Celestron NexStar 6 SE - Manual (Page 18)

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Onc ontrol screen, you have two options:
limits (see Slew Limits in the Scope Setup section of the manual). Press UNDO to go back and select a new
setting
btained without having to do a star alignment. After the telescope is powered on, pressing any of the catalog
eys allows you to scroll through object lists or enter catalog numbers and view the information about the object as described above.
he NexS r can locate all 8 of our solar systems planets plus the Sun and Moon. However, the hand control will only display the solar
system objects that are abov ey on the hand control.
The hand control w
• Press ENTER to slew to the displayed planet.
e displayed as an option in the database, see Sun Menu in the Utilities section of the manual.
he NexS r includes a tour interesting objects based on the date and
time in which re within your set filter limits. To activate the
Tour mod r tar will display the best objects to observe that are currently in the sky.
• To see information and data about the displayed object, press the INFO key.
bject displayed, press ENTER.
tour object, press the Down key.
has a Constellation Tour that allows the user to take a tour of all the best objects
ithin a particular constellation. Selecting Constellation from the LIST menu will display all the constellation names that are above the
user defin y of the database object catalogs to produce a
list of all a
• To see information and data about the displayed object, press the INFO key.
• To slew to the object displayed, press ENTER.
• To see the next tour object, press the Up key.
wing to an Object
e the desired object is displayed on the hand c
•
Press the INFO Key. This will give you useful information about the selected object such as magnitude, constellation and
fascinating facts about many of the objects.
•
Press the ENTER Key. This will automatically slew the telescope to the coordinates of the object. While the telescope is slewing to
the object, the user can still access many of the hand control functions (such as displaying information about the object).
If you slew to an object that is below the horizon, NexStar will notify you by displaying a message reminding you that you have selected an
bject outside of your slew o
object. Press ENTER to ignore the message and continue the slew. The NexStar hand control will only display objects that are below the
horizon if the Filter Limits are set below 0º in altitude. See Filter Limits in the Utility Feature section of the manual for more information
the filter limits. on
Caution: Never slew the telescope when someone is looking into the eyepiece. The telescope can move at fast slew speeds and may
it an observer in the eye. h
Object information can be o
k
Finding Planets
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e the horizon (or within its filter limits). To locate the planets, press the PLANET k
ill display all solar system objects that are above the horizon:
• Use the Up and Down keys to select the planet that you wish to observe.
• Press INFO to access information on the displayed planet.
o allow the Sun to b T
Tour Mode
T ta feature which automatically allows the user to choose from a list of
you are observing. The automatic tour will display only those objects that a
e, p ess the TOUR key on the hand control. The NexS
• To slew to the o
• To see the next
Constellation Tour
In addition to the Tour Mode, the NexStar telescope
w
ed horizon (filter limits). Once a constellation is selected, you can choose from an
the vailable objects in that constellation.
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