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5.4.5 Park Mount!
• Exit w/o Change
• Park @CWD pos!
• Park @Home pos!
• Stop Tracking!
The CWD (counterweight down) position is the standard Startup position of the RA and
Dec. shafts (see this manual, section 2.4.1.2 Startup Position). Releasing the MENU
button when “Park @CWD pos!” scrolls into view, causes the telescope to slew to its
Startup Position, and all tracking to stop (Tracking Speed is set to Terrestrial).
The Home position defaults to the CWD position at startup, but can be changed by
executing “Setup→ Mount Parameters→ Set Home Posit.” at any position of the
telescope (see this manual, section 5.3.10.2.7 Set Home Posit.). Thereafter, releasing the
MENU button when “Park @Home pos!” scrolls into view, causes the telescope to slew
to its Home Position, and all tracking to stop.
Releasing the MENU button when “Stop Tracking!” scrolls into view stops the mount
from tracking at its current position.
To escape from “Park Mount!” without making an entry, release the MENU button when
“Exit w/o Change” scrolls into view.
5.4.6 Meridian Flip
If the telescope is pointing to an object that can be safely reached from either side of the
meridian, this command causes Gemini to perform a meridian flip and point back to the
same object. This can be very useful if you are tracking an object as it approaches the
western safety limit, and you want to continue to observe it from the other side of the
mount. Please see sections 3.3.2 and 3.3.4 for more information about meridian flips.
Note: This menu item only appears in the QuickMenu if a meridian flip to the current
coordinates can be safely done without violating the safety limits or the western GoTo
limit.
5.4.7 Exit w/o Change
To escape from the “QuickMenu” without entering one of its menus, release the MENU
button when “Exit w/o Change” scrolls into view.
5.5 Cold Start Scrolling Menu
• UTC Date/Time
• Mount Type
• Longit.
• Latitude
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