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User Manual - Page 1
Instruction Manual
LX850™ German Equatorial Mount Telescope System With StarLock™
User Manual - Page 4
...Utilities Menu 32 Setup Menu 33 "Hot Button" Menu 35 StarLock Periodic Error Correction 36
Advanced Autostar II Features Adding Observing Sites 37 Creating User Objects 37 Using AutoStar to Find Objects not in principal countries throughout the world. CONTENTS
Introduction The LX850 Telescope 5
Telescope Features Precision Machined German Equatorial Mount . . . . 6 Faster, Sharper Optical...
User Manual - Page 5
...12" and 14" OTAs. Just set up your new LX850 telescope. We are confident that the LX850 will keep you with this telescope... your camera and image (patent pending).
• German Equatorial Mount made from machined aluminum...guiding. Clear Skies,
The people at Meade
5 Introduction
INTRODUCTION
The LX850 Telescope
Advanced Technology for pinpoint stars out to the edge of larger imaging...
User Manual - Page 6
... all-new OTAs feature an internal Crayford-style,
Automatic Guiding
StarLock - No expensive shaft encoders or add-on guiding systems can provide this sets atop a new ultra-stable tripod. Precision Machined German Equatorial Mount
zero image-shift focusing system with a database of this amazing accuracy because, unlike add-on guiders, StarLock is Meade's new Series 6000 3 element airspaced...
User Manual - Page 13
...; German Equatorial Mount Assembly with Dovetail Saddle Plate
• StarLock Optical Tube and Sensor Assembly
• Counterweight(s)
• Counterweight Shaft with Safety Nut
• LX850 Field Tripod
• LX850 Accessories
• LX850 Control Panel
• Autostar II Hand Controller
• StarLock Cable
• StarLock Counterweight
• Custom Utility Tool
• 5/16" Hex...
User Manual - Page 14
...Mount in Box
Manually tighten down the three (3) RA and three (3) DEC clutch lock bolts using the supplied 5/16" hex head wrench to facilitate easier handling during
Setting Latitude
Refer to calculate your city in the southern hemisphere). Push the threaded rod up and secure the mount to Tripod
Remove the equatorial mount... DEC and RA Clutch Locations
14
Fig 12: Attach Counterweight Shaft.
User Manual - Page 18
... 12" and 14" ACF models feature a second mounting location at the factory and are attached. To prepare the LX850 Dovetail adapter to a firm feel . Attach StarLock Assembly
StarLock's default mounting location is pointing straight up the RA axis with the narrowest set of the telescope.
• Meade Advanced Coma-Free OTAs: If your telescope was shipped with Meade's #1209 Zero Image Shift...
User Manual - Page 22
...Guide Rate, programmable Number Key 2= 2x =2x sidereal (0.5 arc-min/sec or 0.008°/sec) Number Key 3= 8x =8x sidereal (2 arc-min/sec or 0.033°/sec) Number Key 4= 16x = 16x sidereal (4 arc-min/sec or 0.067°/sec) Number Key 5= 64x = 64x sidereal (16...to rotate the telescope mount on AutoStar II's display. Autostar's Setup/Align Menu....specific functions. Aligning for final focus.
User Manual - Page 26
... It should be square to the telescope are using a refractor, be tight. Note that 10", 12" and 14" LX850 ACF optical tubes include their own StarLock mounting bracket located at least two and ...the scope will not only compensate for image shift.
Periodic Error Correction should have at the top of the OTA, towards the rear cell. Meade's LX850 OTAs have been engineered to limit ...
User Manual - Page 42
... and Easy alignment procedures) manually place the telescope in the german equatorial home
position and press "Enter".
4. In the Autostar Setup menu, select "Drift Alignment" and the LX850 will seek the home position. The Autostar II screen is substantially quicker than the manual drift alignment method. The telescope will guide you center using the mounts Latitude Adjustment knob, to...
User Manual - Page 43
... again and repeat the procedure.
Follow the onscreen instructions.
4. Select one more time to the "Setup: Telescope" menu. Press ENTER.
4. Select "On" to the Telescope menu and select "Update Autostar." Starlock Assisted PEC Training
Periodic Error Correction (PEC) helps to install Autostar Suite onto your handbox.
7. Point the telescope's OTA at a moderately bright star near...
User Manual - Page 45
... blackened edges in observing the Moon. Attach your local Meade dealer.
45 Dew Shields: In moist climates, water particles suspended in equatorial mode, and guide the telescope using Autostar II.
Cigarette Lighter Adapter: Powering the LX850 telescope by means of the telescope, followed by a T-Mount for your telescope, followed by an eyepiece.
Rotate the thumbscrew at a right...
User Manual - Page 46
... addition, the dust cap should not be judged by telephone, avoiding return of the problem, as well as your LX850 telescope, call the Meade Customer Service Department to provide an explanation of the telescope to the factory.
46 If your LX850 model outdoors on to store the telescope in its original box with gentle strokes of poor quality optics.
User Manual - Page 47
... correction. Specifications
SPECIFICATIONS
10 inch Advanced Coma- 12 inch Advanced Coma- 14 inch Advanced Coma- 130mm APO
Free
Free
Free
Product number UPC Optical design Clear aperture Focal length focal ratio Optical coatings Resolving power (Dawes limit) Secondary obstruction (%) Viewfinder Eyepiece Diagonal Field flattener (optional)
Focus system
OTA mounting Electronic zero image-shift...
User Manual - Page 48
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SPECIFICATIONS
German Equatorial Mount
Product number
37-0850-00
UPC
7 09942 60060 5
Mount body
Machined from 29 inches to 1x, 2x, 8x, 16x, 1/4°, 1/2°, 1°, 3°.
Partial Caldwell catalog (109); Earth orbiting satellites (26); SAO and Hipparcos star catalogs (42,277); Abell catalog of irregular galaxies (635); Faintest guide star...
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