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/* Acquiring a target */
1. Follow the facility [[#Start-up recipes|start-up procedure]].
2. Check that the selected target is within the [[#Telescope pointing limits|observing pointing limits]]. If you're not sure, or want to find out the exact altaz of your target, you can enter the coordinates into the input boxes on the upper left panel of the Controls tab, then click "Visibility...". This brings up a panel that shows the altitude and azimuth of the target at that moment.
Then/or, either:
or:
3(b) In the TCS '''Controls''' tab click '''Manage TargetsCatalogue''' '''HOW DOES THIS WORK??'''.
The telescope will slew to the target, and its movement will be plotted in yellow dots on the schematic in the right-hand panel. The "Go" button will become a "STOP" button, which you can click to stop the telescope. Once it reaches the target coordinates, the telescope will start to track and red dots will show the track progress on the visibility plot.
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