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Instruction Manual - Page 1
Instruction Manual
7" LX200 Maksutov-Cassegrain Telescope 8", 10", and 12" LX200 Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescopes
Meade Instruments Corporation
Instruction Manual - Page 2
... results in a focus at the Cassegrain focus. LX200 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes now feature new baffle tube designs. These computer-optimized designs incorporate a series of 7 to eliminate almost all internal reflections, yielding the best image contrast available in this manual. For details in any Schmidt-Cassegrain available today. The 8", 10", and 12" models include oversize 8.25", 10...
Instruction Manual - Page 4
... 26 3. Compass Installation 27 c. STAR Catalog 43 4. Collimation of the Optical System 52 3. Command Set Formats 55 b. RET Key 14 7. Ammeter 15 4. Object Library Menu File 20 2. Finding True North 28
Appendix B: Equatorial Use 29 1. CNGC Catalog 34 d. Contents
7" LX200 Maksutov-Cassegrain Telescope 8", 10", & 12" LX200 Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope
Introduction...
Instruction Manual - Page 5
... instantly to 8 degrees per sec. (6 degrees per sec. Observing the object in the main telescope field. eyepiece-holder and diagonal prism (1.25"); variable-height field tripod; operating instructions. setting circles in RA and Dec; c. 10" Model LX200 lncludes 10" Schmidt-Cassegrain optical tube assembly with a personal computer (PC), allowing the user to you are anxious to...
Instruction Manual - Page 6
... that you have to those offered domestically, with the exception of
d. 12" Model LX200 lncludes 12" Schmidt-Cassegrain optical tube assembly with 4"-dia. -6- lock (7, Fig. 1), and/or the Dec. the rest of the focuser you keep your warranty may use this instrument. Meade LX200 telescopes supplied to release the R.A. The Flashlight Test causes even the very best...
Instruction Manual - Page 8
...telescope at some parts...telescope, and to accelerate the temperature stabilization. When the telescope is set at most.
3. If the telescope is packed separately
However, if the telescope...Meade Schmidt-Cassegrains are precisely centered on the telescope...installed into the mating base on the object already centered in serious image degradation. When the telescope...of the 12" telescope. The...
Instruction Manual - Page 14
..., mechanics, electronics, and software in a specific direction, with periodic error control; Maksutov Cassegrain or Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope is a dual axis drive corrector with an option of the observer. The LX200 keypad hand controller is easily mastered. an information display center for the electric
focuser accessory option, while CNTR and GUIDE set the rate of movement (slew...
Instruction Manual - Page 16
...and the LX200 Command Set for writing programs. Meade Instruments supplies this manual is chosen, exit...12 to accept standard 4 pin phone jack coil cords. If your local time, GMT offset, and calendar date to accomplish autoguiding for a files menu selection, in the telescope's internal memory, you can be set...the ENTER key. Meade Instruments Corporation does not offer support or advice for...
Instruction Manual - Page 18
... of the TELESCOPE file simply toggles between a 12 and 24 hour display of the crosshair during astrophotography.
A star that you wish to return the direction commands to the original setting, press
To actually begin counting down the drive tracking speed, that tend to slightly speed up and left-to more precisely guide on the...
Instruction Manual - Page 19
... telescope is with larger chip cameras, like the Meade Pictor...part of view. (Or center the star on the keypad until the TELESCOPE...TELESCOPE/OBJECT LIBRARY menu.
416 and Pictor 1616 CCD cameras. arc-sec resolution encoders, and high-speed DC servo motors, observers can now place objects in the field of a reticle eyepiece to the GUIDE speed, monitoring the star location (e.g. After setting...
Instruction Manual - Page 25
The wedge fits onto the field tripod, described below , that all required wedge hardware and manual knobs are of the latitude angle. Attach the azimuth arm to simplify and facilitate telescope operation.
The equatorial wedge for Meade 7" or 8" Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope is shipped with the main crossbar of the wedge.
2.
The wedge consists of the wedge. Place...
Instruction Manual - Page 29
... is first properly aligned with the pole, no Declination tracking of the Meade LX200 7", 8", 10", and 12" Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes, this point, your observing latitude as you could locate Los Angeles, California, by its latitude (+34°) and longitude (118°); However, these setting circles may be placed. coordinate system of latitude and longitude.
(Actually, celestial...
Instruction Manual - Page 52
...Set...replace the corrector plate in it off. If the ring of light, follow the instructions...12"
or to clean the interior of the optical system yourself
of the Schmidt-Cassegrain design of your fingers. In the case of light.
Using the telescope's slow motion controls, move the defocused image to do. - 52 - Meade
performance. For final optical tests, every Meade Schmidt-Cassegrain...
Instruction Manual - Page 62
... Photographic Magnitude (approx) Image Scale (°/inch) Maximum Practical Visual Power Near Focus Optical Tube Size Secondary Mirror Obstruction Telescope Mounting
Setting Circle Diameters RA Motor Drive System
Hemispheres of Operation
Declination Control System
Motor Drive Gear Diameter Manual Slow-Motion Controls Hand Controller
Main Controller
Telescope Size, Swung Down 35mm Angular Film...
Instruction Manual - Page 63
... Equatorial Wedge Optional Super Wedge Field Tripod Accessories Shipping Weights (approx) Telescope Equatorial Wedge (optional) Super Wedge (optional) Field Tripod Case (for 10" models) Accessories
Schmidt-Cassegrain Catadioptric 203mm (8")
209.6mm (8.25) 2000mm (80")
f/10 .56 arc sec Standard
14.0 16.5 0.72°/inch 500X 25' 9.1" Dia. x 25" Long 4.0" (11.1%)
Heavy-Duty Fork-Type Double...
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