Owner manual

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Selecting an Object
Oncethetelescopehasbeenaligned,youcannowaccessandviewthe42,900differentobjectsintheSynScandatabase.Therearethree
methodchoicestoselectacelestialobjecttoview:theshortcutkeys(Fig 41),theobjectkey(Fig. 42)orthemenusystem(Fig. 43).
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Shortcut Keys
• TOUR: The hand control presents you with highlights of what is in the sky at that moment.
 Itwillshowyouthebrightestandmostbeautifulobjectsforyourviewingpleasure.Use
 thescrollkeystoviewthroughthelist.ChoosethedesiredobjectbypressingENTER.
 Thehandcontrolwillthendisplaythecoordinatesoftheobject.Youmayusethescroll
 buttonstodisplayadditionalinformationabouttheobject,suchasmagnitude,size,and
the constellation it resides in. Pressing ENTER will prompt you with “View Object?”
Pressing ENTERonemoretimewillcausethetelescopetoslewtothatobject.
• M, NGC, IC: Theseshortcutkeysgiveyouaccesstothemostpopularcelestialcatalogues
 todate.Eachcataloghasasetnumberofobjectstochoosefrom.Usethenumerickeys
 toselectanobjectbyenteringitscatalognumber.PressingENTER will display its
 coordinates.Primaryinformationsuchassize,magnitude,andconstellationareobtainedby
pressing the scroll keys. Pressing ENTER once more will cause the telescope to slew to the
 object.
• PLANET:
Thisallowsyoutoselecttheplanets,theMoon,orPluto.Usethescrollkeys
 tondthesolarsystemobjectyouwanttoviewandpress ENTERtoviewitscoordinates.
Press ENTER once more to slew to the planet.
• USER:
Thisallowsyoutoselectandgo-toanyuserdenableobjects.
Object Key
TheOBJECTkeytakesyoudirectlytotheObjectsCatalogMenu,whereyouhavecomplete
accesstoover42,900celestialobjectsseparatedbycatalogname.(SeetheSynScanAZmenutree
fordetails.)
Fig. 41
Fig. 42
Note: If you have not completed an alignment and you attempt to slew the scope with a go-to command, the scope will respond with an
error message saying: “System needs alignment.”