Leisure Time instruction manual Alignment Stars, LX200 ALIGNMENT STAR LIBRARY, And Star Charts

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APPENDIX C: LX200

ALIGNMENTSTAR LIBRARY

AND STAR CHARTS:

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:

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	1226.6	-6306
ALBIREO	223	3.1	CYGNUS	1930.8	+2758
ALKAID	140	1.9	URSA MAJOR	1347.6	+49 19
ALDEBARAN	33	0.9	TAURUS	04 35.9	+1631
ALNILAM	50	1.7	ORION	05 36.2	-01 12
ALPHARD	95	2.0	HYDRA	09 27.6	-0839
ALPHEKKA	165	2.2	CORONA BOR.	1535.5	+2643
ALTAI R	226	0.8	AQUILA	1950.8	+0852
ANTARES	177	0.9	SCORPIUS	1629.5	-2626
ARCTURUS	147	0.0	BOOTES	14 15.7	+19 11
BETELGUESE	56	0.4	ORION	05 55.2	+0725
BOGARDUS	58	2.6	AURIGA	05 59.8	+3713
CANOPUS	63	-0.7	CARINA	06 24.0	- 5242
CAPELLA	42	0.1	AURIGA	05 16.6	+4600
CASTOR A	78	1.9	GEMINI	07 34.6	+31 53
DENEB	232	1.3	CYGNUS	2041.5	+45 17
DENEBOLA	114	2.1	LEO	11 49.1	+1434
DIPHDA	8	2.0	CETUS	00 43.6	-1759
ENIF	238	2.4	PEGASUS	21 44.2	+0953
FOMALHAUT	247	1.2	PISCES AUST.	22 57.7	-2938
HADAR	144	0.6	CENTAURUS	1403.9	-6024
HAMAL	17	2.0	ARIES	02 07.2	+2328
MARKAB	249	2.5	PEGASUS	23 04.8	+15 12
MIRA	20	2.1	CETUS	02 19.4	-0258
POLARIS	19	2.0	URSA MINOR	02 14.7	+8917
POLLUX	81	1.1	GEMINI	07 45.4	+2802
PROCYON	80	0.4	CANIS MINOR	07 39.3	+05 14
REGULUS	100	1.4	LEO	1008.5	+11 58
RIGEL	41	0.1	ORION	05 14.6	-0812
SIRIUS	67	-1.5	CANIS MAJOR	06 45.2	-1643
SPICA	138	1.0	VIRGO	1325.2	-11 10
VEGA	214	0.0	LYRA	1837.0	+3847