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14 | ENGLISH
NexStar+ Hand Control
1. Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) Window: Red back-
lighting for comfortable nighttime viewing of telescope
information and scrolling text. Remove the clear
protective tape from the screen before use.
2. Align: Instructs the telescope to begin the default alignment
procedure. It is also used to select star or object as an
alignment position.
3. Direction Keys: Allow complete control of your telescope
in any direction. Use the direction keys to center objects in
the eyepiece or to manually slew your telescope.
4. Catalog Keys: Allow direct access to each of the main
catalogs in the database of thousands of objects.
Your telescope contains the following catalogs in its database:
• Solar System- All 7 planets in our Solar System plus
the Moon, Sun and Pluto.
• Stars- Custom lists of all the brightest stars, double
stars, variable stars, constellations and asterisms.
• Deep Sky- Custom lists of all the best Galaxies,
Nebulae and Clusters, as well as the complete
Messier and select NGC objects.
5. Identify: Searches your telescope’s database and
displays the name and offset distances to the nearest
matching objects.
6. Menu: Displays setup and utilities functions, such as
tracking rate, user defined objects and others.
7. Option (Celestron Logo): Works similar to the SHIFT
key on a keyboard and can be used in combination with
other keys to access more advanced features and
functions to be added with later firmware updates.
8. Enter: Pressing ENTER allows you to select any of your
telescope’s functions, accept entered parameters and
slews the telescope to displayed objects.
9. Back: Pressing BACK will take you out of the current
menu and display the previous level of the menu path.
Press BACK repeatedly to get back to a main menu or
use to erase data entered by mistake.
10. Sky Tour: Activates the tour mode, which seeks out all
of the best objects in the sky and automatically slews
your telescope to those objects.
11. Scroll Keys: Used to scroll UP and DOWN within any of
the menu lists. A double arrow symbol on the right side
of the LCD indicates that the scroll keys can be used to
view additional information. The buttons have an angled
shape to make it easier to locate without looking.
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12. Motor Speed: Similar to the Rate Button on the original
NexStar hand control, it allows you to change the motor’s
speed when the direction keys are pressed.
13. Object Info: Displays coordinates and valuable infor-
mation about objects selected from your telescope’s
database.
14. Mini Usb Port (cable not included): Links to PC to
control telescope with desktop or to perform firmware
updates.
15. Help Menu: In future firmware updates, this button will
offer troubleshooting tips. For your convenience, it
currently functions as a shortcut to the Messier Catalog.
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Figure 11.2
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