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Add an object
Delete an object
Go to an object
Save to Sky Comm
Output to File

   All items except "add an object" and "esc to prev menu" are grayed
out,  since there are no objects yet to be deleted, gone to,  saved to
a Sky Commander,  or output to a file.

   If you center on an object of interest,  then click on "add an
object",  you'll be prompted to enter a name for the object (such as
"Barnard's Star",  "possible variable", etc.)  The object will be
added to the list and the grayed out menu items will no longer be
grayed out.

   If you select "Delete an object" or "Go to an object", the complete
list of entered objects will be shown. Select one, and either that object
will be removed from the list (after you confirm that action), or Guide
will recenter on that object.
                                                   
   "Save to Sky Comm" will remain grayed out until you have entered
the Telescope Control menu (page 39), told Guide that you have
a Sky Commander, and on which port it is installed. When this has been
done, if you click on "Save to Sky Comm", Guide will take the list of
objects you have created and provide their locations to the Sky
Commander. You can then take the Sky Commander into the field and find
those objects.

   It can be useful to have a list of the objects,  complete with the
numbers that the Sky Commander has assigned to them.  To get one,  you
can click on "Output to File". Windows will let you choose a file name.
You can store the list in an ASCII file for further use.

11:  TELESCOPE CONTROL MENU     hotkey F4    
                                            
   Those with an LX-200 or Celestron telescope,  or a Sky Commander
or other encoder system connected to their computer,  or certain
other telescope control systems,  can control the telescope from
Guide, using the Scope Control menu item inside the Settings menu.

   Those with encoder-based systems other than the Sky Commander
will have to perform an alignment step,  and should consult the next
chapter.

   When you first enter the Telescope menu,  it will look like this:

  COM1
  COM2
  COM3

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