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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.

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