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How Starfinder's Menus Work
It is important to understand that Starfinder's menu selections are set in a loop. This
means that pressing the Scroll Down key cycles down through all the available options
within a given category and then returns to the first option. The Scroll Up key cycles
up through the options in the opposite order. Note that this capability is a quick way to
get to an option that is near the bottom of the list. The following example demonstrates
this capability.
To navigate to the "Select Item: Setup" menu option when the "Select Item:
Object" menu is displayed:
1. Press the Scroll Down key four times or the Scroll Up key once.
The screen in Fig. 19 displays two lines of information.
The top line shows the current menu level. The second
line displays an option which may be selected within
that menu level. Some options are choices that select
the next menu level down. The Scroll keys move up and
down within the list of available options, showing one
option at a time.
When the desired option is displayed on the second line, press the ENTER key to
choose that option and move down one menu level.
To leave a level (e.g., the wrong menu option is chosen), press the MODE key.
IMPORTANT NOTE: No matter how many menu levels of Starfinder are
traveled, each press of the MODE key moves up a level, until the top menu
level, "Select Item," is reached. Once in the Select Item level, press MODE
to return to the topmost available screen: "Select Item: Object."
Starfinder Navigation Exercise
To demonstrate how the Starfinder menu structure works, the following exercise cal-
culates the Sunset time so an evening observing session can be planned.
Select Item
Solar System
Select Item
Object
ENTER
Fig. 19: Starfinder levels.
The Universe of
Starfinder
Select Item:
Setup
Select Item:
Utilities
Select Item:
Glossary
Select Item:
Guided Tour
Select Item:
Event
Select Item:
Object
SETUP
Quick, easy alignment
permits all telescope
operations with only
a 2-minute setup.
UTILITIES
Calculate eyepiece
magnifications; set the
timer for an observing
session; or survey user
landmarks in 30-second
intervals.
GLOSSARY
Discover the world of astronomy
by alphabetically accessing
astronomical terms.
OBJECT
Select from over 1400 database objects and
press GO TO to move the telescope automatically to the
object and place it in the telescopic field of view.
EVENT
Access the time of
an astronomical
event, such as the
rising or setting
times of the Moon.
GUIDED TOUR
Journey through the
universe as Starfinder
escorts you to the
best celestial objects
at your location.
Fig. 18: The Starfinder universe.