Sky-Watcher SynScan V3 Hand Controller User Manual
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PART V : LOCATING OBJECTS
5.7 Deep Sky Tour
1.
Choosing an Object:
2.
View Information on the Object:
The SynScan hand control can generate a list of the most famous deep sky objects which
appear in the current sky. Users can pick them one by one and the SynScan hand control can
point the telescope to them for observing automatically. This is the “
Deep Sky Tour
” function.
Press the “
TOUR
” shortcut key. The screen will display “
Deep Sky Tour
” in the top row. User
can use the two scroll keys to browse through a list of the common names of the deep sky
objects and can press
ENTER
key to pick one of them.
• The screen will display the catalog to which the deep sky object belongs, as well as its
catalog index number in the top row. The object’s current azimuth and altitude will be
displayed in the bottom row.
• Use the scroll keys to browse the object’s J2000 celestial coordinates, magnitude
(
MAG=
), rise time (
Rise:
), transit time (
Transit:
), set time (
Set:
), size (
size=
), and asso-
ciated constellation (
Constellation:
).
• Press
ENTER
key to proceed to the next step.
3.
Locate 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.
Users can define up to 25 objects for observing.
Defining New Objects:
5.8 User Defined Objects
1.
Press the “
USER
” shortcut key. The screen will display “
User Object
”. Press the scroll keys
until “
New Object
” is displayed on the screen, then press the
ENTER
key.
2.
The screen will display “
Coord. Type 1)RA/Dec 2)Axis
”. Press “
1
” to enter R.A./Dec. coordi-
nates for a celestial object; press “
2
” to enter coordinates for a land object.