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| Back | Step 6 : go to the selected object. - Choose and Select a deepsky object in list. - Click on "Goto" button of main window. - Confirm the goto mode in popup window with a click on the green button (suggested mode), direct goto in this case with "DriverGoto" button because the scope will cross the meridian. "TemmaGoto" button use the default goto firmware mode. In this case goto should reverse the scope and perharps that's not our wished. From the sync star (Betelgeuse), goto operation will be direct and qwick because the target object is located on the West part of the sky before the meridian lock value (meridian lock value is set to LST+/-1H by default in the driver). The scope is on the West side of the mount too. So there is at this time no critical situation concerning the tripod and tube crash. Notes for the goto modes : - If the scope is on West side of mount (W flag) a default lock value of LST-1H is used concerning West direction secure slew, that's the job of "Merid lock" adjustement in the ZView window. LST+/-1H default value should be ok to cross the meridien from East to West with most of amateurs scopes. In this case "goto suggest mode" becomes "DriverGoto" for a direct slew to the object. If you choice default mode with "TemmaGoto" button the scope will slew to the object by reversing his side on the mount (choose this mode if you need it). - If goto operation is over the lock value, the scope will reverse his side on mount in any case automaticly when slewing to the object because risk of crash with the tripod (firmware lock). The "Merid lock" value is adjusted by user and depend of the focuser distance from the ground with the scope in zenith direction (max value is LST+/-2H and only secure for short optical tubes like Sky90). - An alert is given by the driver when it's time to reverse the side of the scope. The job of "Autoflip" button is to make a goto on the current location by reversing the side of the scope without loosing the current object (it actualy works only with CCD wide field and need some improvements for long focal use). |
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