Space Telescope (HST), Global Positioning System
(GPS) satellites and geosynchronous orbit satellites.
In order to fi nd and track satellites, you must download
recent orbital data into the telescope.
Landmarks stores the location of terrestrial points of
interest that you create in the permanent AudioStar
database.
IMPORTANT NOTE: To use the Landmark function,
the telescope must be located and aligned exactly as
when the landmark was added to the database.
• Select – To select a Landmark already in the
database (see ADD below), choose the “Select”
option and scroll through the list. Press “ENTER”
to select a Landmark, then press “GoTo” and the
telescope slews to the object.
• Add – To add a Landmark, choose the “Add”
option. Enter a name for the Landmark. Locate
and center the Landmark in the eyepiece, then
press “ENTER”.
Identify is an exciting feature for an observer who
wants to scan the night sky and start exploring. After
the telescope has been properly aligned, use the
AudioStar Arrow keys to move about in the sky. Then
follow this procedure:
Important Note: Only use the arrow keys to move the
telescope during the Identify procedure. Do not move
the telescope manually or the alignment will be lost.
1. When a desired object is visible in the eyepiece,
keep pressing MODE until the “Select Item: Object”
menu is displayed. Press ENTER to select this menu.
2. Scroll through the Object menu options until the
“Object: Identify” screen appears.
3. Press ENTER. AudioStar searches the database for
the identity of the object being observed.
4. If the telescope is not directly on an AudioStar
database object, the nearest database object is
located and displayed on the screen. Press GoTo and
the telescope slews to that object.
Browse allows you to search the database for objects
with certain parameters, much like a search engine.
“Edit Parameters” lets you set various parameters for
the search, such as Object Type, Minimum Elevation,
Object Menu
Almost all observing with LX80 is performed using the
Object menu category. (NOTE: Exceptions include
Guided Tour and Landmarks).
Many AudioStar menu categories contain databases.
An AudioStar database is a list of objects, such as
stars, planets, comets, nebulae and so forth. When
one of these objects is selected from a database by
pressing “ENTER” and then “GoTo”, LX80 moves
your telescope (when properly aligned) and points it at
the selected object.
The Object Menu options include:
Solar System is a database of the eight planets (Earth
is not included) in ascending orbits from the Sun,
followed by the Moon, asteroids, and comets.
Constellation is a database of all 88 Northern and
Southern Hemisphere constellations. When this menu
option is chosen and a constellation name appears on
the fi rst line of the screen, press GoTo once to change
the second line to the name of the brightest star in the
constellation.
Press GoTo a second time to slew the telescope to
that star. Use the Scroll keys to cycle through the list of
stars in the constellation, from brightest to dimmest.
Deep Sky is a database of objects outside our Solar
System such as nebulae, star clusters, galaxies and
quasars grouped in various catalogs like Messier,
Caldwell and NGC.
Star is a database of stars listed in different categories
such as named, double, variable or nearby.
Important Note: When you are looking at descriptive
object text, pressing and holding for two seconds
“ENTER” will synchronize the telescope’s coordinates
with the object. This is most useful when synching on
bright stars to achieve better pointing in the vicinity of
the star.
User Objects allows the user to defi ne and store in
memory deep-sky objects of specifi c interest that are
not currently in the LX80 database. See Page 45 for
more information (for complete instructions on how to
use the authoring tools please refer to the reference
manual included on the software DVD).
Satellite is a database of Earth-orbiting objects such
as the International Space Station (ISS), the Hubble
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