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Sky-Watcher SynScan V3 Hand Controller User Manual

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PART V : LOCATING OBJECTS

The process for locating NGC or IC objects is similar to that for locating Messier objects (Sec-

tion 5.1), with the following differences:
• Press the “

NGC

” shortcut key to access the NGC catalog. The screen will display “

NGC

Catalog / NGC =

”. The NGC catalog index number ranges from 1 to 7840.

• Press the “

IC

” shortcut key to access the IC catalog. The screen will display “

IC Catalog / IC

=

”. The IC catalog index number ranges from 1 to 5386.

5.2 Locating NGC and IC Objects

5.3 Locating Planets and the Moon

1.

Choosing an Object:

2.

View Information on the Object:

3.

Locate the Object:

Press the “

PLANET

” shortcut key. The screen will display “

Solar System

” in the top row.

Use the two scrolling keys to browse through a list of star names in the bottom row, which

includes Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and the Moon.

Press

ENTER

key to pick one of the targets.

• The operation is similar to that for locating Messier objects; refer to Section 5.1 for

details.

• If the selected object is below the horizon at this time, the SynScan hand control will

display “

Below horizon

” for 2 seconds; otherwise, it will display the object’s current az-

imuth and altitude.

• By using the scroll keys, users can browse the following information of the object:

J2000 celestial coordinates, rise time (

Rise:

), transit time (

Transit:

), set time (

Set:

)

• Press

ENTER

key to proceed to the next step.

5.4 Locating Caldwell Objects

1.

Choosing an Object:

Press the “

OBJECT

” shortcut key. The screen will display “

Object List

” in the top row. Use

the two scroll keys to browse the list until “

Caldwell Catalog

” is displayed, and then press

the

ENTER

key. The screen will then display “

Caldwell Catalog / Cald. #=

” for a 3-digit Cald-

well index number between 1 and 109 to be entered in.

2.

View Information on the Object:

• The operation is similar to that of locating Messier objects;

refer to Section 5.1

for de-

tails.

3.

Locate the Object:

• The operation is similar to that of locating Messier objects;

refer to Section 5.1

for de-

tails.