“They contain 50,000 to 100,000 stars and are located on the fringes of our “galaxy”.”
PICK ONE
AUTO SELECT MESSIER 13
AUTO SELECT MESSIER 15
AUTO SELECT MESSIER 92
AUTO SELECT MESSIER 4
AUTO SELECT MESSIER 68
AUTO SELECT NGC 1234
AUTO SELECT TEXT “None Available” “I’m sorry. There are no bright globular”
“clusters visible at this time.”
PICK END
AUTO SLEW ON / AUTO SLEW OFF
With AUTO SLEW ON enabled in the tour, AutoStar II automatically slews the
telescope to objects first before displaying the text description. This feature is useful
when designing tours in which observing certain objects is required.
For example
:An
astronomy professor may require his students to observe six objects, four of which
AutoStar II automatically slews to in a tour. The students would have to manually slew
to the last two objects. He would then place AUTO SLEW ON before his first required
object and AUTO SLEW OFF after the fourth object.
#END
To end a tour, type the command #END on a separate line at the very end of the tour.
Downloading Tours
Once a tour is written and stored as an ASCII file (saved either as a “text only” or “MS
DOS text” file), load it into AutoStar II using the AutoStar II Update Utility on your PC.
As tours are downloaded into the handbox, AutoStar II examines the programming. If
it doesn’t understand the terminology used within a tour, it flags questionable areas
and displays them in a pop-up window on your computer screen. Make the necessary
corrections and try to download again. See the instruction sheet with your
LX200
Interface Cable for more information about downloading data to and interfacing with
AutoStar II.
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