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It is important to understand that menu selections are set in a loop (Fig. 3

This means that

pressing the Scroll Down key cycles down through all the available options within a given cate-

gory, then returns to the first option. The Scroll Up key cycles up through the options in the oppo-

site 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.

Example:

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.

AutoStar displays two lines of information. The top line shows the current menu level. The sec-

ond 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 mo

e do

wn one menu level.

Press the MODE k

y to lea

ve a level (

., the wrong men

u option is chosen).

IMPORTANT NOTE: No matter how many levels into AutoStar are traveled, each

press of the MODE k

y mo

es up a le

el, until the top level, "Select Item," is

reached.

Once in the Select Item le

el, press MODE to retur

n to the topmost level,

"Select Item: Object."

BASIC AUTOSTAR OPERATION

Select Item:

Setup

Select Item:

Utilities

Select Item:

Glossary

elect Item:

Guided Tour

Select Item:

Event

SETUP MENU

utomatic alignment

permits all telescope

perations with only

inimal setup.

UTILITIES MENU

Calculate eyepiece

magnifications; 

set timer alerts; 

create your own

landmark survey.

GLOSSARY

hat is an elliptical galaxy? 

How far away is the Sun?

Expand your knowledge of 

astronomy by displaying terms

and definitions, and other information.

OBJECT MENU

ant to see Mars? The Orion nebula? 

The Andromeda galaxy? Select from 

over 30,000 objects and press

GO TO to move the telescope 

automatically to an object.

VENT MENU

Display the time of

past, present and future

astronomical events, 

such as Moon phases 

r meteor showers.

GUIDED TOUR

Autostar escorts you 

on a tour of tonight's 

best celestial objects 

t your viewing location.



elect Item:

Object

Autostar

he Universe of



AAutoutostar star

Fig. 2: The AutoStar Universe: The six primary categories listed in the Select Item menu of AutoStar.

Object

Event 

Guided Tours

Glossary

Utilities

Setup



Fig. 3: Menus set in a

loop.

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