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When you start the app Aladin Lite will be pointing straight up, toward your zenith. Switch to the Sky Map tab and you will see a blue frame outlining its field of view. Pan the map, and Aladin Lite follows. Pan Aladin Lite, and the map follows... Orange dots on the map mark Messier objects. Zoom in on the map and their names will appear. Switch back to Aladin Lite with a Messier object centered and you should see something worthwhile. (The story behind Messier and the Messier object list is interesting)... If you want to jump right into using Hello Universe download the app and try searching for any of the deep sky objects you find in an astronomy magazine. Identifiers like NGC2264, M3, Arp2 and so on will all work.