7 LX200 Maksutov-CassegrainTelescope
8, 10, and 12 LX200 Schmidt-CassegrainTelescopes
Instruction Manual
Meade Instruments Corporation
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Contents
1. What Is the LX200? An Overview
2. Standard Equipment
e. Keypad and Power Panel Functions
INTRODUCTION
1. What You Should Have
2. Please Look Everything Over
3. Inspecting the Optics
4. Caution: All LX200 Owners
1. The Field Tripod
TELESCOPE ASSEMBLY
b. Focusing the Viewfinder
2. Mounting the Viewfinder
a. Attaching the Viewfinder
c.Collimating the Viewfinder
1. Using the LX200 Manually
2. Using the LX200 In LAND
QUICK START
3. Using the LX200 In ALTAZ Altazimuth
a. Entering Basic Information
b. Location of the Observing Site
d. Setting Up the Telescope
c. Local Time and Date
e. Using the MODE Key
f. Library Object Keys
c. Unknown SITE
d. Which Alignment Method to Use?
4. Star Alignment
4. Direction Keys
THE LX200 KEYPAD HAND CONTROLLER
1. ENTER Key
2. MODE Key
THE LX200 POWER PANEL
1. ON/OFF Switch
2. N/S Switch
4. DEC Motor Connector
5. CCD Connector
6. Power 12 vDC Connector
7. Keypad Connector
8. Reticle Connector
NOTE: Pressing the MODE key at any point in the
The SMART menu has five options. They are; LEARN, UPDATE, ERASE, DEC LEARN, and DEC CORRECT. To use the Smart Drive, the LX200 must be mounted with the optional equatorial wedge see APPENDIX A, page 25, equipped with an illuminated reticle eyepiece*, and used in the POLAR align menu selection. Be sure to train the Smart Drive in the 60.1 Hz Quartz setting that the LX200 will be automatically set at power up. Thereafter, you can adjust this setting in the TIMER/ FREQ mode and still enjoy the periodic error correction
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b. OBJECT LIBRARY Menu File
OBJECT SYMBOL LEGEND
4. Mode Four: TIMER/FREQ a. TIMER = Menu Option
2. Mode Two: COORDINATES/GO TO
a. Coordinates Menu File
b. GO TO Menu Option
5. Mode Five: KEYPAD OFF/BRIGHTNESS ADJUST
2. Apparent Field and Actual Field
MAGNIFICATION AND FIELD OF VIEW 1. Magnification
1. 8 Equatorial Wedge For 7 and 8 LX200
b. Deluxe Latitude Adjuster
APPENDIX A: EQUATORIAL WEDGE
a. Azimuth Control
2.SUPERWEDGE For 10 and 12LX200
3. Mounting the Telescope On the Wedge
4. Magnetic Compass
a. Setting Magnetic Declination
b. Compass Installation
c. Finding True North
APPENDIX B: EQUATORIAL USE
1. Celestial Coordinates
2. Lining Up with the Celestial Pole
3. Precise Polar Alignment
1. Alignment Stars
AND STAR CHARTS
LX200 ALIGNMENT STAR LIBRARY
APPENDIX C LX200 ALIGNMENTSTAR LIBRARY
2. Star Charts for Northern Hemisphere Observers
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a. SAO Catalog
b. UGC Catalog
c. CNGC Catalog
APPENDIX D: LX200 64,359 OBJECT LIBRARY
d. 1C Catalog
e. GCVS Catalog
f. Star Catalog
g. M Messier Catalog
2. CNGC Catalog
Little Dumbbell Nebula
9.1x4.1
1200ly
CNGC Catalog continued
Tarantula Nebula Very Red
30 Dor Nebula part
Red Faint/Low Contrast
CNGC Catalog continued
CNGC#
CNGC Catalog continued
10.2x1.9 Near Edge-On
CNGC Catalog continued
CNGC Catalog continued
c1 S
c1 S
Bubble Nebula Red
3. STAR Catalog
STAR Catalog continued
STAR Catalog continued
Seginus
STAR Catalog continued
STAR Catalog continued
Sadalmelik Al Nair
STAR Catalog continued
STAR#
4. M Messier Catalog
M Messier Catalog continued
M93 Includes dark nebula
Near M96
NearM95
1. Keeping Your Telescope Clean
APPENDIX E: MAINTAINING YOUR LX200
2. Collimation of the Optical System
NOTE: The 7 LX200 does not require Collimation
4. Behind the Power Panel
3. Right Ascension Lock
5. Factory Servicing and Repairs
1. RS-232Cable
2.LX200 Test Program
NOTE: Only 3 wires are required
APPENDIX F: LX200 PERSONAL COMPUTER CONTROL
3. LX200 Command Set
a. Command Set Formats
b. General Telescope Information
Hours, minutes, and tenths of minutes
c. Telescope Motion
d. Home Position
e. Library/Objects
Sefs object altitude for MA command
f. Miscellaneous
Gets the field radius of the FIELD operation
Sets the field radius of the FIELD operation
Starts a FIND operation
4. LX200 Demo Program
counter =
ON KEY12 GOSUB key12 KEY13 ON ONKEY13GOSUBkey13
KEY14 ON ON KEY14 GOSUB key14 GOSUB status
REM KEYS
keyi
KEYS PRINT #1,#:RC# LOCATE 24, 1: PRINT
APPENDIX G: LX200 SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope
Accessories
8 LX200I/10
10 LX200f/10
200 f/10
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