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A List of Other Astronomy Clubs in SE Michigan.Ĭopyright Info Copyright © 2015, the University Lowbrow Astronomers.The University of Michigan Astronomy Department.The Home Page for the University Lowbrow Astronomers.Reflections of the University Lowbrow Astronomers.’scope, and have logged many miles and objects with the ’70. Overall, I have found the ETX 60/70 to be a versatile and inexpensive This is frustrating for us impatient goto-er’s. The “enter” key after selecting the object before hitting the While “going to” an object, it is always necessary to hit.However, theĪrrow keys are still used to move through fields in the menu items. Of the controller for this, it will move the ’scope. If you try to use the up/down arrow keys in or az.Īrrow keys at the bottom of the controller are used to scroll through menu The scrolling two-line display can be unreadable in certainįour arrow keys are used to move the telescope in alt.There are, however, some “gotcha’s” that require a bit The whole amount of time I spent on the object. Manually to the object I was looking for, and it tracked beautifully for Being the lazy goat that I am, I went ahead and moved I finally realized that I did not change my location in I noticed that the Autostar hadĮach alignment star by several degrees. I made a quick setup one nightĪs the clouds were rolling in fast. Shown in the appendix and was observing within minutes of turning the systemĪccurate goto and tracking. In all cases, I followed the graphical initialization I figure that if I can use it, anyoneĬan! Out of the box, I found that the Autostar 494 system was pretty much The best part is that if you or the Autostar become tooĬonfused, it is very simple to power off and start over. I found it very easy to experiment, soĭon’t be afraid. The best way to become familiar with the Autostarįunctionality is to play with it. No matter how deep we get intoĮach successive press of the “Mode” key returns us to the next Into the function selected at the “Select Item” level. (astronomical events such as sunrise, moonset, etc.), Utilities, Glossary,Īnd a cool feature called Guided Tour. (all standard astronomical objects), Setup (all setup functions), Event The highest level is the “Select Item:” This allows theīetween all of the different modes of operation.
The Autostar consists of several hierarchical layers of information. In a matter of minutes, I was ready to observe Up in graphical form in an appendix in the manual. Observation, flip the power switch to “on.” Follow the When the telescope is assembled and ready for
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The owner’s manual (and found it to be useful)! Autostar operation itself With the ETX 70 turned out to be a fairly simple process. The system for those who might be considering this system.
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The ETX 60/70 series telescope, I thought that it would be useful to review Having used, and helped others use, the Meade Autostar 494 System with The setup that I will be reviewing is the Autostar model Of the Autostar System, depending upon the telescope system used in conjunction
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