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5. Use SmartStar
5.1. Manual Operation of a Telescope
You may observe land and astronomical objects using GoToNova's arrow keys.
After the telescope was assembled (referring to Section 2. Telescope Assembly), flip the
I/O switch on the telescope mount to turn on the mount. Use ►,◄,▼ or ▲ buttons to point the
telescope to desired object. You may need using SPEED key to change the slewing speed.
5.2. Slew to an Object
Press MENU button, from the main menu, select "Select and Slew." Select an object you
would like to observe and press ENTER key.
The GoToNova
Use ► or ◄ button to move the cursor and ▼ or ▲ button to change the number. A check mark
√"
"
indicates the object is above the horizon, and cross mark "X
Only those objects above the horizon can be observed. In some catalogs, those stars below the
horizon may not display.
5.2.1. Planets, Sun, Moon
There are 9 objects in Solar system.
5.2.2. Deep Sky Objects
This menu includes objects outside our Solar system such as galaxies, star clusters,
quasars, nebulae.
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Named Deepsky Objects: It consists of 60 deep sky objects with their common
names. More information will be available by pressing HELP key. A list of named
deep sky objects is also attached in Appendix C.
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Messier Catalog: It consists of all 110 objects in Messier catalog. More information
will be available by pressing HELP key.
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NGC IC Catalog: consists of 7840 objects in NGC catalog and 5386 objects in IC
catalog. To select an object from NGC or IC catalog, move the cursor to NGC,
using▲ or ▼ button to toggle between NGC and IC. Then move the cursor to
numerical position and use the number button to select the object.
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UGC Catalog: consists of 12939 objects.
5.2.3. Comets
It contains up to 64 comets, with 16 pre-loaded comets. This database is customer
upgradeable.
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Cube
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8402G hand controller has a database consists of over 50,000 objects.
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means it is below the horizon.
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