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Leisure Time LX20 instruction manual

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Meade Instruments Corporation 7 LX200 Maksutov-CassegrainTelescope8, 10, and 12 LX200 Schmidt-CassegrainTelescopes Instruction ManualPage ¬ WARNING! ¬ Contents INTRODUCTION 1. What Is the LX200? An Overview2. Standard Equipment e. Keypad and Power Panel Functions4. Caution: All LX200 Owners 1. What You Should Have2. Please Look Everything Over 3. Inspecting the OpticsTELESCOPE ASSEMBLY 1. The Field Tripodc.Collimating the Viewfinder b. Focusing the Viewfinder2. Mounting the Viewfinder a. Attaching the Viewfinder1. Using the LX200 Manually 2. Using the LX200 In LANDQUICK START 3. Using the LX200 In ALTAZ Altazimuth a. Entering Basic Informationb. Location of the Observing Site c. Local Time and Date d. Setting Up the Telescopee. Using the MODE Key 4. Star Alignment f. Library Object Keysc. Unknown SITE d. Which Alignment Method to Use?2. MODE Key 4. Direction KeysTHE LX200 KEYPAD HAND CONTROLLER 1. ENTER Key4. DEC Motor Connector THE LX200 POWER PANEL1. ON/OFF Switch 2. N/S Switch8. Reticle Connector 5. CCD Connector6. Power 12 vDC Connector 7. Keypad ConnectorNOTE: 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 11 BACKLASH b. OBJECT LIBRARY Menu File OBJECT SYMBOL LEGEND b. GO TO Menu Option 4. Mode Four: TIMER/FREQ a. TIMER = Menu Option2. Mode Two: COORDINATES/GO TO a. Coordinates Menu File5. Mode Five: KEYPAD OFF/BRIGHTNESS ADJUST MAGNIFICATION AND FIELD OF VIEW 1. Magnification 2. Apparent Field and Actual Fielda. Azimuth Control 1. 8 Equatorial Wedge For 7 and 8 LX200b. Deluxe Latitude Adjuster APPENDIX A: EQUATORIAL WEDGE3. Mounting the Telescope On the Wedge 2.SUPERWEDGE For 10 and 12LX2004. Magnetic Compass a. Setting Magnetic Declinationb. Compass Installation c. Finding True North APPENDIX B: EQUATORIAL USE 1. Celestial Coordinates2. Lining Up with the Celestial Pole 3. Precise Polar Alignment APPENDIX C LX200 ALIGNMENTSTAR LIBRARY 1. Alignment StarsAND STAR CHARTS LX200 ALIGNMENT STAR LIBRARY2. Star Charts for Northern Hemisphere Observers Page APPENDIX D: LX200 64,359 OBJECT LIBRARY a. SAO Catalogb. UGC Catalog c. CNGC Catalogg. M Messier Catalog d. 1C Cataloge. GCVS Catalog f. Star Catalog1200ly 2. CNGC CatalogLittle Dumbbell Nebula 9.1x4.1Red Faint/Low Contrast CNGC Catalog continuedTarantula Nebula Very Red 30 Dor Nebula partCNGC# CNGC Catalog continued10.2x1.9 Near Edge-On CNGC Catalog continuedCNGC Catalog continued Bubble Nebula Red CNGC Catalog continuedc1 S c1 S3. STAR Catalog STAR Catalog continued Seginus STAR Catalog continuedSTAR Catalog continued Sadalmelik Al Nair STAR Catalog continuedSTAR# STAR Catalog continued4. M Messier Catalog NearM95 M Messier Catalog continuedM93 Includes dark nebula Near M96APPENDIX E: MAINTAINING YOUR LX200 1. Keeping Your Telescope CleanNOTE: The 7 LX200 does not require Collimation 2. Collimation of the Optical System4. Behind the Power Panel 3. Right Ascension Lock5. Factory Servicing and Repairs APPENDIX F: LX200 PERSONAL COMPUTER CONTROL 1. RS-232Cable2.LX200 Test Program NOTE: Only 3 wires are requiredHours, minutes, and tenths of minutes 3. LX200 Command Seta. Command Set Formats b. General Telescope InformationSefs object altitude for MA command c. Telescope Motiond. Home Position e. Library/ObjectsStarts a FIND operation f. MiscellaneousGets the field radius of the FIELD operation Sets the field radius of the FIELD operationKEY14 ON ON KEY14 GOSUB key14 GOSUB status 4. LX200 Demo Programcounter = ON KEY12 GOSUB key12 KEY13 ON ONKEY13GOSUBkey13REM KEYS keyi KEYS PRINT #1,#:RC# LOCATE 24, 1: PRINT Telescope APPENDIX G: LX200 SPECIFICATIONS200 f/10 Accessories8 LX200I/10 10 LX200f/10Page Operating Instructions Meade Instruments CorporationMeade Standard Field Tripod Operating Instructions Meade 18-voltDC Power SupplyFor Use with Meade LX200 Model Telescopes Meade Instruments Corporation