This book is for anyone who owns or is thinking of owning a Vixen Star Book Ten telescope
mount or its predecessor. A revolution in amateur astronomy has occurred in the past decade
with the wide availability of high tech computer-driven Go-To telescopes. Vixen Optics is
leading the way by offering the Star Book Ten system with its unique star map graphics
software. The Star Book Ten is the latest version of computer telescope control using star map
graphics as a user interface first introduced in the original Star Book first offered in 2003.
The increasingly complicated nature of this software means that learning to optimize this
program is not straightforward and yet the resulting views when all features are correctly
deployed can be phenomenal. After a short history of computerized Go-To telescopes for the
consumer amateur astronomer market Chen offers a treasury of technical information. His advice
tips and solutions aid the user in getting the most out of the Star Book Ten system in
observing sessions.
