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Tracking Rate –
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moves across the night sky. The tracking rate can be changed depending
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 This rate compensates for the rotation of
the Earth by moving the telescope at the same
rate as the rotation of the Earth, but in the
opposite direction. When the telescope is polar
aligne
d, this can be accomplished by moving
the telescope in right ascension only. When
mounted in Alt-Az mode, the telescope must
make corrections in both R.A. and declination.
 Used for tracking the Moon when observing the
lunar landscape.
 Used for tracking the Sun when solar observing.
View Time-Site – Displays the current time and longitude/latitude
Ǥ
time-site information like time zone, daylight saving and local sidereal
time. Local sidereal time (LST) is useful for knowing the right ascension
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Time-Site will always display the last saved time and location entered
Ǥ
ǡǤơǡ
the hand control will only display the last saved time and location.
 ƤȂ͘͘͜ơ
ƤǤ
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included in the regular database. There are several ways to save an
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Save Sky Object – 
by saving its right ascension and declination in the sky. This way the
Ǥ
ǡ“Save
Sky Obj”
command and press ENTER. The display will ask you to
͙Ǧ͚͘͘Ǥ
Ǥ
Save Land Object – The CPC can also be used as a spotting scope on
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altitude and azimuth relative to the location of the telescope at the
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the telescope, they are only valid for that exact location. To save land
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down to the “Save Land Obj”
command and press ENTER. The
display will ask you to enter a number between 1-200 to identify the
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Save Database (Db) Object – This feature allows you to create your
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
Ǥ
Ǥ
Enter R.A. - Dec –Ƥ
ǤǤǤ
Scroll to the “Enter RA-DEC”
command and press ENTER. The display
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Ǥ
GoTo Object –Ƥ
database, scroll down to either GoTo Sky Obj or GoTo Land Obj and
Ǥ
The CPC will automatically retrieve and display the coordinates before
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Ƥǡ
ƤǤ
ƤǤ
Get RA/DEC – Displays the right ascension and declination for the
current position of the telescope.
GoTo R.A/ Dec –ƤǤǤ
slew to it.
Identify
Identify Mode will search any of the CPC database catalogs or lists and
ơǤ
Ǥǡ
ƤǤǡ
Identify ModeƤ
Ǥǡ
pointed at the brightest star in the constellation Lyra, choosing Identify
and then searching the Named Star catalog will no doubt return the star
Vega as the star you are observing. However, by selecting Identify and
searching by the Named Object or Messier catalogs, the hand control
ȋ͟͝Ȍ͞λ
your current position. Searching the Double Star catalog will reveal that
͙λǤ Identify feature:
Ȉ Ǥ
Ȉ Ȁ
like to search.
Ȉ Ǥ
Note: Some of the databases contain thousands of objects, and
can therefore take a minute or two to return the closest object.
Precise GoTo
Ƥ
Ƥ
view for astrophotography and CCD imaging. Precise GoTo automatically

the user to carefully center it in the eyepiece. The hand control then
ơ
Ǥơǡ
Ǥǣ
1. Press the MENU button and use the Ȁ keys to select
Precise GoTo
.
2. Choose Database
any of the database catalogs listed
3. Choose RA/DEC to enter a set of celestial coordinates that you wish
to slew to.
͜Ǥ ǡ
Ǥ
to slew to the bright alignment star.
5. Use the direction buttons to carefully center the alignment star
in the eyepiece.
Ǥ
To store a set of coordinates (R.A./Dec) permanently into the CPC
database, save it as a Ƥ as described above.