Meade-instruments LXD 75-Series User Manual download pdf (Page 3)

Telescope Features ...................................................... 4

Autostar Features .......................................................... 9

Getting Started ..............................................................11

Unpacking and Assembly..........................................11

How to Assemble Your Telescope ............................11

Balancing the Telescope ..........................................13

Aligning the Viewfinder..............................................14

Choosing an Eyepiece..............................................14

Observing By Moving the Telescope Manually ........15

Activate the Arrow Keys ............................................16

Slew Speeds ............................................................16

Observe the Moon ....................................................17

Tracking Objects ......................................................17

Setting the Polar Home Position ........................17

Observe a Star Using Automatic Tracking ..........18

Using Autostar's GO TO Capabilities ..................18

Moving Through Autostar’s Menus......................19

Initializing Autostar ..............................................19

Training the Drive ................................................20

Easy Alignment ........................................................21

Go To Saturn ............................................................21

Using the Guided Tour ..............................................22

Basic Autostar Operation................................................23

Autostar Navigation Exercise....................................23

Entering Data into Autostar ......................................24

Navigating Autostar ..................................................24

Autostar's Menus............................................................25

Object Menu..............................................................26

Event Menu ..............................................................27

Glossary Menu..........................................................27

Utilities Menu ............................................................27

Setup Menu ..............................................................28

Useful Autostar Features................................................32

Adding Observing Sites ............................................32

Using Autostar to Find Objects Not in the Libraries....33

Observing Satellites ..................................................34

Landmarks ................................................................34

To Check on Available Memory ................................35

Photography ..................................................................36

Optional Accessories......................................................37

Maintenance and Collimation ........................................40

Specifications ................................................................46

Appendix A: Celestial Coordinates ................................50

Locating the Celestial Pole..................................51

One- And Two-Star Polar Alignment....................51

Appendix B: Enhancing Pointing Precision ....................52

The Polar Alignment Viewfinder ..........................52

Three-Star Alignment Method #1 ........................52

Axis Alignment Method #2 ..................................53

Axis Alignment Method #3 ..................................55

Smart Drive Training (PEC) Method #4 ..............56

Appendix C: Latitude Chart ............................................57

Appendix D: EC Handbox ..............................................58

Appendix E: Mounting the Model SC-8 Optical Tube ....62

Appendix F: Basic Astronomy ........................................63

CONTENTS

WARNING!

Never use a Meade

LXD75™-Series

Telescope to look at the Sun! Looking at or

near the Sun will cause instant and irre-

versible damage to your eye. Eye damage is

often painless, so there is no warning to the

observer that damage has occurred until it is

too late. Do not point the telescope or its

viewfinder at or near the Sun. Do not look

through the telescope or its viewfinder as it is

moving.

Children should always have adult

supervision while observing.

CAUTION: Use care to install batteries in

the orientation indicated by the illustration in

the battery slots of the battery holder. Follow

battery manufacturer's precautions. Do not

install batteries backwards or mix new and

used batteries. Do not mix battery types. If

these precautions are not followed, batteries

may explode, catch fire, or leak. Improperly

installed batteries void your Meade warranty.

® The name "Meade," "Autostar" and the Meade logo are

trademarks registered with the U.S. Patent Office and in

principal countries throughout the world. "LXD75,"

"Autostar Suite," and “LPI” are trademarks of Meade

Instruments Corporation.

Patents:

US 6,304,376

US 6,392,799

US 6,563,636

D 422,610

Patent Pending

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