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Displayed information:
Catalog or common name . . . . . . . . . . . Messier 107,
Type of object. . . . . . . . . . . Globular Cluster, Nebula,
Right Ascension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16:32:4
Declination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13°03'
Constellation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virgo, Orion, etc.
Magnitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2'
Scrolling message . . . . . . . . . . "This Globular Cluster
is 10,000 light years away..."
Browse
This menu allows you to search the libraries for objects
with certain parameters, much like a search engine.
"Edit Parameters" lets you set various parameters for
the search, and "Start Search" activates the search. A
typical search might be performed as follows:
1. Select "Browse" from the Object menu. Press
ENTER. "Browse: Start Search" displays.
2. Press one of the Scroll Keys and "Browse: Edit
Parameters" displays. Press Enter.
3. "Edit Parameters: Largest (mins)" displays. "Mins"
stands for arcminutes. Press ENTER.
4. "Largest (mins)" and a value displays. Using the
Number keys, enter a size in arcminutes. Autostar
II will search for objects up to this size and no
larger. Press ENTER.
5. "Edit Parameters: Largest (mins)" displays again.
Press the Scroll Down key. "Edit Parameters:
Smallest (mins)" displays. Enter the value for the
smallest size of an object that Autostar II will search
for in the database. Continue with "Brightest,"
Faintest," and "Minimum Elevation," using the
procedure described in steps 3 and 4.
6. After "Minimum Elevation," "Object Type" displays.
Press ENTER." "+Black Hole" displays. If you do
not wish to have "Black Holes" in your search, press
ENTER and the "+" changes to a "–." Press the
Scroll Down key to scroll to the next item. "+Diffuse
Nebula" displays. Continue to scroll through the list
and press ENTER if you wish to change the "+" to
a "–" or vice-versa.
Example:
7. After you have scrolled to the last item on the
NGC 6171, Orion
Nebula, etc
Black Hole, etc.
8. Press MODE repeatedly to leave this menu.
"Object Type" list, press MODE twice and the
Scroll Down key once. "Browse: Start Search"
displays. Press ENTER. "Start Search: Next"
displays. Press Enter. Autostar II searches the
database and displays the first object that matches
the search parameters you have entered. Use the
scroll keys to display information about the object.
Press MODE and "Start Search: Next" displays
again. Press ENTER and the next item matching
the parameters displays. Repeat this procedure
to display all the objects. Press GO TO to slew
telescope to a displayed object.
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