Meade Appendix C LX200 Alignment Star Library and Star Charts, Toc 1. Alignment Stars

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Observing the Sun, even for the shortest fraction of a

second, will cause irreversible damage to your eye as well as physical damage to the telescope or spotting scope itself.

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APPENDIX C: LX200 ALIGNMENT STAR LIBRARY AND STAR CHARTS:

[ toc ] 1. Alignment Stars

The LX200 utilizes 33 bright and well known stars to calibrate the telescope's Object Library in the ALTAZ and POLAR alignments. These stars were selected to allow observers from anywhere in the world on any given night, to be able to easily and quickly make

precision alignments. The LX200 Alignment Star Library and Star Charts are below for your reference:

[ toc ] Table 9: LX200 Alignment Star Library

LX200 ALIGNMENT STAR LIBRARY

STAR NAME	STAR#	MAGNITUDE	CONSTELL	R/A	DEC.
ACHERNAR	13	0.5	ERIDANUS	01 37.7	-57 14
ACRUXA	121	1.3	CRUX	12 26.6	-63 06
ALBIREO	223	3.1	CYGNUS	19 30.8	+27	58
ALKAID	140	1.9	URSA MAJOR	13 47.6	+49	19
ALDEBARAN	33	0.9	TAURUS	04 35.9	+16	31
ALNILAM	50	1.7	ORION	05 36.2	-01 12
ALPHARD	95	2	HYDRA	09 27.6	-08 39
ALPHEKKA	165	2.2	CORONABOR.	15 35.5	+26	43
ALTAIR	226	0.8	AQUILA	19 50.8	+08	52
ANTARES	177	0.9	SCORPIUS	16 29.5	-26 26
ARCTURUS	147	0	BOOTES	14 15.7	+19	11
BETELGUESE	56	0.4	ORION	05 55.2	+07	25
BOGARDUS	58	2.6	AURIGA	05 59.8	+37	13
CANOPUS	63	-0.7	CARINA	06 24.0	-52 42
CAPELLA	42	0.1	AURIGA	05 16.6	+46 00
CASTOR A	78	1.9	GEMINI	07 34.6	+31 53
DENEB	232	1.3	CYGNUS	20 41.5	+45 17

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