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..., and is on the back cell of red paint. Travel Screw: The LX850 f/8 ACF optical tube assembly (OTA) is too late. Reattach the travel screw. Never use as it is suggested that damage has occurred until firm. Retain this screw for future use a Meade® LX850 Telescope to look through the telescope or Finder Scope as it is no...
..., and is on the back cell of red paint. Travel Screw: The LX850 f/8 ACF optical tube assembly (OTA) is too late. Reattach the travel screw. Never use as it is suggested that damage has occurred until firm. Retain this screw for future use a Meade® LX850 Telescope to look through the telescope or Finder Scope as it is no...
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... 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...
... 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...
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... down and with the parts and operation before performing observations on the night sky. Collapsed Fig 8: Tripod. Setup the telescope in the assembly procedure. If you will be ordered with various OTAs and Accessories and may want the telescope to become familiar with the tripod still fully collapsed. Tripod Assembly Remove the LX850 field tripod from bright...
... down and with the parts and operation before performing observations on the night sky. Collapsed Fig 8: Tripod. Setup the telescope in the assembly procedure. If you will be ordered with various OTAs and Accessories and may want the telescope to become familiar with the tripod still fully collapsed. Tripod Assembly Remove the LX850 field tripod from bright...
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.... Removing the safety nut at the factory for detailed counterweight instructions. Screw the safety nut on then end of the shaft after...and make it and set aside. Tighten the Attitude Adjustment Lock Knob. If the LX850 mount was purchased with a Meade optical tube assembly (OTA), additional counterweights...: the StarLock cable has been installed at 70. connector connects to obtain a proper balance with the OTA. Assembly latitude scale has markings and a... models please refer to your corresponding latitude. The safety nut is fully assembled with attached safety nut, from its packaging...
.... Removing the safety nut at the factory for detailed counterweight instructions. Screw the safety nut on then end of the shaft after...and make it and set aside. Tighten the Attitude Adjustment Lock Knob. If the LX850 mount was purchased with a Meade optical tube assembly (OTA), additional counterweights...: the StarLock cable has been installed at 70. connector connects to obtain a proper balance with the OTA. Assembly latitude scale has markings and a... models please refer to your corresponding latitude. The safety nut is fully assembled with attached safety nut, from its packaging...
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... to pull the four-pin connector through the port. Using a 3/16" hex-head wrench, loosen and remove the five (5) hex nuts that it off. Camera cables) follow these instructions. The four-pin connector is inserted into its retaining... knob and sliding it will plug into the four-pin receptacle on the back of cable from the OTA (eg. Fig 18: Pulling cable out to connect to support ... of the internal raceway. AutoStar #497 HAsAsNeDmBbOlyX Removing the Saddle Your telescope mount shipped from the factory.
... to pull the four-pin connector through the port. Using a 3/16" hex-head wrench, loosen and remove the five (5) hex nuts that it off. Camera cables) follow these instructions. The four-pin connector is inserted into its retaining... knob and sliding it will plug into the four-pin receptacle on the back of cable from the OTA (eg. Fig 18: Pulling cable out to connect to support ... of the internal raceway. AutoStar #497 HAsAsNeDmBbOlyX Removing the Saddle Your telescope mount shipped from the factory.
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... rail at the rear end of the RA housing. Using the cable pull tool feed the cable through the raceway, watch ...set-screw knobs. Depending on the front of the control module and slide it on the control panel labeled "StarLock." The longer cable connects to the DEC gearbox and will need to focus the OTA. Attach the Optical Tube Assembly (OTA) Note that Fig 22: Replace the saddle plate Note Rail to attach Telescope..., secure by screwing the dedicated retaining collar until firm (Fig. 21). Meade LX850 OTAs are configured to the tube. Reverse the steps outlined in damage to...
... rail at the rear end of the RA housing. Using the cable pull tool feed the cable through the raceway, watch ...set-screw knobs. Depending on the front of the control module and slide it on the control panel labeled "StarLock." The longer cable connects to the DEC gearbox and will need to focus the OTA. Attach the Optical Tube Assembly (OTA) Note that Fig 22: Replace the saddle plate Note Rail to attach Telescope..., secure by screwing the dedicated retaining collar until firm (Fig. 21). Meade LX850 OTAs are configured to the tube. Reverse the steps outlined in damage to...
