Leisure Time LX20 Mode Five Keypad OFF/BRIGHTNESS Adjust, For astrophotos, Due to retrogrades

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FREQ RATE

DESCRIPTION

NOTES

 

 

 

60.1 Hz Q

Sidereal rate;

Default rate at power up.

 

Quartz setting

Gives sidereal frequency

 

 

accuracy to ±.005%; Best

 

 

for astrophotos

 

 

 

60.0 Hz

Solar and

Average rate for tracking

 

planetary rate

planets; Actual rates vary

 

 

due to retrogrades,

 

 

oppositions, etc.

 

 

 

57.9 Hz

Lunar rate

Best rate for tracking the

 

 

Moon

 

 

 

There are three menu file options in FREQ =. To see or set the options, move the arrow to FREQ = and press ENTER. At power up, the FREQ = default is the 60.1 Hz Q setting. The quartz rate is precisely fixed and cannot be altered. To choose a different rate, press the ENTER key to see 60.1 M and then again to see 60.1 M with the up and down arrow. These two menu file options can adjust the tracking speeds. The adjustment techniques are described below:

Display 34 shows the manual rate menu file option that can be adjusted by pressing and holding the ENTER key to get the double beep tone and the blinking cursor. Type in the new rate, then when finished, press the ENTER key again.

Display 35 shows the menu file option that allows you to step the drive tracking frequency setting in tenths of a hertz, by using the PREV and NEXT (up and down arrow) keys. This is a convenient feature if you are trying to match the precise speed of a planet, comet, or any other non-stellar object. To exit this option, press the MODE key.

5. Mode Five: KEYPAD OFF/BRIGHTNESS ADJUST

In order to see very faint objects, it will sometimes be necessary to either dim or completely turn off the keypad red LCD backlighting. To do so press the MODE button until the display goes blank. This is the OFF option.

To set the keypad brightness, press the ENTER button and adjust the brightness to your satisfaction with the PREV and NEXT keys. To exit, press the MODE key.

This brightness setting also dims the power panel power LED and Ammeter.

NOTE: The backlighting is done by edge lighting a plastic light bar underneath the keypad. Four LEDs are used and do not give a perfectly even backlighting of the keys as keys closer to a LED will be a little brighter than those keys further away.

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Contents Meade Instruments Corporation Page ¬ WARNING! ¬ Contents Introduction What Is the LX200? An OverviewStandard Equipment Keypad Version Number What You Should HavePlease Look Everything Over Inspecting the OpticsUse the following steps to assemble your telescope Telescope AssemblyField Tripod Collimating the Viewfinder Focusing the ViewfinderMounting the Viewfinder Attaching the ViewfinderQuick Start Using the LX200 ManuallyUsing the LX200 In Land Location of the Observing Site Using the LX200 In Altaz AltazimuthEntering Basic Information Local Time and Date Setting Up the TelescopeUsing the Mode Key Star Alignment Library Object KeysUnknown Site Which Alignment Method to Use?LX200 Keypad Hand Controller Direction KeysLX200 Power Panel Mode Functions Page Page Backlash Object Library Menu File Enter Coordinates Menu File Mode Two COORDINATES/GO toMode Three CLOCK/CALENDAR Mode Four TIMER/FREQ a. Timer = Menu OptionDue to retrogrades Mode Five Keypad OFF/BRIGHTNESS AdjustFor astrophotos 60.0 Hz Solar Average rate for tracking Planetary rateMagnification Apparent Field and Actual FieldMagnification and Field of View Azimuth Control Deluxe Latitude AdjusterEquatorial Wedge For 7 and 8 LX200 Appendix a Equatorial WedgeMounting the Telescope On the Wedge Superwedge For 10 and 12LX200Magnetic Compass Setting Magnetic DeclinationCompass Installation Finding True North Lining Up with the Celestial Pole Appendix B Equatorial USECelestial Coordinates Precise Polar Alignment Alignment Stars Appendix C LX200 Alignmentstar Library Star ChartsStar Charts For Northern Hemisphere Observers Page Object Library SAO CatalogUGC Catalog Cngc CatalogMessier Catalog 1C CatalogGcvs Catalog Star CatalogDouble Cluster h Per 7kly Little Dumbbell Nebula1x4.1 1200lyTarantula Nebula Very Red Open Clus + Dneb Glob Clus D2 ST 10.7x2.5 C1 SBubble Nebula Red Beta Lep a CapellaBellatrix Beta Tau AlnathStar Catalog Brachium Zuben ElschemaliSeginus Rigel Kentaurus B=1.3Sarin B=8.8 AldhibahSabik A=3.0 B=3.5 Ras AlgethiSadalmelik Al Nair 302 Open Clus Sparse M93 Includes dark nebula Appendix E Maintaining Your LX200 Keeping Your Telescope CleanCollimation of the Optical System Factory Servicing and Repairs Behind the Power PanelRight Ascension Lock Appendix F LX200 Personal Computer Control RS-232 CableLX200 Test Program General Telescope Information LX200 Command SetCommand Set Formats Library/Objects Telescope MotionHome Position Finds the next object in a Find sequence MiscellaneousCounter = LX200 Demo ProgramTelpos REM KeysKeyi Keys Telescope Appendix G LX200 SpecificationsLX200I/10 10 LX200f/10 200 f/10 Page Oak Canyon, Irvine, California 92618 2000 Field TripodFig Field Tripod collapsedAC Operation Customer ServiceIntroduction DC Operation

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