Operating The Telescope; The Hand Control - Celestron 80LCM Manual

OPERATING THE TELESCOPE

THE HAND CONTROL

The LCM's hand controller is designed to give you instant access to all the functions the telescope has to offer With automatic slewing to over
4,000 objects, and common sense menu descriptions, even a beginner can master its variety of features in just a few observing sessions Below
is a brief description of the individual components of the LCM hand controller:
1 . LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY (LCD) WINDOW- Has a four-
line, 18-character display screen that has red backlighting for
comfortable viewing of telescope information and scrolling text
2 . ALIGN- Instructs the hand control to begin the process of
aligning your telescope
3 . DIRECTION KEYS- Allows complete control of the mount in
any direction Use the direction keys to center objects in the
eyepiece or manually slew telescope
4 . CATALOG KEYS- The mount has a key on the hand control to
allow direct access to each of the main catalogs in its 40,000+
object database Your mount contains the following catalogs in
its database:
• SOLAR SYSTEM- All 7 planets in our Solar System plus the
Moon, Sun and Pluto
• STARS- Custom lists of all the brightest stars, double stars,
variable stars and asterisms
• DEEP SKY- Custom lists of all the best galaxies, nebulae and
clusters as well as the complete Messier and select NGC objects
5 . IDENTIFY- Searches the databases and displays the name and
offset distances to the nearest matching objects
6 . MENU- Displays the many setup and utilities functions, such
as tracking rate and user defined objects and many others
7 . OPTION (CELESTRON LOGO)- Can be used in combination
with other keys to access more advanced features and functions
8 . ENTER- Pressing ENTER allows you to select any of the functions, accept entered parameters and slew the telescope to
displayed objects
9 . BACK- Pressing BACK will take you out of the current menu and display the previous level of the menu path Press BACK repeatedly
to get back to a main menu or use to erase data entered by mistake
10 . SKY TOUR- Activates the tour mode, which lists all the best objects in the sky and lets you slew the telescope to those objects
11 . SCROLL KEYS- Scrolls up and down within any of the menu lists A double arrow symbol on the right side of the LCD indicates that
the scroll keys can be used to view additional information
12 . MOTOR SPEED- Slews the telescope faster or slower when the direction buttons are pressed
13 . OBJECT INFO- Displays coordinates and useful information about objects selected from the database
14 . INPUT JACK- Allows you to connect your telescope to a computer, for use with software programs for point-and click slewing capability
and updating firmware via PC
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