Fig. 30: Optional Autostar handbox for EC model users.
#1205 Electric focuser: For use with LXD75
#1209 Microfocuser: For use with LXD75
Optional #497 Autostar™ Computer Controller for LXD75 EC Users: One of the most important advances in telescope control in the past 25 years, the Meade Autostar Computer Controller turns your LXD75 EC model into an automatic celestial object locating system. Just plug Autostar into the telescope’s HBX port in place of the
Any of Autostar’s database objects can be called up and entered on the hand con- troller display in seconds. The observer then simply presses the GO TO pushbutton and watches as the telescope automatically slews to the object and places it in the field of view. Autostar moves the telescope to automatically track (follow) the object across the sky. Autostar brings into easy access objects that were previously unreach- able for all but the most dedicated of amateur astronomers.
Autostar Suite with Meade LPI (Lunar Planetary Imager) and Planetarium software (Fig. 23) turns your Meade LXD75 telescope, Autostar and PC into even more powerful and
To find out more about these and other accessories available for your telescope, check out the Meade General Catalog or contact your local Meade dealer.
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