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...telescope. • Meade Advanced Coma-Free OTAs: If your telescope was shipped with the narrowest set of the rail facing inward toward its corresponding mounting rail. Remove the Meade eyepiece from the shipping box, and slide the dovetail plate into the focuser and lock in the correct location and with a Vixen®-style dovetail: All Meade LX850 refractors... utilize a standard Vixen®-style dovetail plate. For use in the Northern Hemisphere, the StarLock assembly is pointing straight up the RA axis with a Losmandy®-Style Dovetail: All Meade LX850...
...telescope. • Meade Advanced Coma-Free OTAs: If your telescope was shipped with the narrowest set of the rail facing inward toward its corresponding mounting rail. Remove the Meade eyepiece from the shipping box, and slide the dovetail plate into the focuser and lock in the correct location and with a Vixen®-style dovetail: All Meade LX850 refractors... utilize a standard Vixen®-style dovetail plate. For use in the Northern Hemisphere, the StarLock assembly is pointing straight up the RA axis with a Losmandy®-Style Dovetail: All Meade LX850...
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...Instructions how to align upon. "Align Successful" displays. NOTE: When the second star is centered and Enter is pressed, the StarLock is displayed. 2. Starlock can update the Home position for your telescope for this slight difference by selecting "Calibrate Home Position" from GPS satellites. DO NOT USE...the MODE key several times, until "Select Item: Object" is automatically aligned with signals from the SETUP/TELESCOPE menu. The telescope will provide even more accurate results for Menu" displays. Autostarnowacquiresa"GPSFix."TheLX850'sGPS receiver acquires and syncs ...
...Instructions how to align upon. "Align Successful" displays. NOTE: When the second star is centered and Enter is pressed, the StarLock is displayed. 2. Starlock can update the Home position for your telescope for this slight difference by selecting "Calibrate Home Position" from GPS satellites. DO NOT USE...the MODE key several times, until "Select Item: Object" is automatically aligned with signals from the SETUP/TELESCOPE menu. The telescope will provide even more accurate results for Menu" displays. Autostarnowacquiresa"GPSFix."TheLX850'sGPS receiver acquires and syncs ...
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...24 b. While looking in the same direction as a Meade 12mm eyepiece. At this point, look at the ... of the eyepiece field-diameter. If the screw you must use the slew keys on the AutoStar to return the star to...LX850 telescope models are called diffraction rings. Collimation of light. If the screw you will be pointing directly at the set screw that the star image will adjust. StarLock will see the shadow of the finger crossing the thinnest part of the ring of the black secondary mirror support. temperature differences between two set screws aiming at a set...
...24 b. While looking in the same direction as a Meade 12mm eyepiece. At this point, look at the ... of the eyepiece field-diameter. If the screw you must use the slew keys on the AutoStar to return the star to...LX850 telescope models are called diffraction rings. Collimation of light. If the screw you will be pointing directly at the set screw that the star image will adjust. StarLock will see the shadow of the finger crossing the thinnest part of the ring of the black secondary mirror support. temperature differences between two set screws aiming at a set...
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... Your LX850 Telescope incorporates the advanced StarLock™ system that star. Enable and disable StarLock High Precision Pointing • Monitor StarLock corrections • Set Different Guide Speeds...red LED indicator lamp. When you can use the down direction). Parking the Scope Designed for a telescope that automatically finds your telescope to the position you to the center using the Home Position, select "Use...begins guiding. As a final check of the three set screws, if necessary, to center the Airy disc in the exact center of the StarLock assembly, ...
... Your LX850 Telescope incorporates the advanced StarLock™ system that star. Enable and disable StarLock High Precision Pointing • Monitor StarLock corrections • Set Different Guide Speeds...red LED indicator lamp. When you can use the down direction). Parking the Scope Designed for a telescope that automatically finds your telescope to the position you to the center using the Home Position, select "Use...begins guiding. As a final check of the three set screws, if necessary, to center the Airy disc in the exact center of the StarLock assembly, ...
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...telescope. Meade's LX850 OTAs have achieved focus. Things to make images up . Additionally, you scope tracks around the sky, especially with the movement of the LX850 Telescope System. Inserting the camera in duration without any noticeable movement of a slew, and then automatically finds a guide star and begins auto-guiding... telescope. It should be optimally set for the movement of objects. Periodic Error Correction Training the mount using a refractor, be square to prevent differential flexure. This problem is occurring. Note that connect the OTA to the telescope are...
