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Venus is in the center of your eye piece. If your previous steps were correct, it should be.

You may need to make some minor adjustments to center the object. Otherwise, use “two-star align”.

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Most beginner users are now ready to explore the night sky without needing to refer to the manual any further. The function you will need most is “Select and slew” in the main menu. From there you can select and explore planets, stars, galaxies, nebulae, comets, asteroids, etc.-- virtually all of the most common celestial objects are included.

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Contents Manual www . iOptron . comGoToNovaTM 8401 Hand-Held Controller Page CONTENTS Page Chapter 0 Quick Start Reference The Hubble Site Sky and TelescopeUseful Links http//hubblesite.org0.2 Getting Started A GPS module makes life a lot easier. It automatically sets the time and location for youSet Local Time 2007-06-18 Daylight Time saving√ What’s Next? 1.0 Basic Symbols Chapter.1 Set Up And Alignment1.1 Set Up Appendix1.2.2 Two-Star Align NEVER LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE SUN WITH THE NAKED EYES OR WITH Chapter. 2 Select And SlewYou can define and save new celestial objects in the database 2.1 Planets, sun, moon2.5.4 Variable Stars 2.5 Stars 2.5.1 Named Stars Contains 191 stars 2.5.2 Constellations2.5.5 SAO Bright Stars 2.6 Constellations Contains 88 constellations 2.7 User Objects3.4 Set up tracking Set up tracking speed 3.5 User objects Chapter. 3 Other FunctionsCheck Appendix A for complete menu structures 3.1 Sync To TargetFIG.4 Equatorial ModeUse slower speed for fine tuning Chapter. 4 How to Observe4.2 Observing using arrow keys People usually use alt-zi mode to observe land objects4.4 Tracking APPENDIX A MENU STRUCTURE o M44 Praesepe, the Beehive Cluster open cluster APPENDIX B Messier Catalogo M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy spiral galaxy o M63 Sunflower galaxy spiral galaxyo M42 The Great Orion Nebula diffuse nebula o M57 The Ring Nebula planetary nebulao M43 part of the Orion Nebula de Mairans Nebula diffuse nebula o M76 The Little Dumbell, Cork, or Butterfly planetary nebulao M7 Ptolemys Cluster open cluster o M6 The Butterfly Cluster open clustero M11 The Wild Duck Cluster open cluster o M1 The Crab Nebula supernova remnantModern Constellations APPENDIX Cconstellation genitiveCanis Minoris 1690, Firmamentum Sobiescianum, Hevelius Microscopium Lynx1624, Bartsch MuscaPiscis Austrinus PiscesPuppis PyxisVolans AustraleFIG.D1 APPENDIX D Celestial CoordinatesAltitude AzimuthFIG.D2 δ, declinationt, hour angle δ, declination α, right ascension FIG. D3You need two numbers to define a position on the celestial sphere Celestial sphere is an imaginary sphere of infinite radiusPage GoToNovaTM 8401 Specifications Appendix E SPECIFICATIONSProducts List Appendix FItem # ProductIOPTRON TWO YEAR TELESCOPE, MOUNT, AND CONTROLLER WARRANTY

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