Menus; The Ngc Menu Structure; How To Move Through The Menu Options; How To Calculate Sunset Time Example - Meade NG-Series Instruction Manual

Select Item:
Object
Solar System
Mercury
Etc.
Moon
Asteroids
Comets
Constellations
Andromeda
Etc.
Deep Sky
Named Object
Galaxies
Nebulae
Planetary Neb.
Etc.
Star
Named
SAO Catalog
Double
Etc.
User Objects
Select
Add
Delete
Edit
Landmarks
Select
Add
Delete
Identify
Fig. 12: The NGC Menu structure.
IMPORTANT
NOTE: No matter
how many levels of
menus are traveled,
each press of the
MODE key moves
up a level, until the
top level, "Select
Item," is reached.
Once in the Select
Item level, press
MODE to return to
the topmost level,
"Select Item:
Object."
Select Item: Select Item:
Event Guided Tour
Sunrise
Tour Objects
Sunset
Tonight's Best
Moonrise
How Far is Far
Moonset
A Star's Life
Moon Phases
Messier Marathon
Next Full Moon
Next New Moon
Next 1st Qtr
Next 3rd Qtr
Meteor Showers
Quadrantids
Lyrids
Eta Aquarids
Delta Aquarids
Perseids
Orionids
Taurids
Leonids
Geminids
Ursids
Solar Eclipses
Lunar Eclipses
Min. of Algol
Autumn Equinox
Vernal Equinox
Winter Solstice
Summer Solstice

MENUS

How to move through menu options (NGC Models Only):
It is helpful to understand that menu selections are set in a loop. This means that press-
ing the DOWN button scrolls down through all the available options within a given cat-
egory, then returns to the first option. Pressing the UP key scroll up through the options
in the opposite order. Note that this capability is a quick way to get to an option that is
near the bottom of the list. The following example demonstrates this capability.
To navigate to the "Select Item: Setup" menu option when the "Select Item: Object"
menu is displayed:
1. Press DOWN five times or UP once.
When the desired option is displayed on the second line, press the ENTER key to
choose that option and move down one menu level.
Press the MODE key to leave a level; e.g., the wrong menu option is chosen.
How to Calculate Sunset time (NGC Models Only):
This example demonstrates how to move through a typical menu and calculate Sunset
time. This is an excellent exercise to try out as you can calculate the time when it is
going to get dark—and when you can start observing.
1. Press MODE several times, until "Select Item: Object" is displayed.
2. Press UP/DOWN until the "Event" option displays in the "Select Item" menu.
3. Press ENTER to choose the "Event" option and move down a level. "Event:
Sunrise" is displayed.
4. Press UP/DOWN to display the "Sunset" option in the Event menu.
5. Press ENTER to choose the "Sunset" option and move down another level.
6. Sunset time displays; calculations are based on the current date, time, and loca-
tion.
7. Press MODE once to start moving back up through the menu 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."
Select Item: Select Item:
Glossary Utilities
A... Timer
Set
Accretion Disk
Etc. Start & Stop
B... Alarm
C... Set
D... On & Off
E... Eyepiece Calc.
F... Field of View
G... Magnification
H... Suggest
I... Brightness Adj.
J... Contrast Adj.
K...
L...
M...
N...
O...
P...
Q...
R...
S...
T...
U...
V...
W...
X...
Y...
Z...
Select Item:
Setup
Easy Align
Date
Time
Daylight Saving
Site
Select
Add
Delete
Edit
Download
Statistics
Reset
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