Entering Data Into Autostar; Navigating Autostar - Meade LXD 75 Instruction Manual

Tip:
When multiple choices are
available within a menu
option, the current option is
usually displayed first and
highlighted by a right point-
ing arrow (>).
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3. Press the ENTER key to choose the "Event" option and move down a level.
"Event: Sunrise" is displayed.
4. Press the Scroll Down key once to display the "Sunset" option in the Event menu.
5. Press the ENTER key to choose the "Sunset" option and move down another
level.
6. Autostar calculates the Sunset time based on the current date, time, and location.
Autostar then displays the results of the calculation.
7. Press MODE once to start moving back up through the Autostar levels. The first
level up is the Event menu.
8. Press MODE again to move up another level. This is the top level, "Select Item."
9. Press MODE again to return to the starting point of "Select Item: Object."

Entering Data into Autostar

Use the Number keys to enter digits.
Use the Arrow keys to scroll through numbers 0 through 9 and the alphabet. The
Down Arrow key begins with the letter "A;" the Up Arrow key begins with digit "9."
To move the cursor across the display:
Use the Right or Left Arrow key (5, Fig. 2) to move the cursor from one number
to the next in the display.
Press ENTER when the desired information has been entered.

Navigating Autostar

Autostar's menus are organized for quick and easy navigation:
Press ENTER (2, Fig. 2) to go deeper into Autostar's menu levels.
Press MODE (3, Fig. 2) to move back toward the top menu level.
Press the Scroll keys (7, Fig. 2) to move up and down through the options or lists.
Press the Arrow keys (5, Fig. 2) to move the cursor across the display.
Press the Help (?) key (8, Fig. 2) to access on-line help.
The Autostar Date option in the Setup menu is much more than just an entry
of today's date; with it you can look far into the future or learn about past
events. Autostar can calculate the date and times of future events and, except
for eclipses, past events as well (based on the current calendar system). E.g.,
a Sunrise on March 6, 2043 A.D. or the Vernal Equinox in 1776 A.D. To use this
feature, enter the desired date in the Setup: Date menu and select an option in
the Event menu.
Autostar can calculate dates and times for Sunrises, Sunsets, Moonrises,
Moonsets, Moonphases, Solar and Lunar Eclipses (for the next 100 years),
meteor showers, equinoxes and solstices, and the minimums of Algol.
One very practical use of the Date and Time menus is to use the Sunset option
to determine when you can begin your astronomical observing on any given
evening.
Look into the Future
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