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Meade LX200R Instruction Manual (76 pages)

Brand: Meade | Category: Telescopes | Size: 1.54 MB |

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Table of contents

Instruction Manual

1

WARNING!

2

CONTENTS

3

Compartment

4

SC OPTIONAL ACCESSORY USERS

5

AutoStar II

6

Hand Controller

6

LX200R: YOUR PERSONAL

7

WINDOW TO THE UNIVERSE

7

2$ below

8

1% below). Holds your

8

1& below) in the locked

8

LX200R TIPS

11

GETTING STARTED

12

Choosing an Eyepiece

14

OBSERVING

16

GUIDING RATE

17

MIRROR MIRROR

17

Observe the Moon

18

Astronomical Observing

18

Go To Saturn

20

Using the Guided Tour

20

The Global Positioning System

21

Detecting True Level

21

Finding True North

21

LX200R 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

(see above)

29

Table 1: Time Zone Shift

30

Calculations are for standard

30

PERIODIC ERROR COR

30

"Hot Button" Menus

31

ADVANCED AUTOSTAR II FEATURES

32

Sky &

33

Telescope

33

Astronomy)

33

Observing Satellites

34

Landmarks

34

Identify

35

Note: See

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, page 19, for some

37

Two-Star Alt/Az Alignment

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One-Star Alt/Az Alignment

38

Periodic Error Correction

39

PHOTOGRAPHY

40

Fig.24: The Deep Sky Imager

41

Astronomy

42

Sky and Telescope

42

OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES

43

LX200R-Series telescope

44

LX200R, available option

44

MAINTENANCE

46

Fig. 35b: Collimation screws

47

Inspecting the Optics

48

What is Smart Drive?

48

SPECIFICATIONS

49

APPENDIX A: EQUATORIAL

52

(POLAR) ALIGNMENT

52

Equatorial Wedge

53

LX200R electric motor drive

54

SETTING CIRCLES, page 55

54

Precise Polar Alignment

55

APPENDIX B: LATITUDE CHART

57

APPENDIX C: CREATE

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YOUR OWN GUIDED TOUR

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For example

61

Further Study

62

APPENDIX E: THE MOON MENU

63

APPENDIX F:

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16" LX200R FEATURES

64

16" TELESCOPE ASSEMBLY

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(Note: See Caution

66

Observing Considerations

67

APPENDIX G:

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14" LX200R FEATURES

68

APPENDIX H:

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APPENDIX I:

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Smart Mount

70

MART MOUNT UPDATE

71

BASIC ASTRONOMY

72

MEADE LIMITED WARRANTY

76

Meade LX200R Instruction Manual (60 pages)

Brand: Meade | Category: Telescopes | Size: 0.68 MB |

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Table of contents

Meade Instruments Corporation

1

Instruction Manual

1

WARNING!

3

Contents

4

INTRODUCTION

5

Smart Drive

5

Standard Equipment

6

UNPACKING AND INSPECTION

6

What You Should Have

6

Look Everything Over

6

Inspecting the Optics

6

TELESCOPE ASSEMBLY

7

The 16” Field Tripod

7

1. Attaching the Viewfinder

8

2. Focusing the Viewfinder

8

3. Collimating the Viewfinder

8

Southern Hemisphere Operation

9

QUICK START

9

Using the LX200 Manually

9

Using the LX200 In LAND Mode

9

1. Entering Basic Information

10

3. Local Time and Date

11

4. Setting Up the Telescope

11

200 does not know which

12

200 can yield ambiguous data

12

Star Alignment

13

MODE FUNCTIONS

17

Mode One:

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TELESCOPE/ OBJECT LIBRARY

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200 slews again to a bright

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200 in an observatory or

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HI-PRECISION

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Searching. .

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Center STAR XXX

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2. OBJECT LIBRARY Menu File

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RA = 02:45.9

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DEC = +22'54

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ALT = +72'50

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AZ = 158'10

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FREQ = 60.1 M

24

FREQ = 60.1M ◊

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APPENDIX A: EQUATORIAL USE

26

Celestial Coordinates

26

Using the LX200 in POLAR Mode

26

Precise Polar Alignment

27

LX200 ALIGNMENT STAR LIBRARY

28

APPENDIX C:

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LX200 64,359-OBJECT LIBRARY

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* * object is not in the RNGC

31

About the Index Catalog (IC)

32

About the Star Catalog

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About the Messier (M) Catalog

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The Planet Catalog

32

The CNGC Catalog

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CNGC Catalog (continued)

34

The Star Catalog

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The Star Catalog (continued)

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The M (Messier) Catalog

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APPENDIX D:

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MAINTAINING YOUR LX200

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Right Ascension (R.A.) Lock

50

Behind the Power Panel

50

Factory Service and Repairs

50

(1) (2) (3)

50

200 PERSONAL COMPUTER CONTROL

51

LX200 Command Set

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3. Telescope Motion

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4. Home Position

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5. Library/Objects

53

6. Miscellaneous

54

LX200 Demo Program

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APPENDIX F:

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LX200 SPECIFICATIONS

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Telescope 16”LX200 f/10

59

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