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4. Use the Hand Controller
4.1. Manual Operation of a Telescope
You may observe land and astronomical objects using GoToNova’s arrow keys.
After the telescope was assembled, flip the I/O switch on the telescope mount to turn on
the mount. Use
►
,
◄
,
▼
or
▲
buttons to point the telescope to the desired object. You may
need to use the number keys to change the slewing speed. Simply press a number while
slewing to change the slew speed.
4.2. Select and Slew
Press the MENU button. From the main menu, select “Select and Slew.” Select an object
that you would like to observe and press the ENTER key.
The GoToNova
TM
8401 hand controller has a database of about 130,000 objects. Use
the
►
or
◄
buttons to move the cursor and the
▼▲
buttons to change the individual number.
The check mark (
√
) indicates the object is above the horizon, and a cross mark (X) means it is
below the horizon. In some catalogs those stars below the horizon will not display on the hand
controller.
4.2.1. Planets, Sun, Moon
There are 10 objects in the Solar system catalog.
4.2.2. Deep sky objects
This menu includes objects outside our Solar system such as galaxies, star clusters,
quasars, and nebulae.
•
Named Deep Sky Objects: consists of 60 deep sky objects with their common
names. A list of named deep sky objects is attached in Appendix C.
•
Messier Catalog: consists of all 110 objects.
•
NGC IC Catalog: consists of 7840 objects in NGC catalog and 5386 objects in IC
catalog. To select an object from NGC or IC catalog, move the cursor to NGC,
using
▲
or
▼
button to toggle between NGC and IC. Then move the cursor to
numerical position and use the number button to select the object.
•
UGC Catalog: consists of 12939 objects.
•
MCG Catalog: consists of 29004 objects. They are listed numerically from MCG+15
to MCG-05.
•
Caldwell Catalog: consists of 109 objects.
•
Abell Catalog: consists of 2712 objects.
•
Herschel Catalog: consists of 400 objects.
