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EQ North
Used to track the sky when the telescope is polar aligned
in the Northern Hemisphere.
EQ South
Used to track the sky when the telescope is polar aligned
in the Southern Hemisphere.
Off
When using the telescope for terrestrial (land)
observation, the tracking can be turned off so that the
telescope never moves.
Tracking Rate
In addition to being able to move the telescope with the hand control
buttons, your telescope will continually track a celestial object as it
moves across the night sky. The tracking rate can be changed
depending on what type of object is being observed:
Sidereal
This rate compensates for the rotation of the Earth by
moving the telescope at the same rate as the rotation of
the Earth, but in the opposite direction. When the
telescope is polar aligned, this can be accomplished by
moving the telescope in right ascension only.
Lunar
Used for tracking the moon when observing the lunar
landscape.
Solar
Used for tracking the Sun when solar observing with
the proper filter.
View Time-Site
- Displays the current time and longitude/latitude downloaded from the
optional CN-16 GPS receiver. It will also display other relevant time-site information like
time zone, daylight saving and local sidereal time. Local sidereal time (LST) is useful for
knowing the right ascension of celestial objects that are located on the Meridian at that time.
View Time-Site will always display the last saved time and location entered while it is linking
with the GPS. Once current information has been received, it will update the displayed
information. If GPS is switched off or not present, the hand control will only display the last
saved time and location.
User Defined Objects
- Your telescope can store over 100 different user defined objects in its
memory (99 sky objects and 9 land objects). The objects can be
daytime land objects or an interesting celestial object that you
discover that is not included in the regular database. There are several
ways to save an object to memory depending on what type of object it
is:
GoTo Object:
To go to any of the user defined objects stored in the database, scroll
down to either
GoTo Sky Obj
GoTo Sky Obj
GoTo Sky Obj
GoTo Sky Obj
or
Goto Land Obj
Goto Land Obj
Goto Land Obj
Goto Land Obj
and enter the