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ALIGNING NORTHSTAR FOR THE FIRST TIME (Continued)
PRESS ENTER when:
PLANET
3120 552 JUPITER
or any other PLANET item is displayed. You will see a scrolling message telling you the coordinates for the object, how big it is, what its
proper name is, what constellation it is in, and a brief description of what the object is. For JUPITER it reads:
JUPITER fifth planet from sun.
Largest planet in solar system.
16 moons. Orbit is 11.86 years.
Diameter 143,000 km. Named for roman king of gods.
Now imagine that you are a parent trying to impress your children (or vice versa). Ten minutes into your first observing session you are
already learning astronomical objects. This is a great educational tool !!!!
To find the object, just press the “GO” button and that object will be right in the telescope’s eyepiece!
By pressing the BACK button, you return to the previous level each time the button is pressed. Press the button two times and you are back
at the main level menu. The display will read:
SELECT MODE
EXPLORE 56
SCROLL UP or SCROLL DOWN to select
SELECT MODE
SKY TOUR 56.
Press ENTER.
This mode will take you through the best and brightest objects for each month. If you have done the ALIGN EARTH alignment and entered
the date, it will automatically take you to the current month. Don’t know what some of these obscure objects and abbreviations mean?
Just press the ENTER key for more information.
Press the BACK button until you get back to the main menu:
SELECT MODE
SKY TOUR 56.
SCROLL UP or SCROLL DOWN until the display reads:
SELECT MODE
IDENTIFY 56
PRESS ENTER
This mode will default to the level
IDENTIFY ANY
By selecting this option with the ENTER key, it will IDENTIFY the object that you are currently viewing OR the closest object to where
your telescope is currently pointed. You also have the options to choose other types of IDENTIFY menus. These will IDENTIFY the closest
CLUSTERS, NEBULAS, etc. to your current telescope position.