To Go To A User-Entered Object; Landmarks - Meade LX850 Instruction Manual

become part of your own permanent database, called
"User Objects."
To enter coordinates of an object into the "User:
Objects" option of the Object menu:
1. Make sure AutoStar has been initialized and
the telescope has been aligned.
2. After the telescope is aligned, "Select Item:
Object" displays. (If necessary, use the Scroll
keys to scroll through the menus, as previously
3. "Object: Solar System" displays. Keep pressing
the Scroll Up key until "Object: User Object"
displays and press ENTER.
4. "User Object: Select" displays. Press the Scroll
Down key once. "User Object: Add" displays.
Press ENTER.
5. "Name" displays on the top line and a blinking
cursor on the second line. Use the Arrow keys,
as previously described, to enter the name of
the object you wish to add to the database.
6. "Right Asc.: 00.00.0" displays. Use the Number
keys to enter the digits for the Right Ascension
coordinate of your object. When you are
keys to enter the digits for the declination
coordinate of your object. If necessary, use the
Scroll Keys to change "+" to "-". When you are
8. AutoStar then prompts you to enter the size
of the object. This step is optional. Use the
Number keys to enter the size (in arcminutes),
if so desired, and press ENTER to go to the
information, simply press ENTER.
9. AutoStar then prompts you to enter the
magnitude of the object. This step is also
optional. Use the Number keys to enter this
information, if so desired, and press ENTER
displays again.

To GO TO a user-entered object:

In this procedure, you will choose an object from the
User Object list and GO TO the object.
1. With "User Object: Add" displayed, press the
Scroll Up key once. "User Object: Select"
displays. Press ENTER.
2. Use the Scroll keys (if necessary) to scroll to
the desired object. Press ENTER.
3. The name of the object and the Right Ascension
and declination coordinates display.
4. Press GO TO and the telescope slews to
the object.

Landmarks

terrestrial objects in the Landmark database. First,
a landmark needs to be stored in memory using the
"Landmark: Add" option. To view a landmark, use the
"Landmark: Select" option. Landmarks may also be
viewed using the "Landmark Survey" option in the
Utilities menu.
To Add a landmark to the database:
In this procedure, you will store the location of terrestrial
landmarks in AutoStar's memory.
1. Set the telescope in the home position, if
necessary. Note for future reference where the
telescope is located and if you have aligned the
telescope, which alignment method is used.
IMPORTANT NOTE: To use the Landmark
function, the telescope must be located and
aligned exactly as when the landmark) was
added to the database.
2. Display the "Setup: Targets" menu option.
Choose "Terrestrial" and press ENTER –
"Setup: Targets" displays again. Choosing
this option turns off tracking for astronomical
objects and is not useful for the viewing
of terrestrial objects such as those in the
Landmark database. Be sure to change this
option back to "Astronomical" when you wish to
view celestial objects again.
3. Press MODE
Setup" displays.
4. Press the Scroll Down key once and "Select
Item: Object" displays. Press Enter. "Object:
once. "Select Item:
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