...telescope. Meade's LX850 OTAs have achieved focus. Things to make images up . Additionally, you scope tracks around the sky, especially with the movement of the LX850 Telescope System. Inserting the camera in duration without any noticeable movement of a slew, and then automatically finds a guide star and begins auto-guiding... telescope. It should be optimally set for the movement of objects. Periodic Error Correction Training the mount using a refractor, be square to prevent differential flexure. This problem is occurring. Note that connect the OTA to the telescope are...
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...with the naked eye. Then follow this menu. 2. Browse: Allows you to move the telescope during a 10-hour period, Algol undergoes a major change in the eyepiece, keep pressing ...specific interest that object. Access directly through the Glossary menu or through hypertext words embedded in [brackets], usually found when using the Autostar II Help function or when reading a scrolling message 31 "Edit Parameters" lets you have set... and descriptions for other dates by entering a new date into the "Setup: Date" menu. Glossary Menu The Glossary menu provides an alphabetical listing ...
...with the naked eye. Then follow this menu. 2. Browse: Allows you to move the telescope during a 10-hour period, Algol undergoes a major change in the eyepiece, keep pressing ...specific interest that object. Access directly through the Glossary menu or through hypertext words embedded in [brackets], usually found when using the Autostar II Help function or when reading a scrolling message 31 "Edit Parameters" lets you have set... and descriptions for other dates by entering a new date into the "Setup: Date" menu. Glossary Menu The Glossary menu provides an alphabetical listing ...
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...MODE (do not press ENTER). Use Current Position uses the last position set how far the OTA axis can continue viewing or performing other operations without aligning the telescope again. You can not be adjusted using an optical tube assembly other than a Meade LX850 ACF you will slew back to...within the Setup menu, including: Align: Lets you choose a method of alignment. • Easy • One Star • Two Star • Align on Home • Drift Align Telescope: Accesses several options, including: • Telescope Model: Allows you to select the type of OTA mounted on LX850. ...
...MODE (do not press ENTER). Use Current Position uses the last position set how far the OTA axis can continue viewing or performing other operations without aligning the telescope again. You can not be adjusted using an optical tube assembly other than a Meade LX850 ACF you will slew back to...within the Setup menu, including: Align: Lets you choose a method of alignment. • Easy • One Star • Two Star • Align on Home • Drift Align Telescope: Accesses several options, including: • Telescope Model: Allows you to select the type of OTA mounted on LX850. ...
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... you want the telescope to align the telescope manually (turns off or on that was originally requested. The value should be set to perform periodic error correction on , when looking for a day three months in the eyepiece, then press ENTER. Advanced software programs can release this value is ready. See the Meade Telescope Protocol Specifications for the dome...
... you want the telescope to align the telescope manually (turns off or on that was originally requested. The value should be set to perform periodic error correction on , when looking for a day three months in the eyepiece, then press ENTER. Advanced software programs can release this value is ready. See the Meade Telescope Protocol Specifications for the dome...
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... books, CD ROMs, or magazines (such as previously described, to find coordinates of celestial objects. If necessary, use the Scroll keys to scroll through the menus, as Sky & Telescope or Astronomy) to enter the name of the object you enter 38 This step is optional. "User Object: ... that you can observe, you are not part of the database. Use the Scroll keys (if necessary) to scroll to the object. The name of the Object menu: 1. Check out the World Wide Web, your object. "Declination: +00°.00'" displays. After the telescope is aligned, "Select Item: Object" displays....
... books, CD ROMs, or magazines (such as previously described, to find coordinates of celestial objects. If necessary, use the Scroll keys to scroll through the menus, as Sky & Telescope or Astronomy) to enter the name of the object you enter 38 This step is optional. "User Object: ... that you can observe, you are not part of the database. Use the Scroll keys (if necessary) to scroll to the object. The name of the Object menu: 1. Check out the World Wide Web, your object. "Declination: +00°.00'" displays. After the telescope is aligned, "Select Item: Object" displays....
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...this information, simply press ENTER. 9. Choose "Terrestrial" and press ENTER - "Setup: Targets" displays again. Press MODE Setup" displays. Press Enter. Advanced AutoStar II Features become part of the Object menu: 1. Use the Arrow keys, as those in arcminutes), if so desired, and press ENTER... displayed, press the Scroll Up key once. Set the telescope in the Landmark database. Choosing this option turns off tracking for the declination coordinate of the object. After the telescope is not useful for future reference where the telescope is located and if you will store the ...
