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Once the desired object is displayed in the hand control screen, you have two options
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Press the INFO Key. This will give you useful information about the selected object such as R.A. and declination,
magnitude and most importantly, altitude above the horizon. (If a star alignment has not yet been performed, the
altitude will not be displayed).
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Press the ENTER Key. This will automatically slew the telescope to the coordinates of the object.
Caution: Never slew the telescope when someone is looking into the eyepiece. The telescope can move at very
slew speeds and may hit an observer in the eye.
Object information can be obtained without having to do a star alignment. After the telescope is powered on, press the
UNDO key. Pressing any of the catalog keys allows you to scroll through object lists or enter catalog numbers as described
above. However, information such as R.A. and declination of planets and altitude above the horizon will not be displayed
unless the telescope is first properly aligned.
There are two special object catalogs which require the input of additional information before the NexStar can slew to the
object; they are Planet and Tour:
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Since the planets are not fixed points in the sky, but rather appear to move relative to the background stars, the NexStar
needs to have time and date information before it can go to any solar system object. To locate the planets, press the
PLANET key on the hand control. The on screen display will ask for the following information
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Time - Enter the current local time for your area.
Once this information is entered, use the Up and Down keys to select the Planet that you wish to observe. Press
ENTER.
If AutoAlign was used to align the telescope , all the necessary information has already been entered into the hand
control and you are ready to select a planet to observe.
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The NexStar includes a tour feature which automatically allows the user to choose from a list of interesting objects based on
the month in which you are observing. The Tour mode is activated by pressing the TOUR key (6) on the hand control. Once
activated, simply use the scroll keys to select the current month and press ENTER. The NexStar will display from a list of
the best objects to observe based on the month entered.
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To see information and data about the displayed object, press the INFO key.
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To slew to the object displayed, press ENTER.
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To see the next tour object, press the Up key
Tip
When going through any of the object catalogs in the database, you can easily find out which objects are above the horizon
and visible simply by pressing the INFO button when the desired object is displayed. This will display the objects altitude
above the horizon based on the date and time entered. Pressing the UP button once will display any scrolling text associated
with that object. The scrolling text can be viewed even if a star alignment has not been performed.
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Enter the month, day and year of your observing session.
Select PM or AM.
Choose between Standard time or Daylight Savings time.
Select the time zone that you are observing from.
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