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User Manual - Page 6
...cient to X-Wedge. ) After removing the Giant Field Tripod from underneath. A, 4).
Note: that you attach the LX600 ACF telescope to the... Place the entire telescope onto the top of the tripod legs. Perform the telescope and AutoStar II setup indoors in rigid positioning...to the Telescope Assembly. (See
Appendix F for the spreader bar (Fig. Retighten the lock knobs to mount parts (see...
User Manual - Page 12
... the instruction sheets that the telescope assembly ...Setting Circle: See Appendix E,
page 57, for more comfortable right
angle viewing position.
Control the microfocuser through the AutoStar II menus.
G. LX600 FEATURES
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The Meade LX600 ACF models are extremely versatile, highperformance telescopes...sensors, StarLock automatic guiding and ultraprecise...
User Manual - Page 13
... unit made
up of objects in
the telescope eyepiece.
2# GPS Receiver: Receives information transmitted from being moved manually, but engages the vertical motor drive for highprecision guiding, and the StarLock widefield OTA and sensor, used for AutoStar II operation. Go to the Meade website (www.meade.com) to Telescope
base. Holds your handbox in the...
User Manual - Page 14
... AutoStar II handbox has soft-touch keys designed to view on any of the LX600 ACF telescope models is backlit with your PC using GPS (Global Positioning System), Level North sensors and StarLock.
■ Access a glossary of astronomical terms.
■ Mount the telescope in the "Alt-az" mode (altitude-azimuth, or vertical-horizontal), or polar mode...
User Manual - Page 17
...panel (Fig. 1, 13B).
7.
When first opening the packing box, note carefully the following parts:
■ LX600 ACF telescope with cable ■ Instructional Manual and Software DVD.
3.
Remove the travel screw in the OFF position. Use the
Assembly of the LX600 ACF telescope requires eight C-cell (usersupplied) batteries or the optional Universal AC Power Adapter (product# 07584...
User Manual - Page 19
...;eld of magnification (left and right sides. . Your telescope comes supplied with a 26mm Plössl eyepiece which the telescope's aperture and atmospheric conditions cannot reasonably support.
Attach the DEC jumper cable. examples of the right amount of view with the LX600 ACF telescopes. Keep in mind that a smaller, but bright and well-resolved...
User Manual - Page 24
... you to a field star and automatically begins guiding. Select "Use Current" if your position is anything other objects in fact, if you watched long enough or took a long timeexposure photograph, you are using a magnetic North sensor. StarLock Menu:
24 GPS receivers on your LX600 ACF telescope.
in the sky. Another way to calculate True...
User Manual - Page 35
... zone. Press ENTER when the entry is updated automatically.
Keep in aligning your local time. The offset is receiving the correct time whether or not you wish to display the correct time in Table 1.
See the instruction sheet included with the GPS. However, if you set this software along to friends.
• All...
User Manual - Page 46
... from its proper rotational orientation and serious degradation of final optical testing, every Meade Advanced ComaFree telescope is offset in (i.e., not concentric with an ear syringe (available at the Meade factory before proceeding; The optical collimation (alignment) of the LX600 ACF models, such collimation is packed away. Re-aligning the optics is in fact the...
User Manual - Page 47
... its support. i.
a. Defocused star images.
You will notice that the star image will be between two set screws aiming at this case repeat steps b through f to center the Airy disc in the eyepiece.
If you bring the image back to the center of collimation at the set screw on the Advanced Coma-Free Telescopes LX600 ACF models...
User Manual - Page 49
... update rate depending on star magnitude. Faintest guide star 11th mag.) High-precision alignment Semi-automatic drift align procedure for ultra-precise polar alignment Weight 2.7 pounds
10" f/8 LX600 ACF Specifications
Optical design Advanced Coma-Free Clear aperture 254mm (10") Focal length 2032mm Focal ratio (photographic speed f/8 Resolving power 0.46 arc sec Coatings Meade...
User Manual - Page 50
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12" f/8 LX600 ACF Specifications
Optical design Advanced Coma-Free
Clear aperture 305mm (12")
Focal length 2438mm
Focal ratio (photographic speed f/8
Resolving power 0.38 arc sec
Coatings Meade Ultra-High Transmission Coatings (UHTC)
Mounting Cast-aluminum, double-tine forks
Gears 5.75"-dia. Net tripod weight 50 lbs.
50 worm gears, both axes
Periodic Error...
User Manual - Page 58
... ALIGNMENT, page 60.
See the instruction sheet supplied with your LX600 ACF. Using setting circles requires a developed technique. In this way, the precision required for equatorial (polar) alignment. AutoStar II then automatically slews the telescope to 14" models.
Then loosen the RA lock and move the telescope in mind that the telescope be precisely aligned with the pole...
User Manual - Page 59
...). The wedge should never be accomplished automatically with your Meade tripod. Using the Up and Down Arrow keys, rotate the telescope tube in the polar home position. A. : Move the forks arms
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Do not allow undue attention to precise polar alignment of view, the Declination is necessary. Scroll to interfere with the LX600 ACF electric...
User Manual - Page 60
...the pointer. Even though the LX600 ACF telescopes offers a very precise and sophisticated drive system, the fewer tracking corrections required during this procedure, turn off the Starlock in the telescope
One-Star Polar Alignment (Default) Setup the telescope facing true north with Starlocks assistance or manually using Starlock to 00 H.A. Align tick marks to set up with the pole to...
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