Vixen Sphinx SXP - Manual (Page 73)

Chapter 5 APPLICATION
Catalogue (Messier or NGC or IC)
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This allows you to choose the use of the catalogues of Messier, NGC and IC objects. All the deep sky objects from the catalogue will not
appear on the star chart if it is set to OFF.
In the “Catalogue (Messier or NGC or IC)” with the or direction key and press the key (or the key) to call up the dialog box.
In the “Catalogue (Messier or NGC or IC)”
dialog box, choose your preference of display
with the or direction key and press the
key.
The settings are defaulted to “ON” for Messier objects and “OFF” for NGC and IC objects.
Note: Your target object designated is displayed even If you set this function to OFF.
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TYPE
This allows you to limit the number of deep sky objects displayed on the star chart by magnitude, at the widest chart display, according to
categories of the deep sky objects in the database.
Choose a category of the deep sky objects from the “TYPE” shown in “Catalogue Objects”
with the or direction key and press the key (or the key) to call up the dialog
box. In each of the dialog boxes, choose your preference of display with the or direction
key and press the key.
The settings of TYPE are defaulted to the following
Galaxies
Emission Nebulae
Planetary Nebulae
Open Clusters
Globular Clusters : Brighter than Mag.10
: Brighter than Mag.6
: Brighter than Mag.10
: Brighter than Mag.6
: Brighter than Mag.6
Galaxies and Planetary Nebulae
Always ON
Brighter than Mag.12
Brighter than Mag.11
Brighter than Mag.10
Brighter than Mag. 9
Brighter than Mag. 8
Always OFF : The designated objects are always indicated.
: Objects of 12th magnitude and brighter are displayed.
: Objects of 11th magnitude and brighter are displayed.
: Objects of 10th magnitude and brighter are displayed.
: Objects of 9th magnitude and brighter are displayed.
: Objects of 8th magnitude and brighter are displayed.
: The designated objects are always hidden.
Emission Nebulae, Open Clusters and Globular Clusters
Always ON
Brighter than Mag.8
Brighter than Mag.7
Brighter than Mag.6
Brighter than Mag.5
Brighter than Mag.4
Always OFF : The designated objects are always indicated.
: Objects of 8th magnitude and brighter are displayed.
: Objects of 7th magnitude and brighter are displayed.
: Objects of 6th magnitude and brighter are displayed.
: Objects of 5th magnitude and brighter are displayed.
: Objects of 4th magnitude and brighter are displayed.
: The designated objects are always hidden.
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Example:
Set “TYPE Galaxy” to “Brighter than Mag. 8”
Example:
Set “TYPE Galaxy” to “Brighter than Mag. 12”
Example:
Set “TYPE Galaxy” to “Always OFF”