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Instruction Manual
LX850™ German Equatorial Mount T
elescope System
With StarLock™
2
Table of Contents
Default Chapter
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Table of Contents
4
Introduction
5
The LX850 Telescope
5
Telescope Features
6
Faster, Sharper Optical System
6
Precision Machined German Equatorial Mount
6
Starlock - Full-Time Automatic Guiding
6
Key Features Figure 1: Right View
7
Figure 6A: Telescope Control Panel
10
LX850 Key Features
11
Assembly
13
Assembly Tools
13
Tripod Assembly
13
Attach Mount Assembly to Tripod
14
Attach Counterweight Shaft
15
Attach Counterweights
15
Routing Connector Cables
15
Removing the Saddle
16
Starlock Cable
16
Attach the Control Module
17
DEC and RA Connecting Cables
17
Attach the Optical Tube Assembly (OTA)
17
Attach Diagonal and Eyepiece
18
Attach Starlock Assembly
18
Mount Additional Accessories and Equipment
19
Balancing the Telescope
19
Balancing Starlock
20
Getting Started
21
Focusing the Telescope
21
Slew Speeds
22
Aligning for the First Time
22
Finding True North/Alignment on Polaris
22
One Star Alignment
23
Syncing Your Eyepiece/Camera Using Starlock
23
Test Your Collimation
24
Collimation of the Optical System: ACF Models
24
Calibrate Home
25
Starlock Operation
25
Starlock Automatic Rate Calibration (ARC)
26
Autostar II Operation
27
Autostar Navigation Exercise
28
Autostar II Menu Tree
29
Navigating Autostar II
30
Object Menu
30
Event Menu
31
Glossary Menu
31
Utilities Menu
32
Setup Menu
33
Hot Button" Menu
35
Starlock Periodic Error Correction
36
Advanced Autostar II Features
37
Adding Observing Sites
37
Creating User Objects
37
Using Autostar to Find Objects Not in Database
38
To GO to a User-Entered Object
39
Landmarks
39
Identify
40
Browse
41
Alternate Polar Alignments
42
Two-Star Polar Alignment
42
Easy Polar Alignment
42
One-Star Polar Alignment
42
Align on Home
42
How to Drift Align LX850
42
Of Autostar II Software
43
Starlock Assisted PEC Training
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
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49
Appendix A: Manual Drift Alignment
49
Appendix B: Starlock Utility
50
Appendix C
53
Appendix C: Automatic Rate Calibration (ARC)
53
Appendix D: Latitude Chart
54
Appendix E
55
Appendix E: Advanced Coma-Free Optical System
55
Appendix F: Initial Set-Up Guide
56
Recycling: How to Recycle
58
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Meade LX850 Specifications
General
Mount Type
German Equatorial
GoTo Capability
Yes
Autoguider Port
Yes
Computerized
Yes
GoTo System
Yes
GPS
Yes
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