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Instruction Manual
ETX-60AT Astro
Telescope with Autostar Hand Controller
ETX-70AT Astro
Telescope with Autostar Hand Controller
Meade Instruments Corporation
Contents
Main
CONTENTS
WARNING!
QUICK-START GUIDE
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C
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TELESCOPE FEATURES
ETX:Your Personal Window to the Universe
CAUTION:
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AUTOSTAR FEATURES
Tour the Cosmos with Just the Push of a Button
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Join an Astronomy Club Attend a Star Party
Parts Listing
How to Assemble Your Telescope
Choosing an Eyepiece
GETTING STARTED
Manual Operation of the Telescope without Autostar
Manual Operation of the Telescope Using Autostar's Arrow Keys
Too Much Power?
Moving Through Autostars Menus
Initializing Autostar
Autostar Navigation Exercise
AUTOSTAR OPERATION
Autostar
Easy Two-Star Alignment
Go To Saturn
Using the Guided Tour
OBSERVING EXERCISES
Which Ones the Alignment Star?
Object Menu
IMPORTANT NOTE:To use the Landmark function, the telescope must be located
AUTOSTAR MENUS
The Complete Autostar Menu Structure
Glossary Select Item:
Guided Tour Select Item:
Event Select Item:
Event Menu
Glossary Menu
Utilities
Menu
Setup
Menu
Surf the Web
other sites you have entered into a user-defined database (see "Add" below)
Terrestrial Observing
Astronomical Observing
Sidereal Rate
Alignment (Mount)
ADVANCED FEATURES
Two-Star Alt/Az Alignment
One-Star Alt/Az Alignment
Slew Speeds:
Observing a Satellite
Photography with the ETX
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OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES
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General Maintenance
Storage and Transport
Inspecting the Optics
MAINTENANCE AND SERVICING
Troubleshooting
Meade Customer Service
ETX-60AT/ETX-70AT Specifications
ETX-60AT/ETX-70AT Specifications (cont'd)
Autostar Specifications
Autostar Dimensions
Polar Alignment
Celestial Coordinates
APPENDIX A: EQUATORIAL (POLAR) ALIGNMENT
Locating the Celestial Pole
Autostar Polar Alignment
Easy Polar Alignment
One-Star Polar Alignment
Two-Star Polar Alignment
APPENDIX B: USING AUTOSTAR TO ENTER R.A. AND DEC COORDINATES
APPENDIX C: HELPFUL CHARTS
exercise once every 3 to 6 months to maintain the highest level of telescope pointing accuracy.
Further Study....
APPENDIX D:TRAINING THE DRIVE
APPENDIX E: INITIALIZATION EXAMPLE
Fig. 31:Example of the Initialization Procedure.
BASIC ASTRONOMY
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A Roadmap to the Stars
Meade Instruments Corporation
6001 Oak Canyon, Irvine, California 92618 (949) 451-1450 FAX:(949) 451-1460 www.meade.com
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