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Figure 6. 8408 HC LCD Information Screen
1. Target Name/Mount Position: displays the name of the target that telescope is currently pointed to or
the current mount position.
• An object name, such as “Mercury” or “Andromeda Galaxy”: Name of the Star or celestial object
that the mount is currently slewing to, GOTO or tracking;
• User Position: The mount is point to a user defined position, which could be a real sky object or
just simply due to press an arrow key.
2. Magnitude: the magnitude of the current celestial object
3. Right Ascension: Right Ascension of the telescope, or R.A.
4. Declination: Declination of the telescope, or DEC.
5. Azimuth: Azimuth of the telescope (north is 0º, east 90º, south 180º, and west 270º).
6. Altitude: Altitude of the telescope (degrees vertical from the local horizon - zenith is 90º).
7. Mount Status: Display current operation status of the mount.
• Stop: mount is not moving;
• Slew: mount is moving with an arrow key is pressed;
• GoTo: mount is slewing to a celestial object using “Select and Slew”;
8. Slew speed: It has 9 speeds: 1X, 2X, 8X, 16X, 64X, 128X, 256X, 512X, MAX (~4.5º/sec, depends on
power source).
9. Current Time: display local time in a format of HH:MM:SS.
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