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User Manual - Page 4
...Error Correction (PEC Training 43 StarLock Assisted PEC Training 43 Update ...Meade Customer Service 48
Specifications 49
Appendix A Training the Drive 51
Appendix B StarLock Utility 52
Appendix C Automatic Rate Calibration (ARC 54
Appendix D Split Fork Arms 55
Appendix E Equatorial (Polar) Alignment 57
Appendix F X-Wedge Installation 62
Appendix G Latitude Chart 67
Appendix H Manual...
User Manual - Page 5
... Drawing on the 10", 12" and 14" OTAs. We have provided a Getting Started Guide that will keep you need to come. After your new LX600 telescope. We are confi... Advanced Coma-Free (ACF) optical systems on over 40 years of experience and innovation, Meade Instruments introduces the latest in a long line of advanced astronomical products: the LX600. Using revolutionary new technology...
User Manual - Page 12
...with a PC
12 Turning the RA ...being rotated manually, and engages...instruction sheets that the telescope assembly may void the Meade... Right Ascension (RA) Setting Circle: See Appendix ...guiding and ultraprecise pointing, automatic tracking of celestial objects, and a library of 145,000+ objects in the Right Ascension, i.e. LX600 FEATURES
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The Meade LX600 ACF models...
User Manual - Page 13
... and future Meade accessories. Turning the DEC lock counterclockwise unlocks the telescope, enabling it to be sure to operate properly, power must be replaced after each observing session and the power turned off .
1& DEC Lock: Controls the manual vertical movement of the integrated StarLock, plug the autoguider cable into this control to support the...
User Manual - Page 14
...meade.com).
To learn about the telescope.
• Top line: Lists the primary menu.
• Bottom line: Displays other menus that is being performed.
14 The AutoStar II system provides control of the LX600 ACF telescope models...guided tour of the best celestial objects to view on any given night of the year.
■ Control your LX600 ACF... information about downloading updates see Page 35...
User Manual - Page 22
...Meade's X-Wedge.
"Automatic Alignment: Selecting Star" and "Slewing" display. Finally, when it is aligned, only use the Arrow keys to move the base manually... setting:...12 and 17), or move the telescope. The LX600 telescope was designed to be prompted to turn this point we have any doubts at Polaris
North
The LX600 in proper orientation for long term astro photography. Instructions...
User Manual - Page 35
...the instruction ...site manually. enter... updated ...Meade website (www.meade...Setup Menu: Daylight Saving, left. Three options are available:
verify.
• Catalogs: Sends only user-defined object information,
GPS-UTC Offset: Universal Time (UTC) allows you wish to friends.
• All: Everything-user-defined information and Autostar II software-is complete. meade...time setting.... Meade...
User Manual - Page 46
...Meade factory before shipment. Re-aligning the optics is packed away. Turn the focus knob until the ring of light fills about 10% of the LX600 ACF models, such collimation is advisable to 1 part...;ngerprints) on the telescope surfaces will rarely, if ever, require factory servicing. If the LX600 ACF is precisely collimated at any damage to the temperature of the secondary mirror...
User Manual - Page 48
... high quality optical system, including giant research telescopes. If the object remains stationary in the
Meade Customer Service
If you will be judged by telephone, avoiding return of view, your LX600 ACF requires factory servicing or repairs, write or call the Meade Customer Service Department first, before returning the telescope to the factory, giving full particulars as...
User Manual - Page 49
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High-precision pointing 1 arc minute High-precision guiding 1 arc second RMS (with 1/2 inch format CMOS sensor gives field of 14.72 x 11.78 degrees. Faintest guide star 11th mag.) High-precision alignment Semi-automatic drift align procedure for ultra-precise polar alignment Weight 2.7 pounds
10" f/8 LX600 ACF Specifications
Optical design Advanced Coma-Free...
User Manual - Page 50
...12" f/8 LX600 ACF Specifications
Optical design Advanced Coma-Free
Clear aperture 305mm (12")
Focal length 2438mm
Focal ratio (photographic speed f/8
Resolving power 0.38 arc sec
Coatings Meade Ultra-High Transmission Coatings (UHTC)
Mounting Cast-aluminum, double-tine forks
Gears 5.75"-dia. Net tripod weight 50 lbs.
14" f/8 LX600 ACF... axes
Periodic Error Correction Both ...
User Manual - Page 55
... lifting. Tighten the screws to receive the OTA
55 Lock the RA in Appendix F: X-Wedge Installation (page 62-66). Hanging Pin - Slots to receive Pin Note position of RA lock
Loosening ... it is used as described in this mode is most useful when assembling the larger 12"/14" models and when mounting the LX600 onto the X-Wedge. two per side. Locate and loosen the eight (8) screws using...
User Manual - Page 58
... mind that the telescope be precisely aligned with your LX600 ACF. Fig. 20. Keep in Declination to read 90° (understood to mean +90°). When using the "User: Objects" option of AutoStar II's Object menu. AutoStar #497ApHpAeNnDdiBxOEX
Setting Circles Setting circles included with the LX600 ACF models permit the location of faint celestial objects not easily...
User Manual - Page 59
...the telescope on the Declination axis until "Select Item: Setup" displays. Virtually all the stars rotate around the celestial... if the declination is a straightforward procedure to the instruction sheet included with this level of pointing accuracy, the... d. Note: The Meade equatorial wedge is level. Their apparent motion is set to interfere with the LX600 ACF electric motor drive. ...
User Manual - Page 60
... . (The RA setting circle has two sets of numbers, the inner set the fork arms to have done tis press ENTER. With the star centered in place, tighten the large smooth knob. For long-exposure photography, however, the ground rules are times, however, when you 're familiar. Even though the LX600 ACF telescopes offers a very...
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