Meade RCX400 manuals

Meade RCX400 Instruction Manual (76 pages)

Brand: Meade | Category: Telescopes | Size: 1.72 MB |

English

Table of contents

Instruction Manual

1

Focusing the Telescope

2

CONTENTS

3

QUICK-START GUIDE

4

Assemble Your Tripod

4

STEP 6: P

5

QUICK-START GUIDE {CONTINUED}

6

Point, Focus and Observe

7

TELESCOPE FEATURES

8

RCX400: YOUR PERSONAL

10

WINDOW TO THE UNIVERSE

10

1@) to the

12

RCX400 TIPS

15

GETTING STARTED

16

Aligning the Viewfinder

18

OBSERVING

19

Terrestrial Observing

21

Slew Speeds

21

Observe the Moon

22

Astronomical Observing

22

Go To Saturn

24

Using the Guided Tour

24

The Global Positioning System

25

Detecting True Level

25

Finding True North

25

RCX400 INFO

25

BASIC AUTOSTAR II

26

Example of Locating a menu

27

Navigating Autostar II

27

AUTOSTAR II's MENUS

28

Object Menu

29

Event Menu

30

Glossary Menu

31

Utilities Menu

31

Setup Menu

32

Look into the Future

32

PARK POSITION (see above)

33

PERIODIC ERROR COR

34

Table 1: Time Zone Shift

35

Calculations are for standard

35

"Hot Button" Menus

36

ADVANCED AUTOSTAR II FEATURES

37

Creating User Objects

38

Observing Satellites

39

Landmarks

39

Identify

40

Alternate Alt/Az Alignments

42

Initialize Autostar II

42

Easy (Two-Star) Alignment

42

Two-Star Alt/Az Alignment

42

One-Star Alt/Az Alignment

43

Periodic Error Correction

44

PHOTOGRAPHY

45

OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES

48

Star Charts

50

MAINTENANCE

51

RCX400 models is performed

52

Inspecting the Optics

53

Meade Customer Service

53

TELESCOPE SPECIFICATIONS

54

AUTOSTAR II SPECIFICATIONS

56

APPENDIX A: EQUATORIAL

57

(POLAR) ALIGNMENT

57

Equatorial Wedge

58

Precise Polar Alignment

60

APPENDIX B: LATITUDE CHART

62

APPENDIX C: CREATE

63

YOUR OWN GUIDED TOUR

63

Further Study

67

APPENDIX E: THE MOON MENU

68

APPENDIX F:

69

Smart Mount

69

SMART MOUNT

70

APPENDIX G:

71

16" RCX400

71

Fifth bolt

73

Connector

73

BASIC ASTRONOMY

74

MEADE LIMITED WARRANTY

76

Meade RCX400 User Manual (13 pages)

Brand: Meade | Category: Telescopes | Size: 1.84 MB |

English

Table of contents

MEADE’S 12” RCX400 TELESCOPE

1

INTRODUCTION

2

WHAT IS IT?

3

SO WHAT DO YOU GET?

4

THE TRIPOD BOX

4

THE “EVERYTHING ELSE” BOX

6

TAKING IT OUTSIDE

12

Meade RCX400 User Manual (8 pages)

Brand: Meade | Category: Telescopes | Size: 0.23 MB |

English

Table of contents

V. Kornilov, B. Safonov

1

Introduction

1

2 Telescope ﬁnder

3

4 Focusing and collimating

5

5 Dew cap

6

6 Appendix A

7

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