down key once and “Select
Item: Object” displays. Press Enter. “Object:
Solar System” displays.
5. Press the Scroll Up key twice and “Object:
Landmarks” displays. Press ENTER. “Landmark:
Select” displays.
6. Press the Scroll Down key once. “Landmark:
Add” displays. Press ENTER.
7. “Landmark Name” displays. Using Arrow
keys, enter a name for the landmark you
wish to add to the database. When nished,
press ENTER.
8. “Center Landmark. Press Enter” displays. Using
only the Arrow keys (do not manually move the
telescope), move the telescope to the desired
landmark and center the object in the eyepiece.
Press Enter. The object is now stored in memory.
9. “Landmark: Add” displays. If you wish to add
more landmarks, repeat steps 5 through 7.
To Select a landmark from the database:
1. Make sure the telescope is located and aligned
exactly as when the desired landmark was
entered into memory.
2. Display the “Landmark: Select” menu option.
Press ENTER.
3. Use the Scroll keys to scroll through the list
of objects you have previously entered. When
the desired object displays, press ENTER to
select the object. Use the Scroll keys to scroll
through location information about the object, if
desired. Press GO TO to slew the telescope to
the landmark.
4. Press MODE to exit.
To perform a Landmark Survey
This procedure allows you to perform a tour of the
objects entered in the “Object: Landmark” menu
option – note that the Landmark Survey will function
only if you have previously entered objects in the
Landmark menu.
1. Navigate to “Utilities: Landmark Survey” menu
and press ENTER.
2. “Landmark Survey: Slewing...” displays. The
telescope moves to the rst object on the
Survey list and displays the name of the object.
3. Press MODE to pause the Survey. Press
Entertorestartthesurveyattherstobjectof
the survey.
To check on the available amount of memory in
AudioStar.
AudioStar has a limited amount of memory. Once you
begin to store Landmarks, User Objects and other bits
of information in AudioStar, you will begin to use up
memory. This procedure allows you to check on how
much memory is still available.
1. Navigate to the “Setup: Statistics” menu option
and press ENTER.
2. “Statistics: 97.4K Char. Free” displays. This is
the amount of memory that is still available to
the user.