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PART V : LOCATING OBJECTS
5.5 Locating SAO Stars
1.
Choosing an Object:
2.
View Information on the Object:
3.
Locate the Object:
Press the “
OBJECT
” shortcut key. The screen will display “
Object List
” in the top row. Use
the two scroll keys to browse the list until “
SAO Catalog
” is displayed, and then press the
ENTER
key. The screen will then display “
SAO Catalog / SAO 0000xx
” to wait for input of the
4 left-most digits of the 6 digits SAO index number (i.e. “
SAO 0238xx
”). Press
ENTER
key
and then the hand control will find the first SAO number in the database that matches the
4 left-most digits entered (i.e. “
SAO 023801
”)
Use the scroll keys to change the last 2 digits until the screen displays the desired SAO
index number. Press the
ENTER
key to confirm the input. (i.e. “
SAO 023825
”)
Note:
The SAO catalog in the SynScan hand control is a sub-set of the SAO catalog. It
only contains stars brighter than magnitude 8.
• The operation is similar to that of locating Messier objects;
refer to Section 5.1
for de-
tails.
• The operation is similar to that of locating Messier objects;
refer to Section 5.1
for de-
tails.
5.6 Locating Named Stars, Double Stars, and Variable Stars
1.
Choosing an Object:
2.
View Information on the Object:
Press the “
OBJECT
” shortcut key. The screen will then display “
Object List
” on the top row.
Use the two scroll keys to browse the list until “
Named Star
”, “
Double Stars
” or “
Variable
Stars
” is displayed, and then press the
ENTER
key to select the desired option. Once inside,
use the two scroll keys to go through and find the desired object in the list of star names.
Press the
ENTER
key to confirm the selection.
• The operation is similar to that of locating Messier objects;
refer to Section 5.1
for de-
tails.
Note:
In the operation of step 2, the data of the separation angle (
Separation:
) and the
position angle (
Position Angle
) are provided for double stars, and the data of the maximum
magnitude (
Max.MAG=
), minimum magnitude (
Min.MAG=
), period of variation (
Period=
)
are provided for the variable stars.
