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User Manual - Page 4
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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
Recycling: How to the OTA 19 Mount Additional Accessories and Equipment . . . . 19 Balancing the Telescope 19...
User Manual - Page 5
...one arcsecond guiding. Clear Skies,
The people at Meade
5 Just set up your new LX850 telescope.
You'll...manual and read about all you fascinated with a dual speed 7:1 focus control, on the 10", 12" and 14" OTAs. Optional 3" field flattener available.
• StarLock™ full-time automatic integrated guider assists with case. Introduction
INTRODUCTION
The LX850 Telescope...
User Manual - Page 12
... 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... StarLock Telescope Connection: Connect
StarLock to securely tighten the rails. When properly adjusted, lock the Azimuth Adjustment Lock bolts to prevent unwanted Azimuth movement in the LX850.
3% ACF ...
User Manual - Page 15
... SERIOUS INJURY, ESPECIALLY ON THE FOOT. Fig 15: Access to the StarLock. The safety nut is fully assembled with a Meade optical tube assembly (OTA), additional counterweights may have been attached. Fig 14: Remove left saddle fastener revealed.
15 Note: 12" and 14" f/8 ACF models please refer to remove dovetail saddle plate.
Assembly
latitude scale has...
User Manual - Page 19
...viewfinder bracket and
Fig 26: Mounting StarLock to a LX850 ACF OTA.
Fig 28: Slide viewfinder into.... To install StarLock, loosen ...telescope, you will need to a firm feel only. Balancing the Telescope
Level the mount, using with a standard 8x50 finderscope. Assembly
Attach the Viewfinder to the OTA
The Meade OTAs sold with the LX850 are equipped with the telescope (cameras, guide...
User Manual - Page 21
...any necessary refinements.
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 a precision, aluminum-machined...focusing. Getting Started
Fine Focus Knob Coarse Focus Knob
Fig 31: Balancing the StarLock assembly
Getting Started
Focusing and Aligning the Viewfinder
1 . Twist the rear ...
User Manual - Page 24
...in the ring of light or notice which part of the telescope where your finger around mount). Test your Collimation
Before collimating an LX850 telescope, you will find that the adjustments are ...'s Arrow keys at the set screw, the defocused star image moves out of the optical system: Meade ACF Models ONLY
a. While looking in the same direction as a Meade 12mm eyepiece. c. Then press...
User Manual - Page 26
... StarLock to the top of the LX850 Telescope System. Things to check include:
StarLock Mounting The StarLock's Dovetail should be flush against the bottom of objects.
While this makes it inconvenient to exchange OTAs, it minimizes flexure in the dovetail bracket with primary mirror atop the LX850 that 10", 12" and 14" LX850 ACF optical tubes include their own StarLock...
User Manual - Page 33
.... Use Current Position uses the last position set how far the OTA axis can not be run when you have centered them, the telescope will only move the telescope along either the RA and the DEC axes by choosing the Align on Home menu. Note that Meade LX850 ACF optical tube assemblies have a certain amount of...
User Manual - Page 43
... data. Once the Autostar Suite software installs, doubleclick the new "Autostar Suite" icon on the DVD ROM to the "Setup: Telescope" menu. The application detects your hard drive (if you wish to improve the PEC training. Update does not overwrite the data, but updates the training using StarLock:
1. The "Autostar Update" screen displays. A window displays asking if...
User Manual - Page 44
...LX850 telescope models.
Meade Series 5000 Premium Eyepieces: deliver all the amazing performance that the ACF and APO optical systems can provide with Fully-Multi Coated optics, wide fields and razor sharp images all the way to the edge:
Additional LX850...-Coated; 1.25" O.D.)
4.5mm
452/8'
542/7'
632/6'
202/18'
6.5mm
313/12'
375/10'
435/8'
140/26'
9mm
226/16'
271/13'
316/11'
...
User Manual - Page 46
... true test of the light) may accumulate water condensation. MaintenAautnocSet/aCru#st4o97meHrASNeDrvBiOceX
MAINTENANCE
Your LX850 model telescope is thoroughly dry.
5. If your LX850 telescope, call the Meade Customer Service Department to provide an explanation of 3 parts distilled water to the telescope, it off the mirrors and can be judged by telephone, avoiding return of poor...
User Manual - Page 47
... 60064 3 Apochromatic Refractor 130mm 910mm, f/7 Fully Multi-Coated .89 arcseconds NA
3 inch diameter, 2 element, fully multi-coated field flattener Crayford-style 3 inch zero image shift focuser with primary mirror for minimum correction.
Specifications
SPECIFICATIONS
10 inch Advanced Coma- 12 inch Advanced Coma- 14 inch Advanced Coma- 130mm APO
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Product number UPC Optical...
User Manual - Page 48
... 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 14.72 x 11.78 degrees. Messier catalog (110); Large Bright Quasars Survey (1,055);
RA & DEC
.68 inch diameter precision machined brass
Counterweight shaft
1.75 inch diameter, 12 inch long threaded stainless steel...
User Manual - Page 50
...:
• Install Firmware Updates
• StarLock Tracking Performance
Meade is constantly working directory and execute the program. If you use the slow motion controls of the telescope to move the star the precise center of the sensor's field of the product and it to a working to optimize performance. It will walk you tune the guide rate to...
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