Meade LX90 guide

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Meade LX90 instruction manual

Contents

LX90 Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope Meade Schmidt-Cassegrain Optical System Contents QUICK-START Guide ON/OFF E D Telescope FeaturesPage To Attach the Handbox Holder Tour the Cosmos with Just the Push of a Button Autostar Features Topmost screen Select Item Object Page Getting Started How to Attach the Tripod to the Telescope Assembly Precautionary notes for the tripod How to Assemble Your Telescope Choosing an Eyepiece Using SmartFinder Aligning the Viewfinder Aligning SmartFinder Terrestrial Observing Observing Using AutoStars Arrow KeysObserving Observing By Moving the Telescope Manually Observe the Moon Slew Speeds Initializing AutoStar for the First Time Astronomical ObservingTo Track an Object Automatically Moving Through AutoStar’s Menus While it does so Observe a Star using the Automatic Tracking FeatureHow to perform the Automatic Alignment procedure Automatic Alignment Go To Saturn Using the Guided Tour AutoStar Navigation Exercise Basic Autostar Operation To Calculate Sunset time Entering Data into AutoStarNavigating AutoStar Select Item Object AUTOSTAR’S Menus Object Menu Menus and Menu Options Utilities Menu Event MenuGlossary Menu Observing Considerations Setup Menu Time Zone Shift Menu Daylight SAVING, To Edit a Site Advanced Autostar FeaturesAdding Observing Sites To Add a Site to the user-defined site list Using AutoStar to Find Objects Not in the Database To GO to a user-entered object Observing Satellites Tour Modes How to Create Your Own Guided TourCommand Line What you will need Title Writing a Tour Pick END To Select a landmark from the database LandmarksDownloading Tours To Add a landmark to the database To check on the available amount of memory in AutoStar IdentifyAdvanced Alt/Az Alignment To perform a Landmark Survey One-Star Alt/Az Alignment BrowseTwo-Star Alt/Az Alignment Photography with a Digital Camera Photography with the LX90Few tips on photography with the LX90 Meade Deep Sky Imager Photography with Meade’s AutoStar Suite Ultra Wide Angle 8-elements Optional AccessoriesEyepiece Power 2x Barlow Super Plössl 4-elements Super Wide Angle 6-elements #62 T-Adapter Collimation MaintenancePage Gauging the Movement of the Telescope Meade Customer ServiceInspecting the Optics AutoStar Dimensions LX90 SpecificationsAutoStar Specifications Celestial Coordinates Polar Alignment Easy Polar Alignment Setting CirclesLocating the Celestial Pole AutoStar Polar Alignment Equatorial Wedge Lining Up with the Celestial Pole Precise Polar Alignment Star Charts City State/Country Latitude Latitude Chart for Major Cities of the WorldCity State/Prov./Country Latitude City Country Latitude Appendix C Training the Drive To replace the battery Appendix D Changing the LNT Module Battery Moon AutoStar GlossaryObjects in Space Deep-Sky Objects PlanetsPage Page Page Meade Limited Warranty