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The CPC is controlled by Celestron's NexStar hand controller designed to give you instant access to all the functions the
CPC has to offer. With automatic slewing to over 40,000 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 CPC's NexStar hand controller:
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Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) Window: Has a dual-line, 16 character display screen that is backlit for
comfortable viewing of telescope information and scrolling text.
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Align: Instructs the CPC to use a selected star or object as an alignment position.
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Direction Keys: Allows complete control of the CPC in any direction. Use the direction keys to move the
telescope to the initial alignment stars or for centering objects in the eyepiece.
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Catalog Keys: The NexStar hand control has keys to allow direct access to each of the catalogs in its database.
The hand control contains the following catalogs in its database:
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Messier– Complete list of all Messier objects.
NGC – Complete list of all the deep-sky objects in the Revised New General Catalog.
Caldwell – A combination of the best NGC and IC objects.
Planets - All 8 planets in our Solar System plus the Moon and the Sun.
Stars – A compiled list of the brightest stars from the SAO catalog.
List – For quick access, all of the best and most popular objects in the NexStar database have been broken
down into lists based on their type and/or common name:
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The NexStar Hand Control
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