Object Catalog; Selecting An Object; Slewing To An Object - Celestron NexStar 60 Instruction Manual

star that is in the eastern part of the sky will improve your pointing accuracy, especially on objects in that part of the
sky.
When trying to locate a very faint or small object that may be difficult to find in the eyepiece, you can improve your
pointing accuracy by aligning to a third star that is nearest to the object you are trying to find.
To replace an existing alignment star with a new alignment star:
1. Locate and center the desired star in the eyepiece.
2. Select the centered star from the list of named stars in the hand control.
3. When the name of the centered star is displayed, press the ALIGN key on the hand control.
4. The display will then ask you which alignment star you want to replace.
5. Use the UP and Down scroll keys to select the alignment star to be replaced. It is usually best to replace the star
closest to the new star. This will space out your alignment stars across the sky.
6. Press ENTER to make the change.
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Now that the telescope is properly aligned, you can choose an object from any of the catalogs in the NexStar's database. The
hand control has a key designated for each of the catalogs in its database. There are two ways to select objects from the
database; scrolling through the named object lists and entering object numbers:
Pressing the LIST key on the hand control will access all objects in the database that have common names or types.
Each list is broken down into the following categories: Named Stars, Named Object, Double Stars, Variable Stars and
Asterisms. Selecting any one of these options will display an alpha-numeric listing of the objects under that list.
Pressing the Up and Down keys (10) allows you to scroll through the catalog to the desired object.
Pressing any of the catalog keys (M, CALD, NGC, or STAR) will display a blinking cursor below the name of the
catalog chosen. Use the numeric key pad to enter the number of any object within these standardized catalogs. For
example, to find the Orion Nebula, press the "M" key and enter "042".
Pressing the PLANET button will allow you to use the UP and DOWN arrow keys to scroll through and select the eight
planets as well as the moon and sun.
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Once the desired object is displayed on the hand control screen, you have two options:
Press the INFO Key. This will give you useful information about the selected object as well as the R.A. and
declination, magnitude and most importantly, altitude above the horizon. (If a star alignment has not yet been
performed, the altitude will not be displayed).
The speed at which information scrolls across the hand control display can be changed while the information is being
viewed:
Hold down the "1" key to speed up the scroll speed.
Hold down the "4" key to slow down the scroll speed.
Hold down the "7" key to freeze the information on the display.
Press the ENTER Key. This will automatically slew the telescope to the coordinates of the object. While the
telescope is slewing to the object, the user can still access many of the hand control functions (such as displaying
information about the object). Once the telescope is centered on the object the hand control buttons will blink on and
Caution! off to notify you that the telescope has stopped slewing.
Your NexStar has the ability to slew to objects that are below the horizon. This could result in the telescope tube coming
into contact with the fork arm base. While this should not damage the telescope in any way, it will nullify your star
alignment causing you to have to realign the telescope. To avoid having to do this, the NexStar allows you to check the
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