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User manual for Meade LX850 Telescope System with German Equatorial 1008-85-01
- Manufacturer: Meade
- Basic description and contents of package
- Product classification: Optics - Telescopes - Catadioptrics (Cassegrain)
- Safety instructions
- Startup and operation of the catadioptrics (cassegrain)
- Tips for setting up your Meade
- Settings and expert assistance
- Contact Meade service
- Troubleshooting
- Warranty information
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User manual for the Meade LX850 Telescope System with German Equatorial 1008-85-01
The user manual for the Meade LX850 Telescope System with German Equatorial 1008-85-01 provides
necessary instructions for the proper use of the product Optics - Telescopes - Catadioptrics (Cassegrain).
The LX850 Telescope System with German Equatorial Mount and StarLock from Meade Instruments consists of a 10” f/8 Advanced Coma-Free (ACF) Optical Tube Assembly (OTA), Starlock Dual Imager Full-Time Autoguider, AutoStar II GoTo System, a German Equatorial Mount, and a heavy-duty tripod.
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| Optical Design | Advanced coma-free | | Clear Aperture | 10" | | Focal Length | 2,032 mm | | Focal Ratio | f/8 | | Optical Coatings | UHTC | | Resolving Power | Dawes limit: 0.46 arcseconds | | Secondary Mirror Obstruction | 20.95% | | Viewfinder | 8 x 50 mm refractor with cross-hairs | | Eyepiece | HD-60: 25 mm long eye-relief eyepiece | | Diagonal | Series 5000, 2.0" (50.8 mm) with enhanced 99% reflectivity | | Focus System | Internal Crayford-style, zero image-shift primary mirror focus with dual speed and 7:1 control | | Mounting | OTA: Losmandy-style mounting plate | | Optical Tube | Aluminum | | Weight | 33 lb (15 kg) | | Mount Type | German Equatorial | | Gear | Main
RA & DEC: 5.80" (14.73 cm) undercut 225 tooth aluminum | | Gear | Worm
RA & DEC: 0.68" (1.72 cm) diameter precision machined brass | | Shaft Diameter | Counterweight: 1.75" (4.44 cm) | | Shaft Length | Counterweight: 12.00" (30.48 cm) long threaded stainless steel | | Counterweight | 2 x 26.0 lb (11.8 kg) | | Weight | Counterweight shaft and cap: 12.50 lb (5.66 kg) | | Tracking Distance Past Meridian | 20° | | Mounting System | OTA: Losmandy-style dovetail | | Payload Capacity | 90.0 lb (40.8 kg) | | Latitude Range | 10 to 70° | | Tripod | Giant folding adjustable height tripod with 3.00" (7.62 cm) diameter aluminum legs Height from 29.00 to 45.00" (73.66 to 114.30 cm) | | Control Panel | 12 VDC in, 12 VDC out, Power, Focuser, Reticle, Handbox port, 1 computer connection port (RS232), 1 StarLock port, 1 Aux guide port | | GoTo System | AutoStar II | | Onboard Celestial Object Database | Over 1,44,000 objects
Catalogs Included: Index (5,386); NGC (7,840); Partial Caldwell (109); Messier (110); Earth orbiting satellites (26); Planets (9); Uppsala galaxy (12,940); Morphological catalog of galaxies (12,939); General catalog of variable stars (29,364); SAO and Hipparcos star (42,277); Draper star (21,160); Yale bright star (8,977); Large Bright Quasars Survey (LBQS) (1,055); Named objects (4,313); Herschel (400); Abell catalog of galaxy clusters (2,712); Arp catalog of peculiar galaxies (635); Lunar features (1,754); Asteroids and comets (120); Constellations (88); Solar/Lunar eclipses, Meteor showers (492) | | Hand Controller | Double line, 16-character LCD; 20 backlit LED buttons | | Sensors | Home Sensors: Both RA and DEC axes | | Slew Speed | 3°/second | | Tracking Rates | 0.01 to 1x, 2x, 8x, 16x, 1/4°, 1/2°, 1°, 3° | | Tracking Modes | EQ North and South | | Alignment | Procedure: 2-Star Align, 1 Star Polar Align, StarLock assisted drift align, Easy Alignment and Align on Home | | Camera | Wide-field: 25 x 26 mm f/1.04 optic with 0.5" format sensor gives field of 14.72 x 11.78° | | Camera | Narrow-field: 80 x 400 mm f/5 optic with 0.5" format sensor gives field of 57.2 x 45.8 arcminutes (2.68 arcseconds/pixel) | | High Precision Pointing | ±1 arcminute | | High Precision Guiding | ±1 arcsecond (with good seeing; 1 to 4 second correction update rate depending on star magnitude; faintest guide star 11th magnitude | | Power Supply | 12 VDC, 5A using supplied Meade Universal Power Supply | | Weight | Starlock: 2.9 lb (1.3 kg) | | Weight | Mount Body: 60.0 lb (27.2 kg) | | Tripod Weight | 36.0 lb (16.3 kg) | | Package Weight | 340.0 lb | | Box Dimensions (LxWxH) | 54.5 x 42.5 x 39.5" | |
The user manual for the Meade LX850 Telescope System with German Equatorial 1008-85-01 can be downloaded in .pdf
format if it did not come with your new catadioptrics (cassegrain), although the seller is
required to supply one. It is also quite common that customers throw out
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The user manual lists all of the functions of the Meade LX850 Telescope System with German Equatorial 1008-85-01,
all the basic and advanced features and tells you how to use the catadioptrics (cassegrain).
The manual also provides troubleshooting for common problems. Even greater
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but which can often be downloaded from Meade service.
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