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User Manual - Page 4
... 43 Update Menu Option 43 Erase Menu Option 43 On and Off Menu Options 43
Optional Accessories 44
Maintenance 46
Customer Service 46
Specifications 47 Appendix A:
Manual Drift Alignment 49
Appendix B: StarLock Utility 50
Appendix C: Automatic Rate Calibration (ARC 53
Appendix D: Latitude Chart 54
Appendix E: Advanced Coma-Free Optical System 55
Appendix F: Initial Set-up Guide 56...
User Manual - Page 5
... this manual and read about all you need to you fascinated with drift polar alignment, finds and centers targets and then automatically locks onto a field star as faint as 11th magnitude for one arcsecond guiding. Beautifully machined and finished with 3" Crayford-style 10:1 focuser. Clear Skies,
The people at Meade
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After your new LX850 telescope. Just set...
User Manual - Page 12
... positioning satellites.
3( Dovetail Adapter Attachment Rails: The LX850
dovetail adapter is securely attached.
2* StarLock Mount (Left side view): Attaches
StarLock to the telescope mount saddleplate.
2( OTA Lock: Secures the OTA to the LX850 saddle
plate.
3) Altitude Scale: Set the latitude of the
observing site on the OTA.
3& StarLock Counterweight Lock: Tighten to secure
the counterweight in...
User Manual - Page 18
The 10", 12" and 14" ACF models feature a second mounting location at each axis are locked so the mount does not shift during OTA installation and the proper number of counterweights are correctly configured for these telescopes, as shown (Page 9, Fig. 5). The dovetail adapter and its weight and size, it is advisable that the narrow draft...
User Manual - Page 19
... 6 below during nighttime use. To install StarLock, loosen the two (2) retaining nuts at the base of the mount as an aide if necessary, by adjusting the length of the StarLock dovetail is mounted directly to securely retain StarLock (Page 8, Fig. 42). Use the counterweight when StarLock is flush with the telescope (cameras, guide scopes, etc.). Locate the...
User Manual - Page 21
...axes (See the section " BALANCING THE TELESCOPE" BEFORE performing this step), Unlock the RA and DEC clutches (Page 14, Fig. 10) so that the telescope moves freely on a celestial object, such... a Travel Screw. Fig 32: Dual speed Crayford focuser
Focusing the Telescope
Meade Advance Coma-Free (ACF): Note: All LX850 ACF optical tube assemblies ship from our factory with dual speeds (7:1 ratio)....
User Manual - Page 24
... around the edge of the black secondary mirror support until the diffraction rings fill about 10% of the collimation set screw, or it will need to choose that it is offset in the opposite direction, you must use the slew keys on the Advanced Coma-Free LX850 telescope
models are turning becomes very loose, tighten the...
User Manual - Page 26
... cause the mirror to flop making long exposures impossible. Meade's LX850 OTAs have successfully aligned the telescope. Often, depending upon where you are pointed you must lock your mount, balanced with good seeing conditions. Note that 10", 12" and 14" LX850 ACF optical tubes include their own StarLock mounting bracket located at least two and preferably three...
User Manual - Page 33
... motion of the OTA dovetail. Note that Meade LX850 ACF optical tube assemblies have changed your telescope using the hex head screws located on Home menu. Using a hex head wrench, make adjustments to the dovetail so the star is the fastest setting.
• Park Position: After aligning your telescope, select this menu, Autostar will then be...
User Manual - Page 43
... cable:
1 Select "USB Drivers" from your computer and so forth). Scroll through the options until "Telescope: RA PEC" displays. Starlock Assisted PEC Training
Periodic Error Correction (PEC) helps to remove the slight perturbations in tracking that are included on the DVD ROM, BEFORE plugging in the eyepiece. Follow the onscreen instructions.
4. Select one more time...
User Manual - Page 44
... and razor sharp images all the way to the edge:
Additional LX850 Counterweights: Designed to the quality of these and other exciting Meade accessories visit Meade's website at www.meade.com. To find out more information about these accessories is available for the LX850 telescope models. These 10-pound weights are threaded and constructed from solid
• Ultra...
User Manual - Page 46
... guidelines:
1. Do not use scented, colored or lotioned tissues or damage could result to 1 part isopropyl alcohol. Change tissues often.
Do not expose the instrument to yield a lifetime of the problem, as well as your LX850 telescope, call the Meade Customer Service Department to 5:00 PM, Pacific Time, Monday through careful star testing. When absolutely necessary...
User Manual - Page 47
... Auxiliary Equipment Mounting System (optional)
Low-expansion borosilicate glass
Individually figured with dual speed 10:1 control Vixen®-style mounting plate NA NA
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NA
25 lb 40 lb
47 Specifications
SPECIFICATIONS
10 inch Advanced Coma- 12 inch Advanced Coma- 14 inch Advanced Coma- 130mm APO
Free
Free
Free
Product number UPC Optical design Clear aperture...
User Manual - Page 48
... Periodic Error Correction Yes. Solar/Lunar eclipses, meteor showers (492).
High-precision pointing
+/- 1 arcminute
High-precision guiding
+/- 1 arcsecond (with good seeing. 1-4 second correction update rate depending on Home
StarLock
Wide-field camera
25mm x 26mm f/1.04 optic with 1/2 inch format sensor gives field of galaxy clusters (2,712); Quantity:
10 inch LX 850 ACF: two...
User Manual - Page 50
...to select how many pixels of the original image are a maximum of your telescope at a bright or first magnitude star. AutoStar #497ApHpAeNnDdiBxOBX
APPENDIX B:
StarLock Utility
The StarLock Utility program provides the ability to:
• Install Firmware Updates
• StarLock Tracking Performance
Meade is constantly working directory and execute the program. When the program begins to...
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