Sky-Watcher SynScan V3 Hand Controller User Manual
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PART V : LOCATING OBJECTS
Recalling Objects:
1.
Press the “
USER
” shortcut key. The screen will display “
User Object / Recall Object
”. Press
the
ENTER
key.
2.
Use the scroll keys to browse through a pre-defined objects list which is indexed from 1 to
25, and then press
ENTER
. If the selected object has not been defined before, the SynScan
hand control will stay at this step for the choosing of another object; otherwise, it will pro-
ceed to the next step.
3.
The screen will display the coordinates of the selected object. Press the
ENTER
key again
to proceed.
4.
The screen will now display “
View Object?
”
3.
Use the left and right direction keys to move the cursor and the numeric keys to edit the
coordinates. The scroll keys can be used to change the sign of the declination coordinates
or the altitude coordinates. Press the
ENTER
key after editing.
4.
The screen will display “
Save?
”.
5.
The screen will now display “
View Object?
”.
• Press
ENTER
to have the mount start slewing towards the selected object. If the object
is a celestial object, the mount will start tracking the object automatically after it finishes
slewing.
• Press
ESC
to exit.
• Press the
ESC
key to proceed to the next step without saving the coordinates.
• Press the
ENTER
key again to start saving the coordinates. Users should use the scroll
keys to select a storage space index number between 1 and 25 and press the
ENTER
key to save the new coordinates.
• Press
ENTER
to slew the mount towards the coordinates entered.
• Press
ESC
to exit without moving the mount.
• If the “R.A./Dec.” coordinates is chosen: The screen will display the coordinates to
which the telescope is pointing to at the moment.
• If the “Axis” coordinates is chosen: The screen will display the coordinates of the
mount’s two axes. The first number is the coordinates of the R.A. axis or azimuth axis,
while the second number is the coordinates of the Dec. axis or altitude axis.