Choosing A Target From The - Vixen Starbook-S User Manual

Choosing a Target from the Object Menu
Use the Object Menu. When you are in CHART MODE to search for a celestial object, pressing
the Object key will bring up the Object Menu list.
Example 1: Search for Messier objects (Find a Messier object from the Messier catalog, which
includes many well-known objects.)
(1) Pressing the Chart key will change the screen to CHART MODE when you are in SCOPE
MODE. Press Object to show the Object Menu.
(2) Move the cursor to Messier with the keys and press Select to enter.
(3) The Messier catalog is displayed. Only those objects above the horizon will be shown. Move
the cursor to the target object (M27 here) with the keys and press Select to enter.
(4) Some brief data of this celestial object (M27) is displayed. Choose OK and press Select to
enter.
If you decide you wish to select a different object, choose Cancel instead to go back to the Messier
catalog.
(5) When the GOTO key is pressed, the telescope starts moving to point to the target object
(M27).
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