Meade Video mySKY Plus, Instruction Manual

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How to Locate an Object in the Sky:
When you press “GoTo” on any object screen, the screen
will display a star map and an arrow will appear. Move
mySKY in the direction the arrow is pointing.
As you move mySKY closer to the object, the arrow will get
shorter and shorter.
When you get very close to the object, a crosshair will be
displayed at the position of the object on the SkyMap.
Move mySKY slowly to center the crosshair in the circle at
the center of the display.
The circle will then flash to let you know that you have found
the object and the screen will display the object page.
Push the soft key labeled PLAY for audio descriptions,
video, and images of the object or INFO for on-screen text
data about the object. To exit a tour: Press the key labeled
END TOUR. If the END TOUR option is not displayed, keep
pressing the BACK key until END TOUR is displayed.
Catalogs of Celestial Objects
The sky is full of interesting and mysterious objects, not
just stars and planets. mySKY has a database that contains
over 30,000 celestial objects. Although most of these
objects cannot be seen with the naked eye, mySKY can
still show you where they are and give you images and
information about them. If you select an object from any of
mySKY’s catalogs, mySKY will display a screen like the one
above. If you select “GoTo,” mySKY will display an arrow
on the screen to guide you to the object you have chosen.
mySKY’s catalogs include: stars; double and variable stars;
planets; constellations; galaxies; and nebulas, just to name
a few. These objects are arranged in various catalogs:
Solar System
—planets, the Moon, comets, and asteroids
Deep Sky —star clusters, nebulas, galaxies and more
Constellations
—all 88 constellations with star maps
Stars —several catalogs of stars
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