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MODE Key: Returns to the previous menu or data level in the Starfinder database
until the top level, “Select Item," is reached. The MODE key is similar to the
ESCAPE key on a computer.
NOTE: Pressing MODE while in the Select Item level moves Starfinder to
the topmost screen: "Select Item: Object."
NOTE: If MODE is pressed and held for two seconds or more, the following
information is then available using the Scroll keys (6 and 7, Fig. 17):
• Right Ascension and Declination coordinates
• Altitude and Azimuth coordinates
• Local Time and Local Sidereal Time (LST)
• Timer and Alarm Status
Press MODE again to return to the previous menu.
GO TO Key: Slews the telescope to the coordinates of the currently selected
object. While the telescope is slewing, the operation may be aborted at any time
by pressing any key except GO TO. Pressing GO TO again resumes the slew to
the object.
The GO TO key also allows you to perform a "spiral search." A spiral search is
useful when the telescope slews to an object, but that object is not visible in the
eyepiece after the telescope finishes it search. (This sometimes occurs during an
alignment procedure. See "ALIGN YOUR TELESCOPE USING STARFINDER,"
page 20.) Press GO TO when the slew is finished and the telescope starts slewing
in a spiral pattern at a very slow speed around the search area. Look through the
eyepiece and when the object does become visible, press MODE to stop the spiral
search. Then use the Arrow keys to center the object.
Arrow Keys: Slew the telescope in a specific direction (up, down, left, and right),
at any one of seven different speeds (speed selection is explained in “SLEW
SPEEDS,” page 14). The following functions are also available with the Arrow
keys:
• Data Entry: Use the Up and Down Arrow keys to Scroll through the letters of
the alphabet and numerical digits. The Down Arrow key starts with the letter "A"
and the Up Arrow key starts with the digit "9." Use the Left and Right Arrow keys
to move the blinking cursor left and right across the LCD display.
• Polar Alignment: Use the Left and Right Arrow keys to move the telescope.
The Left Arrow key rotates the telescope counterclockwise on the Right
Ascension axis, while the Right Arrow key rotates it clockwise.
Scroll Keys: Access database options within a selected menu. The menu is
displayed on the first line of the screen. Options within the menu are displayed,
one at a time, on the second line. Press the Scroll keys to move through the
options. Press and hold a Scroll key to move quickly through the options.
The Scroll keys also scroll through the letters of the alphabet and numerical digits.
NOTE: The Scroll Down key and the Down Arrow key move forward through
the alphabet & digits (A to Z, 0-9) and the Scroll Up key and the Up Arrow
key move backward (Z to A, 9-0).
Press and hold the Up Arrow key to speed up the rate at which a message scrolls
across the display. Press and hold the Down Arrow key to slow down the scrolling
speed. When the display is scrolling at a speed that is comfortable for reading,
release the Scroll key.
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