User manual MEADE NGC

[. . . ] Instruction Manual NGC-Series Telescopes NG-Series Telescopes WARNING! Never use a Meade® NGCTM or NGTM Telescope to look at the Sun!Looking at or near the Sun will cause instant and irreversible damage to your eye. Eye damage is often painless, so there is no warning to the observer that damage has occurred until it is too late. Do not point the telescope or its viewfinder at or near the Sun. [. . . ] Press MODE several times, until "Select Item: Object" is displayed. Press UP/DOWN until the "Event" option displays in the "Select Item" menu. Press ENTER to choose the "Event" option and move down a level. "Event: Sunrise" is displayed. Press UP/DOWN to display the "Sunset" option in the Event menu. Press ENTER to choose the "Sunset" option and move down another level. Sunset time displays; calculations are based on the current date, time, and location. Press MODE once to start moving back up through the menu levels. Press MODE again to move up another level. This is the top level, "Select Item. " 9. Press MODE again to return to the starting point of "Select Item: Object. " 15 Object Menu Almost all observing is performed using the Object menu category. (NOTE: Exceptions include Guided Tour and Landmark Survey. ) See GO TO SATURN, page 13, for an example of observing using the Object menu. Also see USING THE GUIDED TOUR, page 13. The Object Menu includes: Solar System is a list of the eight planets (Earth is not included) in order out from the Sun, followed by the Moon, asteroids, and comets. Constellation is a list of all 88 Northern and Southern Hemisphere constellations. When this option is chosen and a constellation name displays (e. g. , "Constellations: Aquarius"), press ENTER to select the constellation. You can use UP/DOWN to display lines of information about that constellation on the second line of the display. Press ENTER when the name of a constellation is displayed to display the name of the brightest star in the constellation. Use UP/DOWN to cycle through the list of important stars in the constellation (these are generally the stars that make up the shape of the constellation), from brightest to dimmest. When the desired star is displayed, press ENTER to select it. You may now use UP/DOWN to scroll through lines of information about the selected star, such as the star's celestial coordinates, brightness, and so forth. The last line of information displays as a scrolling message. [. . . ] Nebulae are vast interstellar clouds of gas and dust where stars are formed. Most impressive of these is the Great Nebula in Orion (M42), a diffuse nebula that appears as a faint wispy gray cloud. Open Clusters are loose groupings of young stars, all recently formed from the same diffuse nebula. The Pleiades is an open cluster 410 light years away (Fig. [. . . ]