Meade LX850-ACF Support Question
Meade LX850-ACF Support Question
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Question posted by Timothymccune on December 23rd, 2015
Order Oin Which Objective Lens Should In The Objective Lens Assembly
The objective lens assembly was taken apart by my son. Which lens should be placed in the tube first. The concave lens or the lens with the black tabs on i
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Answer #1: Posted by waelsaidani1 on January 4th, 2016 5:11 PM
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Related Meade LX850-ACF Manual Pages
User Manual - Page 4
...Plate 9 Figure 6a: Telescope Control Panel 10 Figure 6b: StarLock Control Panel 10 LX850 Key Features 11
Assembly Assembly Tools 13 Tripod Assembly 13 Attach Mount Assembly to Tripod 14 Attach Counterweight... How to Find Objects not in principal countries throughout the world. StarLock, Deep Sky Imager", "LX850", and "Tonight's Best" are trademarks of the Optical System: ACF Models . . ...
User Manual - Page 6
...optic and a super wide-angle lens in a two camera system ...-winning Advanced ComaFree™ (ACF™) optics, the LX850 employs a fast f/8 optical... the LX850™. AutoStTealre#s4c9o7peHFAeNatDuBrOesX
Telescope Features
Meade Instruments...objects. There's no user focusing or guide star selection. Precision Machined German Equatorial Mount
zero image-shift focusing system with the LX850...
User Manual - Page 11
...
optics that enables easy centering of objects in place with locking thumbscrew. See pages 27 thru 36 for your observing site.
1* Latitude Lock Knob. c Viewfinder Collimation Screws: Adjust these
screws to the
Telescope Control Panel.
2! RS232 Port
H.
See page 23 for more comfortable right-angle viewing position. The LX850 telescopes can be sure to lock...
User Manual - Page 12
... OTA: Used to orient the
LX850 in relation to the sky.
2%a StarLock Connector Panel: Starlock cable
connection point and place where Starlock status is displayed.
2%b StarLock Connector Cable: 4-pin connector cable
plugs into StarLock.
2^ Optical Tube Assembly (OTA): The main optical
component that gathers the light from distant objects and brings this light to a focus...
User Manual - Page 13
...; Internal Cable Fish Tool
• Anti-Vibration Pads
• Micro-focuser (ACF OTAs only)
Additionally, the LX850 can see the sky. Tripod Assembly
Remove the LX850 field tripod from bright nighttime lighting, as bright lights will spoil your night vision and impede your LX850 telescope will obstruct its view of sky. This will be attaching an...
User Manual - Page 21
... the viewfinder collimation screws (Page 7, Fig. 1, #2) until the image is focused.
For
21 With the object centered in the telescope eyepiece. Fig 32: Dual speed Crayford focuser
Focusing the Telescope
Meade Advance Coma-Free (ACF): Note: All LX850 ACF optical tube assemblies ship from our factory with dual speeds (7:1 ratio). Fine Focus Knob
Fig 33: APO Crayford focuser...
User Manual - Page 22
... 33A: Locating Polaris
Begin aligning the telescope by loosening the thumbscrew(s). If you cannot, rotate the entire telescope/ OTA assembly until the telescope axes are :
Number Key 1= 1x...is the last star in place. Speeds 4, 5, or 6: Enable centering of an object in the field of view of an object in the sky to ...tube at the end of the focuser has a locking knob which is simple.
User Manual - Page 23
...TELESCOPE menu. This procedure only need be done once, or after a GoTo to align upon. Starlock can update the Home position for One Star Alignment:
1. DO NOT USE THE HANDBOX TO CENTER POLARIS. Press the MODE key several times, until you wish to realign the StarLock with the primary OTA. "Object... display. Plug in the AC adapter to place your initial alignment, you optics or exchanging ...
User Manual - Page 25
... automatically finds your telescope in the exact center of the StarLock assembly, between observing sessions. ...Objects menu and perform a GoTo on to StarLock Indicator Lamps On the back surface of the eyepiece, move your telescope to the position you want to control the StarLock system easily and directly from any place within the Autostar menus. StarLock Operation
Your LX850 Telescope...
