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NS141 The Non-Stellar Catalog (NS)
The Non-Stellar Catalog (NS) contains objects not found in either the New General Catalog or the Index Catalog. In all,
there are a total of 661 interesting objects.
E263-48
The European Southern Observatory (ESO) and
U00148
Uppsala General Catalog (UGC)
The European Southern Observatory (ESO) and the Uppsala General Catalog (UGC) contain still more objects not found
in either the New General Catalog or the Index Catalog.
NEW01 The User Catalog (NEW)
In addition to all the catalogs described thus far, the Ultima 2000 has a user definable catalog. Referred to as NEW, this
catalog will accept up to 27 objects - planetary, deep sky, or terrestrial. You define the catalog designation and enter the
coordinates. The user catalog is initially empty. You add the objects you want (i.e., favorite deep-sky objects, comets,
variable stars, etc.). All information is stored in the nonvolatile memory which is retained when you turn your telescope
off.
Once the NEW catalog designation displays, press the ENTER button. You may enter objects into the catalog in any
order you wish by scrolling and selecting any number from 1 to 27. Press ENTER again and the display will read,
SET TO
CUR POSITION
with the “S” blinking. If you press ENTER, the telescope will record the RA and DEC of the location the telescope is
pointing. This defines the NEW object position. The other option is to press the Down button where the display will
read,
NEW
RA DEC
This allows you to put in an RA and DEC manually. Press ENTER and the default screen will read,
+00 00.0 (Declination in degrees and minutes)
24 00 00 (Right Ascension in Hours Minutes and Seconds)
You are now ready to enter the coordinates—both right ascension and declination—for your first catalog entry. Press the
ENTER button and the first character in the DEC coordinates will blink. Use the UP or DOWN button to change the
character, in this case + or -. Once the correct character displays, press ENTER. The next character will blink indicating
that it can be changed. Continue entering the coordinates one character at a time until all the coordinates have been
entered.
SOLAR SYSTEM
In addition to the thousands of deep-sky objects in the database, the Ultima 2000 contains the eight planets visible from
Earth and also has the Sun. (Do not view the Sun without a Solar Filter placed over the front of the telescope!) The
Ultima 2000 requires the date of your observing session. The date is entered one character at a time using the month-day-
year format. The first two characters are for the month, the next two are for the day of the month, and the last two are the
year. The readout will default to the last date entered. The date is stored in nonvolatile memory and does NOT have to be
entered more than once each day.
When scrolling through the list, the first character of each planet's name blinks, indicating the selection can be changed.
Once the planet you want to observe is displayed, press ENTER. The Ultima 2000 will display the coordinates for that
planet based on the date entered. Coordinates are computed for Epoch 2000.0. The positions will be accurate through the
twenty-first century.
