Entering Numbers And Text Into Autostar; Navigating Autostar; Adjusting The Speed Of A Scrolling Message - Meade DS-2000 Series AutoStar-LNT-SmartFinder Instruction Manual

To Calculate Sunset time:
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Entering Numbers and Text into Autostar

To enter numbers and text:
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To move the cursor across the display:
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TIP: When multiple
choices are avail-
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able within a menu
option, the option

Navigating Autostar

that is currently
selected is usually
Autostar's menus are organized for quick and
displayed first and
easy navigation:
highlighted by a
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right pointing arrow
(>).
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Adjusting
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Press the MODE key several times, until "Select Item: Object" is displayed.
Press the Scroll Down key once to display the "Event" option in the "Select Item" menu.
Press the ENTER key to choose the "Event" option and move down a level. "Event:
Sunrise" is displayed.
Press the Scroll Down key once to display the "Sunset" option in the Event menu.
Press the ENTER key to choose the "Sunset" option and move down another level.
Autostar calculates the Sunset time based on the current date, time, and location. Autostar
then displays the results of the calculation.
Press MODE once to start moving back up through the Autostar levels. The first level up
is the Event menu.
Press MODE again to move up another level. This is the top level, "Select Item."
Press MODE again to return to the starting point of "Select Item: Object."
Use the Up and Down Arrow keys to
scroll through numbers 0 - 9 and the
alphabet. The Down Arrow key begins
with the letter "A;" the Up Arrow key
begins with digit "9."
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 informa-
tion has been entered.
Press ENTER 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 to move up and
down through the options or lists
Press the Arrow keys to move the cursor
across the display.
Press the Help (?) key to access on-line
help.
the Speed
Scrolling Message
Press and hold the Scroll Up key to
increase the scrolling speed when a mes-
sage is scrolling across the display.
Press and hold the Scroll Down key to
decrease the scrolling speed when a
message is scrolling across the display.
Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the
Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving.
DS-2000 TIPS
One of the most exciting resources for astrono-
my is the Internet. The Internet is full of web-
sites with new images, discoveries, and the lat-
est astronomical information. For example,
when comet Hale-Bopp made its approach to
our Sun in 1998, astronomers around the world
posted new photos daily.
You can find websites for virtually any topic
relating to astronomy on the Internet. Try the
following key word searches: NASA, Hubble,
HST, astronomy, Messier, satellite, nebula,
black hole, variable stars, extrasolar, Chandra,
gamma burster, comets, Astronomy Day, etc.
Check out Meade's website for the latest prod-
uct and technical information. You can down-
load the latest software revisions, links to other
astronomical sites, coordinates of celestial
objects, and the latest satellite tracking informa-
tion for the Autostar handbox. See page 37 for
more information. You'll find our website at:
http://www.meade.com/
http://www.meade4M.org
Here are some other sites you might find useful:
• Sky & Telescope :
http://www.skypub.com/
of a
• Astronomy :
http://www.astronomy.com/astro/
• The Starfield:
http://users.nac.net/gburke/
• Astronomy Picture of the Day:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.goc/apod/
• Heaven's Above (satellite information):
http://www.heavens-above.com/
• Photographic Atlas of the Moon:
http://www.lpi.ursa.edu/research/lunar_orbiter
• Hubble Space Telescope Public Pictures
http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/pictures.html
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