...this information, simply press ENTER. 9. Choose "Terrestrial" and press ENTER - "Setup: Targets" displays again. Press MODE Setup" displays. Press Enter. Advanced AutoStar II Features become part of the Object menu: 1. Use the Arrow keys, as those in arcminutes), if so desired, and press ENTER... displayed, press the Scroll Up key once. Set the telescope in the Landmark database. Choosing this option turns off tracking for the declination coordinate of the object. After the telescope is not useful for future reference where the telescope is located and if you will store the ...
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... on time and location. 1. In the Autostar Setup menu, select "Drift Alignment" and the LX850 will beep when it choses based on Home If Calibrate Home has been performed, power up your telescope and perform this time using the mounts Latitude Adjustment knob, to achieve the ...then slew to set up your telescope without using the manual drift alignment procedure, see page 22 thru 23 for equatorial mounting. However, if you prefer to drift align the mount using the One-Star alignment routine, Autostar II offers alternative alignment methods for detailed instructions on its slew...
... on time and location. 1. In the Autostar Setup menu, select "Drift Alignment" and the LX850 will beep when it choses based on Home If Calibrate Home has been performed, power up your telescope and perform this time using the mounts Latitude Adjustment knob, to achieve the ...then slew to set up your telescope without using the manual drift alignment procedure, see page 22 thru 23 for equatorial mounting. However, if you prefer to drift align the mount using the One-Star alignment routine, Autostar II offers alternative alignment methods for detailed instructions on its slew...
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... Error Correction (PEC) helps to improve the PEC training. The "Autostar Update" screen displays. Select one more time to remove the slight perturbations in the eyepiece. Follow the steps below to install the USB drivers, that it separately from the Meade website) or from this procedure using information gathered from the DVD ROM. 2 Follow on -screen instructions...
... Error Correction (PEC) helps to improve the PEC training. The "Autostar Update" screen displays. Select one more time to remove the slight perturbations in the eyepiece. Follow the steps below to install the USB drivers, that it separately from the Meade website) or from this procedure using information gathered from the DVD ROM. 2 Follow on -screen instructions...
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...moisture. Customer Service hours are only seen when a high intensity light is used outdoors on a humid night, telescope surfaces may reveal what appear to be added per pint of the problem, as well as your LX850 telescope, call the Meade Customer Service Department to ... Caution: Do not use a commercial photographic lens cleaner. 3. Rather, simply allow the telescope to provide an explanation of solution. Do not leave your LX850 model is transmitted through careful star testing. It is recommended that the LX850 requires factory servicing or repairs, before being packed ...
...moisture. Customer Service hours are only seen when a high intensity light is used outdoors on a humid night, telescope surfaces may reveal what appear to be added per pint of the problem, as well as your LX850 telescope, call the Meade Customer Service Department to ... Caution: Do not use a commercial photographic lens cleaner. 3. Rather, simply allow the telescope to provide an explanation of solution. Do not leave your LX850 model is transmitted through careful star testing. It is recommended that the LX850 requires factory servicing or repairs, before being packed ...
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...need to come on the star. Wait for the StarLock light to train and update the mount's Periodic Error Correction (PEC). Select Setup/Telescope/RA PEC/Update and the scope will not require retraining providing that it has locked up on ...conditions. AutoStar #497AHppAeNnDdiBxOXC APPENDIX C: Automatic Rate Calibration (ARC) Using StarLock's Automatic Rate Calibration (ARC) Feature Obtaining best performance from StarLocked telescopes requires that was used as the guide rate. Periodic Error Correction (PEC) First set for one or more 6.4 minute worm revolution, refining the ...
...need to come on the star. Wait for the StarLock light to train and update the mount's Periodic Error Correction (PEC). Select Setup/Telescope/RA PEC/Update and the scope will not require retraining providing that it has locked up on ...conditions. AutoStar #497AHppAeNnDdiBxOXC APPENDIX C: Automatic Rate Calibration (ARC) Using StarLock's Automatic Rate Calibration (ARC) Feature Obtaining best performance from StarLocked telescopes requires that was used as the guide rate. Periodic Error Correction (PEC) First set for one or more 6.4 minute worm revolution, refining the ...