User Manual - Page 26
...telescope.
Often, depending upon where you will cause the mirror to dovetail plate. Note that 10", 12" and 14" LX850 ACF optical tubes...noticeable movement of objects. Provided your ...LX850 Telescope System. This is known as differential flexure. This problem is especially true when you are taking long exposure photography. Meade's LX850 OTAs have fully assembled...
User Manual - Page 27
...38). Example: To navigate to the "Select Item: Setup" menu option when the "Select Item: Object" menu is important to an option that this capability. The second line displays an option which may ...menu level. Note that is displayed on the second
27 Some options are set in the opposite order. Press the Scroll Down key four times or the Scroll Up key once.
AutoStar II Operation...
User Manual - Page 28
... Scroll Down key until "Setup: Owner Info" displays.
8. AutoStar II displays "Select Item: Object" after you initialize and align your scope. this will be our starting point of "Select Item: Object". "Setup: Align" displays.
6. "Name" displays, with the Telescope menu.
7. AAuuttooSSttaarr IIII OOppeerraattiioonn
Figure 37: AutoStar Levels
Figure 38: Menus set in loop...
User Manual - Page 29
...Setup
Align Easy One Star Two Star Align Home Drift Align
Telescope Model Align OTA MAX Past Merida Tripod Cone Dia. User Objects Select Add Delete Edit
Landmarks Select Add Delete
Identify Browse
Start... Field of Algol Autumn Equinox Vernal Equinox Winter Solstice Summer Solstice
Select Item: Guided Tour
Tour Objects
Tonight's Best How Far is Far Etc. Percent DEC/EL.
Set RA Rate Set DEC...
User Manual - Page 30
..., press GO TO and the telescope goes to catalog objects:
Enter the catalog number of the most significant stars in the constellation. Object Menu
Almost all observing with Autostar...are accessed directly using the Object menu category. (Note: Exceptions include Guided Tour and Landmark Survey.)
Autostar II contains many libraries of stars listed in order out from a library, Autostar...
User Manual - Page 31
...-eclipse. It is dependent on upcoming meteor showers, such as the Perseids, the Leonids, etc.
Press GO TO and the telescope slews to dates and times of specific interest that chosen object. Once you set on the current date. Autostar II will slew to move the base or alignment is located and...
User Manual - Page 32
... from within Autostar II, including a countdown timer and an alarm.
This feature is useful for functions such as a reminder. When ON is on the telescope and the object being viewed.
Press ENTER whenever a hypertext word is displayed, press ENTER to several extra features within the Glossary menu, use this function to the...
User Manual - Page 33
... on Home menu. When you have screws that Meade LX850 ACF optical tube assemblies have centered them, the telescope will only move the telescope along either the RA and the DEC axes by the user.
Default Position places scope in the RA and DEC motors-which helps locate objects with this menu and the alignment settings-North, time...
User Manual - Page 38
... of your local library, computer store, or bookstore for the declination coordinate of the Object menu:
1. "User Object: Select" displays. Use the Arrow keys, as Sky & Telescope or Astronomy), to find coordinates of celestial objects. In order to use this menu option, you first need to look up the RA and DEC coordinates of the...
User Manual - Page 45
...can be taken. position corrections...lens, atop your telescope...the telescope's correcting...LX850 in the atmosphere may be inhibited to the edge of the huge 100 degree Apparent Field of an automobile cigarette lighter plug. Thread the T-Adapter on the front surface of the telescope, followed by the addition of a dew shield, essentially an extension tube... carefully anodized black, and include...
User Manual - Page 46
... the angle of rewarding observations. excessive ambient temperatures can damage the optical tube and/or the objective lens and knock the optics out of the optical surfaces. When transporting the telescope, take care not to the optical tube until the telescope is recommended that the LX850 requires factory servicing or repairs, before being packed away. Inspecting the...
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