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Instruction Manual

LXD55-Series Telescopes

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Meade Instruments Corporation Page Contents 1 1% g f e Telescope Features $2% LXD55-SeriesYour Personal Window to the Universe Computer Control Panel see e LXD55 Tips Features Autostar FeaturesTour the Cosmos with Just the Push of a Button Tip Telescope Assembly How to Assemble Your TelescopeAccessories Getting Started Viewfinder assembly Schmidt-Newtonian models Insert eyepiece into holder and tighten thumbscrews Balancing the Telescope Choosing an Eyepiece Aligning the Viewfinder Observing by Moving the Telescope Manually Too Much Power? Slew Speeds Autostar Models Only Activate the Arrow Keys Autostar Models Only Observe the Moon Setting the Polar Home PositionTracking Objects 16b Using Autostars GO to Capabilities Autostar Models Only Observe a Star using the Automatic Tracking Feature Initializing Autostar Autostar Models Only Moving Through Autostar’s Menus Autostar Models Only Training the Drive Autostar Models Only Go To Saturn Autostar Models Only Easy Alignment Autostar Models Only Planet Saturn is over 800 million miles from the Earth Using the Guided Tour Autostar Models Only To Calculate Sunset time Autostar Navigation Exercise Navigating Autostar Entering Data into Autostar Select Item Object Autostars Menus Object Menu Menus Glossary Menu Event MenuUtilities Menu LXD55-Series Enter Setup Menu Observing Considerations Setup Menu Daylight SAVING, Surf the Web To Add a Site to the user-defined site list Adding Observing SitesTo Edit a Site To GO to a user-entered object Using Autostar to Find Objects Not in the Libraries Landmarks Observing SatellitesTo Add a landmark to the database To Select a landmark from the database To Check on the Available MemoryTo perform a Landmark Survey Few tips on photography with the LXD55-Seriestelescopes Photography 10 f/4 Optional Accessories Series 4000 Photo-Visual Page General Maintenance Maintenance D e f g Page Defocused star images. Misaligned 1, 2, Aligned Inspecting the Optics Meade Customer Service 5 Model SN-6, SN-6EC Specifications Specifications4 Model SN-8, SN-8EC Specifications 9.3 Model AR-5, AR-5EC Specifications 10 f/4 Model SN-10 Specifications8 Model AR-6 Specifications Autostar Specifications 10 Model SC-8 SpecificationsAutostar Dimensions Appendix a Celestial Coordinates Setting Circles One- and Two-Star Polar Alignment Locating the Celestial PoleOne-Star Polar Alignment Two-Star Polar Alignment Procedure #1 To correct for attitude misalignment Axis Alignment ProcedurePolar Alignment Viewfinder Method 1 Manual Alignment Position a Procedure #2 To correct for elevation misalignment Tips Star Charts Method 2 Axis Alignment Using Autostar Latitude Chart for Major Cities of the World Appendix C Latitude ChartCity State/Prov./Country Latitude City Country Latitude Appendix D EC Handbox Modes of Operation To move the telescope using the Electronic ControllerSlew Speeds Tracking Rates Optional Autostar Computer Controller for LXD55 EC Users Changing the Polar Mode Mounting the SC bracket and optical tube to the mount How to Attach the Optical Tube to the Mount Autostar Glossary Appendix F Basic AstronomyObjects in Space Moon Deep-Sky Objects Planets Further Study Page Meade Instruments Corporation