Meade Instruments LX850 - Manual (Page 30)

9. Press the Up or Down Arrow key. Notice that a
letter of the alphabet displays. Continue to press
one of the Arrow keys until the first letter of your
name displays.
10. Use the Right Arrow key to move to the next
position so you can choose the second letter of
your name. Continue to use the Arrow keys to
enter your full name.
11. Press ENTER when you are finished. Your name
is now entered into AutoStar II’s memory.
12. “Owner Info: Name” displays again (if you wish,
you can press the Scroll Down key—“Owner
Info: Address” will display and you can enter
your address if you wish).
13. Press MODE and “Setup: Owner Info” displays.
Press MODE again. “Select Item: Setup”
displays. MODE allows you to backup and exit
through the menu structure.
Navigating Autostar II
Autostar II’s menus are organized for quick and
easy navigation:
• Press ENTER to go deeper into Autostar II’s
menu levels.
• Press MODE to move back toward the top
menu level.
• Press Number key “1” to engage the Speed
mode, and then press Number keys 1 through 9
to change speeds.
• Press Number key “4” to access the
Focus menus.
• Press Number key “7” to access the
StarLock menu.
• Press the Scroll keys to move up and down
through the options or lists.
• Press the Arrow keys to move the cursor across
the display.
• Press the Help (?) key to access on-line help.
Object Menu
Almost all observing with Autostar II is performed using
the Object menu category. (Note: Exceptions include
Guided Tour and Landmark Survey.)
Autostar II contains many libraries of viewable objects,
such as stars, planets, comets, nebulae and so forth.
When one of these objects is selected from a library,
Autostar II moves your telescope (if properly aligned)
and points it at the selected object. Six of the most
popular libraries can be accessed directly using the
hot buttons.
The Object Menu options include:
Solar System: A library of the eight planets (Earth is
not included) in order out from the Sun, followed by the
Moon, asteroids, and comets (Number key “5”).
Constellation: A library 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 and the telescope
goes to the center of the constellation and will display
coordinates. Then, use the Scroll keys to cycle through
the list of the most significant stars in the constellation.
Then it will display deep space objects and so forth in
the constellation.
Deep Sky: A library of objects outside our Solar System
such as nebulae, star clusters, galaxies, and quasars.
Star: A catalog of stars listed in different categories such
as named, double, variable, or nearby. Also included
are the Hipparcos, SAO, HD, and HR catalogs. The
Star catalog may also be accessed directly by pressing
Number key “6.”
Satellite: A library of Earth-orbiting objects such as
the International Space Station, the Hubble Space
Telescope, Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites,
and geosynchronous orbit satellites.
Other
Catalogs are accessed directly using the
Autostar II “hot keys”: Caldwell (key “2”), Messier
catalog (“3”), Solar System (“5”), IC (“8”), and NGC
(“9”).
To slew the telescope to catalog objects:
Enter the catalog number of the object using the
Number keys and then press ENTER. For example:
To slew to NGC 6720, press Number Key “9,” then
using the Number keys, enter the digits “6-7-2-0.” Then
press ENTER.
Autostar II displays the common name and alternate
names of the object, if available. Press one of the
Scroll keys to display some or all of the following
information about that object: Type of object (galaxy,
nebula, etc.), DEC and RA coordinates, constellation
it is located within, magnitude, size, distance, and
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