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you can add it to the bookmark list by pressing the BkMk option from the object detail window. The bookmark utility will
auto-determine the first FREE bookmark space inside the bookmark list. You can also override this selection by pressing
the <PREV’ and NEXT> buttons to select the bookmark number you would like to place this object into within the
bookmark list.
Most of the object windows will offer this option. You may add up to 50 bookmarks.
Viewing Your Bookmarked Objects
1. From Objects Menu, choose: 6=More. This will bring you to the More Objects Menu.
2. Choose: 7=Objects Bookmark.
3.
The first (or last viewed) object of the bookmark list will display with the catalog name and number.
4. Choices:
a) Pressing GOTO will initiate slewing of that object.
b) Press NEXT> to view the next object in the bookmark list. You may also press < PREV to see the previous object
in the bookmark list.
5. Press MENU to return to More Objects Menu to make an alternate choice.
Delete Bookmarks
1. To Remove/Delete an object from the bookmark list, simply select the tools menu option from the Main Menu.
2. Select 4=BookMark Edit.
3. Selecting desired option:
a) 1=Clear all BookMks. This will reset the entire 50 object list to FREE.
b) 2=DEL BookMk Nbr:xx where ‘xx’ equals the last added bookmark used value.
Press the ‘<’ or ‘>’ buttons to scroll through the 50 object book mark values
which will permit you to delete the object bookmark you specifically wish to
delete. When you delete an object’s bookmark by pressing 2, the screen will
display a single line confirming that the bookmark has been deleted.
4. Press MENU to continue.
5.
The numerical position of your remaining bookmarks will remain the same. They will not shift to fill the empty posi
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tion. When you create your next new bookmark, you will be offered the first available position as shown in screen 3002
above, which may be the one that was just deleted.
M, NGC, IC
These are the most common catalogs used in astronomy and include the brightest and most famous objects including
galaxies, diffuse (bright) nebulae, planetary nebulae, globular clusters and open clusters. Many faint objects visible only
in larger instruments are included also. A few objects are listed in more than one catalog, so there is some overlap. M
(Messier) = 110 objects, NGC (New General Catalog) = 7,840 objects, IC (Index Catalog) = 5,386 objects.
1. Go to Objects menu.
2. Choose M, NGC or IC
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press the number that corresponds to your choice (e.g. 1=M).