Table of Contents
Advertisement
S
l
e
w
i
n
g
t
o
a
n
O
S
l
e
w
i
n
g
t
o
a
n
O
Once the desired object is displayed on the hand control screen, choose from the following options:
•
Press the INFO Key. This will give you useful information about the selected object such as R.A. and declination, magnitude size and
text information for many of the most popular objects.
•
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 fast slew speeds and may hit an
observer in the eye.
If you manually enter an object that is below the horizon, CPC will notify you by displaying a message reminding you that you have
selected an object outside of your slew limits (see Slew Limits in the Scope Setup section of the manual). Press UNDO to go back and
select a new object. Press ENTER to ignore the message and continue the slew.
Object information can be obtained without having to do a star alignment. After the telescope is powered on, pressing any of the catalog
keys allows you to scroll through object lists or enter catalog numbers and view the information about the object as described above.
F
i
n
d
i
n
g
P
l
a
n
e
t
F
i
n
d
i
n
g
P
l
a
n
e
The CPC can located all 8 of our solar systems planets plus the Sun and Moon. However, the hand control will only display the solar
system objects that are above the horizon (or within its filter limits). To locate the planets, press the PLANET key on the hand control.
The hand control will display all solar system objects that are above the horizon:
•
Use the Up and Down keys to select the planet that you wish to observe.
•
Press INFO to access information on the displayed planet.
•
Press ENTER to slew to the displayed planet.
To allow the Sun to be displayed as an option in the database, see Sun Menu in the Utilities section of the manual.
T
o
u
r
M
o
d
e
T
o
u
r
M
o
d
e
The CPC includes a tour feature which automatically allows the user to choose from a list of interesting objects based on the date and
time in which you are observing. The automatic tour will display only those objects that are within your set filter limits (see Filter Limits
in the Setup Procedures section of the manual). To activate the Tour mode, press the TOUR key (6) on the hand control. The CPC will
display the best objects to observe that are currently in the sky.
•
To see information and data about the displayed object, press the INFO key.
•
To slew to the object displayed, press ENTER.
•
To see the next tour object, press the Up key.
C
o
n
s
t
e
l
l
a
t
i
o
n
T
C
o
n
s
t
e
l
l
a
t
i
o
n
T
In addition to the Tour Mode, the CPC telescope has a Constellation Tour that allows the user to take a tour of all the best objects within
a particular constellation. Selecting Constellation from the LIST menu will display all the constellation names that are above the user
defined horizon (filter limits). Once a constellation is selected, you can choose from any of the database object catalogs to produce a list
of all the available objects in that constellation.
•
To see information and data about the displayed object, press the INFO key.
•
To slew to the object displayed, press ENTER.
•
To see the next tour object, press the Up key.
D
i
r
e
c
t
i
o
n
B
u
t
t
o
D
i
r
e
c
t
i
o
n
B
u
t
t
o
The CPC has four direction buttons (3) in the center of the hand control which control the telescope's motion in altitude (up and down)
and azimuth (left and right). The telescope can be controlled at nine different speed rates.
b
j
e
c
t
b
j
e
c
t
s
t
s
o
u
r
o
u
r
n
s
n
s
19
Advertisement
Table of Contents
