Vixen Sphinx SXP User Manual

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Chapter 4 AUTOMATIC GOTO SLEWING

The STAR BOOK TEN has command keys to allow direct access to each list of celestial objects in the database.

This choice displays a list of planets in the solar system (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and a dwarf-
planet Pluto) as well as the sun and moon.

This displays a compiled list of well-known nebulae, star clusters and deep-sky galaxies.

Catalogs
This displays a complete list of Messier objects.

. Slewing to an Object with Command Keys

This displays a complete list of objects in the NGC and IC catalogs. Refer to an example of using the NGC/IC key on
page 43.

This displays a compiled list of bright and named fixed stars from the SAO catalog.

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