User manual MEADE 4504

[. . . ] Instruction Manual Meade Model 4504 4. 5" (114mm) Equatorial Reflecting Telescope With Starfinder Electronic Hand Controller ENTER MODE GO TO SPEED ? MEADE STARFINDER Meade Instruments Corporation WARNING NEVER USE A MEADE® TELESCOPE TO LOOK AT THE SUN!LOOKING AT OR NEAR THE SUN WILL CAUSE INSTANT AND IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE TO YOUR EYE. EYE DAMAGE IS OFTEN PAINLESS, SO THERE IS NO WARNING TO THE OBSERVER THAT DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE. CHILDREN SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE ADULT SUPERVISION WHILE OBSERVING. How This Manual is Organized This manual is divided into three major sections. [. . . ] Select Item: Object The Universe of Starfinder Select Item: Event EVENT Access the time of an astronomical event, such as the rising or setting times of the Moon. Select Item: Guided Tour GUIDED TOUR Journey through the universe as Starfinder escorts you to the best celestial objects at your location. Select Item: Glossary Fig. 18: The Starfinder universe. 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. To navigate to the "Select Item: Setup" menu option when the "Select Item: Object" menu is displayed: 1. The second line displays an option which may be selected within that menu level. The Scroll keys move up and down within the list of available options, showing one option at a time. Select Item Object Select Item Solar System ENTER Fig. 19: Starfinder levels. 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 calculates the Sunset time so an evening observing session can be planned. page 26 NOTE: To perform an accurate calculation, Starfinder must be properly initialized with the current date, time, and location of the observing site. To enter the current date, time, and location information of your observing site, see " INITIALIZE STARFINDER" page 17, before proceeding with this exercise. To Calculate Sunset time: 1. Press the MODE key several times, until "Select Item: Object" displays. Press the Scroll Down key once to display the Event option in the Select Item menu. Press the ENTER key to choose the Event option and move down a menu level. Press the Scroll Down key once to display the Sunset option in the Event menu. Press the ENTER key to choose the Sunset option and move down another menu level. Starfinder calculates the Sunset time based on the current date, time, and location. Press MODE once to start moving back up through the Starfinder menu levels. Press MODE again to return to the starting point of "Select Item: Object. " Select Item: Object Solar System Mercury Etc. [. . . ] First, find the Big Dipper which is part of the constellation Ursa Major. Extending directly out from the far side of the Big Dipper's cup is the constellation Orion. One of the most exquisite areas of the winter sky, Orion is distinguished by Orion's belt, which is marked by three stars in a row. The Orion Nebula is located South of the belt and is one of the most observed deep-sky objects by amateur astronomers. Rigel Orion Betelgeuse Andromeda Gemini Pollux Castor Pegasus "Summer Triangle" Deneb Polaris "Sickle" Regulus Cygnus Leo "Big Dipper" Vega Altair Lyra Boötes Arcturus Aquila Spica Antares Virgo Scorpius Fig. [. . . ]