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Fig. 2: The Autostar II Handbox.
Tour the Cosmos with Just the Push of a Button
Control of the LX200GPS
telescope models is through the operation of the standard
Autostar II system. Nearly all functions of the telescope are accomplished with just a
few pushes of Autostar II’s buttons.
Because the Autostar II system uses flash (rewritable) memory, your system will be
able to grow when new features and enhancements become available. Download the
latest satellite data, star and object catalogs, tours, serial commands list, and soft-
ware revisions, directly from the Meade website (www.meade.com). (Requires the
optional
LX200 Interface Cable. See OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES, page 43.)
Some of the major features of the Autostar II system are:
■ Automatically move the telescope to any of the more than 145,000 objects stored
in the object library, including:
Library # of Objects
New General Catalog (NGC): 7,840
Index Catalog (IC): 5,386
Messier Catalog (M): 110
Caldwell Catalog: 109
Named Objects: 227
Herschel Catalog: 400
Abell Catalog of Galaxy Clusters: 2,712
Arp Catalog of Irregular Galaxies: 645
Uppsala Galaxy Catalog: 12,940
Morphological Catalog of Galaxies: 12,939
General Catalog of Variable Stars: 28,484
SAO: 17,191
Hipparcos Star Catalog: 17,325
■ Take a guided tour of the best celestial objects to view on any given night of the year.
■ Control your LX200GPS with your PC using an RS232 interface.
■ Align your telescope automatically using GPS (Global Positioning System).
■ Access a glossary of astronomical terms.
■ Mount the telescope in the “Alt/Az” mode (altitude—azimuth, or vertical—hori-
zontal) for fully automatic tracking of celestial objects.
AUTOSTAR II FEATURES
Want to learn more about
downloading the latest
updates of Autostar II
software from the
Meade website? See
page 31.
- Instruction Manual 1
- Meade Instruments Corporation 1
- CONTENTS 3
- Compartment 4
- Autostar II 6
- Hand Controller 6
- LX200GPS: YOUR PERSONAL 7
- WINDOW TO THE UNIVERSE 7
- 2$ below 8
- 1% below). Holds your 8
- 1& below) in the locked 8
- LX200GPS TIPS 11
- GETTING STARTED 12
- LX200GPS model users 13
- Choosing an Eyepiece 14
- OBSERVING 16
- Slew Speeds 17
- Automatic Alignment Feature 18
- Go To Saturn 20
- Using the Guided Tour 20
- The Global Positioning System 21
- Detecting True Level 21
- Finding True North 21
- LX200GPS INFO 21
- BASIC AUTOSTAR II 22
- Navigating Autostar II 23
- Look into the Future 23
- AUTOSTAR II's MENUS 24
- Object Menu 25
- Event Menu 26
- Glossary Menu 27
- Utilities Menu 27
- Setup Menu 28
- Timing is Everything 28
- Table 1: Time Zone Shift 30
- Calculations are for standard 30
- PERIODIC ERROR COR 30
- "Hot Button" Menus 31
- ADVANCED AUTOSTAR II FEATURES 32
- Creating User Objects 33
- Observing Satellites 34
- Landmarks 34
- Identify 35
- Alternate Alt/Az Alignments 37
- Initialize Autostar II 37
- Easy (Two-Star) Alignment 37
- Two-Star Alt/Az Alignment 37
- One-Star Alt/Az Alignment 38
- Periodic Error Correction 39
- PHOTOGRAPHY 40
- OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES 41
- Star Charts 43
- MAINTENANCE 44
- Fig. 31b: Collimation screws 45
- Inspecting the Optics 46
- Meade Customer Service 46
- What is Smart Drive? 46
- SPECIFICATIONS 47
- APPENDIX A: EQUATORIAL 50
- (POLAR) ALIGNMENT 50
- Equatorial Wedge 51
- Little Dipper 52
- Big Dipper 52
- Cassiopeia 52
- Precise Polar Alignment 53
- APPENDIX B: LATITUDE CHART 55
- APPENDIX C: CREATE 56
- YOUR OWN GUIDED TOUR 56
- Further Study 60
- APPENDIX E: THE MOON MENU 61
- APPENDIX F: 62
- 16" LX200GPS FEATURES 62
- 16" TELESCOPE ASSEMBLY 63
- Fifth bolt 64
- Connector 64
- Observing Considerations 65
- APPENDIX G: 66
- 14" LX200GPS FEATURES 66
- APPENDIX H: 67
- APPENDIX I: 68
- Smart Mount 68
- MART MOUNT UPDATE 69
- BASIC ASTRONOMY 70
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