User's Manual

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Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do
not look through the telescope as it is moving.
Object Menu
Almost all observing with AudioStar is performed using the Object menu category. (NOTE:
Exceptions include Guided Tour and Landmark Survey. ) See GO TO SATURN, page 22, for an
example of observing using the Object menu. Also see TAKE A GUIDED TOUR, page 22.
Many AudioStar menu categories contain databases. An AudioStar database is a list of
viewable objects, such as stars, planets, comets, nebulae and so forth. When one of these
objects is selected from a database, AudioStar moves your telescope (if 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 order out 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 the first line of the
screen, press GO TO once to change 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.
Star is a database of stars listed in different categories such as named, double, variable, or
nearby.
Satellite is a database of Earth-orbiting objects such as the International Space Station, the
Hubble Space Telescope, Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites, and geosynchronous
orbit satellites.
User Objects allows the user to define and store in memory deep-sky objects of specific
interest that are not currently in the AudioStar database. See APPENDIX B for more information.
Landmarks stores the location of terrestrial points of interest in the permanent AudioStar
database.
IMPORTANT NOTE: To use the Landmark function, the telescope must be located
and aligned exactly as when the landmark was added to the database.
• Select: To select a Landmark already in the database (see ADD below), choose the
“Select” option and scroll through the list. Press ENTER to select a Landmark, then press
GO TO and the telescope slews to the object.
• Add: To add a Landmark, choose the “Add” option. Enter a name for the Landmark. Locate
and center the Landmark in the eyepiece, then press ENTER.
Identify is an exciting feature for an observer who wants to scan the night sky and start
exploring. After the telescope has been properly aligned, use the AudioStar Arrow keys to move
about in the sky. Then follow this procedure:
IMPORTANT NOTE: Only use the Arrow keys to move the telescope during
the Identify procedure. Do not loosen the telescope locks or move the base or
alignment is lost.
1. When a desired object is visible in the eyepiece, keep pressing MODE until the “Select
Item: Object” menu is displayed. Press ENTER to select this menu.
2. Scroll through the Object menu options until the “Object: Identify” screen appears.
3. Press ENTER. AudioStar searches the database for the identity of the object being
observed.
4. If the telescope is not directly on an AudioStar database object, the nearest database
object is located and displayed on the screen. Press GO TO and the telescope slews to
that object.
Event Menu
The Event menu provides access to dates and times of astronomical events. The Event
MENUS AND MENU OPTIONS