to go back to the previous digit.  After you have entered the last digit, press the RA+ 


button again to finish entering the coordinates. 


By default, Gemini assumes that any coordinates you enter are for the epoch of the 


current date.  However, you can change Gemini' s default epoch to J2000.0 using the 


  Setup


Coordinate Epoch


Epoch J2000.0   menu item.  You can find more details on 


this in chapter 5. 


2.4.4.2  GoTo Operation 


After an object has been selected (either from the internal catalogs or by entering its 


coordinates) a new menu item appears:   GoTo    (where  is the 

currently selected object).  Simply select this menu item to cause Gemini to slew to that 


object.  As the telescope approaches the object, it will ramp down from slew speed and 


finish pointing at centering speed.  When the GoTo is complete, the display will show 


  FINISHED.    If you have correctly built a good pointing model, the object should be 


within a few arc minutes of the center of the field of view.  You can then center it using 


the Hand Controller, and either Synchronize, or perform an Additional Align if you want 


to continue to refine the pointing model. 


2.4.4.3  Tracking 


By default, Gemini will track at the sidereal rate.  This should be sufficient for visually 


observing nearly any object if you are roughly polar aligned, but the tracking can be 


changed to other rates if desired.  It is important to note that continuous tracking will 


occur while in either the Menu Mode or the Telescope Control Mode. 


2.5  Next Steps 


The steps outlined above are sufficient to get you started and provide you with many 


hours of observing pleasure.  However, we have only scratched the surface of the 


Gemini' s many capabilities.  Please take some time to read through the rest of the manual 


for information regarding such topics as: 


  


Using Gemini to achieve better polar alignment 


  


Imaging (tracking rates, Periodic Error Control, using an autoguider, etc.) 


  


Startup modes 


  


Mount modeling 


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