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Sky-Watcher SynScan V4 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 “Mount” 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.