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2.Navigate to the "Object: Identify" option and press ENTER.

3."Searching..." displays. When Autostar II finishes calculating, the name of the closest object displays.

4.Press a Scroll key to display information about this object. Autostar II displays some or all of the following information about the object with each press of a Scroll key:

Displayed information:

Example:

Catalog or common name of object

Messier 107, NGC6171, Orion Nebula, etc

Type of object

Globular Cluster, Nebula, Black Hole, etc.

Right Ascension

16:32:4

Declination

13°03'

Constellation

Virgo, Orion, etc.

Magnitude

3

Size

2'

Scrolling message

"This Globular Cluster is 10,000 light years

 

away...."

Browse

This menu allows you to search the libraries for objects with certain parameters, much like a search engine. "Edit Parameters" lets you set various parameters for the search, and "Start Search" activates the search. A typical search might be performed as fol- lows:

1.Select "Browse" from the Object menu. Press ENTER. "Browse: Start Search" displays.

2.Press one of the Scroll Keys and "Browse: Edit Parameters" displays. Press

ENTER.

3."Edit Parameters: Largest (mins)" displays. "Mins" stands for arc-minutes. Press

ENTER.

4."Largest (mins)" and a value displays. Using the Number keys, enter a size in arc- minutes. Autostar II will search for objects up to this size and no larger. Press

ENTER.

5."Edit Parameters: Largest (mins)" displays again. Press the Scroll Down key. "Edit

Parameters: Smallest (mins)" displays. Enter the value for the smallest size of an object that Autostar II will search for in the database. Continue with "Brightest," Faintest," and "Minimum Elevation," using the procedure described in steps 3 and 4.

6.After "Minimum Elevation," "Object Type" displays. Press ENTER." "+Black Hole" displays. If you do not wish to have "Black Holes" in your search, press ENTER and the "+" changes to a "–." Press the Scroll Down key to scroll to the next item. "+Diffuse Nebula" displays. Continue to scroll through the list and press ENTER if you wish to change the "+" to a "–" or vice-versa.

7.After you have scrolled to the last item on the "Object Type" list, press MODE twice and the Scroll Down key once. "Browse: Start Search" displays. Press ENTER. "Start Search: Next" displays. Press ENTER. Autostar II searches the database and displays the first object that matches the search parameters you have entered. Use the scroll keys to display information about the object. Press MODE and "Start Search: Next" displays again. Press ENTER and the next item matching the parameters displays. Repeat this procedure to display all the objects. Press GO TO to slew telescope to a displayed object.

8.Press MODE repeatedly to leave this menu.

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Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the

 

Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving.

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Contents MEADE.COM Page Contents Telescope Features Components of MAXPedestal Wedge Assembly Pedestal AssemblyRight Ascension Housing Assembly DEC Assembly Declination Housing AssemblyCOUNTER- Weights CounterweightsTripod MAX TripodOptical Tube Assembly OTARA Assembly Control Panel Saddle Control Panel Control Panels PortsLibrary # of Objects Autostar II FeaturesTour the Cosmos with Just the Push of a Button Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving Tripod Assembly Pedestal Assembly and Adjusting Latitude Position11 a RA Assembly Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving 20 a 20 B Attach LOW Latitude Counterweights No gap Electrical Connections Home Position and Balancing the OTA Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving Align the Viewfinder Mounting and Focusing the Viewfinder for the First TimeGetting Started Focusing the Telescope To select a previously defined focus preset To sync on a focus presetSlew Speeds To exit the focus operation at any timeAligning for the First Time To prepare your telescope for Automatic AlignmentTest your Collimation How to Drift Align Max Northern HemisphereCollimation Follow these steps for collimation of the optical system Defocused star images. Misaligned 1, 2, AlignedCalibrate Home Parking the ScopeTo Calculate Sunset time Basic AutostarAutostar II Navigation Exercise Example of Locating a menu Navigating AutostarAutostar IIs Menus Object Menu To slew the telescope to catalog objectsUtilities Menu Event MenuGlossary Menu Enter Setup Menu Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving Ous areas of the world. Check local time to verify Hot Button Menus To Edit a Site Adding Observing Sites To Add a Site to the user-defined site list Creating User Objects To GO to a user-entered objectObserving Satellites IdentifyBrowse Displayed information ExampleAlternate Polar Alignments Initialize AutostarTwo-Star Polar Alignment Easy Polar AlignmentPeriodic Error Correction Update Menu OptionTrain Menu Option Erase Menu OptionOptional Accessories Meade Series 4000 EyepiecesSeries 4000 8 24mm Zoom Eyepiece Deep Sky Imager Maintenance Telescope Specifications Meade Consumer Solutions Advanced Autostar II System SpecificationsAutostar II Handbox Specifications Appendix a Latitude Chart Latitude Chart for Major Cities of the WorldCity State/Prov./Country Latitude City Country LatitudeTo observe the Apollo 15 landing site using the Moon option Appendix B the MoonAppendix C IntroductionOperation TrainingUpdate Permanently Mounted ScopesOther Menus Options Save As and Load OffPage Page Page Meade Limited Warranty
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