Meade LX90 Manuel d'instructions

Instruction Manual8", 10", 12" LX90GPS Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescopes AutoStar®— GPS— SmartFinder™™

10Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near theSun. Do not look through the telesc

118. The SmartFinder’s red dot will now blink on for 10.2 seconds and turn off for 0.7 seconds,and then repeat the cycle until you change the values a

12Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near theSun. Do not look through the telesc

136.Place the entire telescope onto the top of the tripod head, and insert the threaded rod intothe central hole in the bottom of the drive base of th

14Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near theSun. Do not look through the telesc

15Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near theSun. Do not look through the telesc

16Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near theSun. Do not look through the telesc

172.Verify that AutoStar is properly connected to your telescope. See HOW TO ASSEMBLE YOURTELESCOPE,page 13.3. Flip the telescope power switch to the

18Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near theSun. Do not look through the telesc

19AutoStar also determines the positioning (i.e.,tilt and tip) of the optical tube.b.Finds North.Locates magnetic North, then calculates true North. S

WARNING!Never use a Meade®LX90™Telescope to look at the Sun!Looking at or near the Sun will causeinstant and irreversible damage toyour eye. Eye damag

20Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near theSun. Do not look through the telesc

21Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near theSun. Do not look through the telesc

Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near theSun. Do not look through the telescop

23Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near theSun. Do not look through the telesc

MENUS AND MENU OPTIONS24Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near theSun. Do not l

25Object MenuAlmost all observing with AutoStar is performed using the Object menu category. (NOTE:Exceptions include Guided Tour and Landmark Survey.

26Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near theSun. Do not look through the telesc

27JSet: Enter the time of day for the alarm to sound, in hours, minutes, and seconds, then pressENTER.J Start/Stop: Activates the alarm set previously

28Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near theSun. Do not look through the telesc

29c. Custom:Allows entry of user-defined tracking rates.J Reverse L/R: Reverses the functions of the Left and Right Arrow keys (i.e., the Right keymov

Quick-Start Guide ... 4Telescope Features ...

30Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near theSun. Do not look through the telesc

31ADVANCED AUTOSTAR FEATURESAdding Observing SitesIf you plan to observe using AutoStar at different geographic locations, you can store up to sixobse

32Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near theSun. Do not look through the telesc

339.AutoStar then prompts you to enter the magnitude of the object. This step is also optional.Use the Number keys to enter this information, if so de

34Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near theSun. Do not look through the telesc

35Writing a TourUsing the list of commands listed above, a custom tour can be created. Placing the word AUTOSELECT before any of the command lines act

36Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near theSun. Do not look through the telesc

37AUTO SLEW ON / AUTO SLEW OFFWith AUTO SLEW ON enabled in the tour, AutoStar automatically slews the telescope toobjects first before displaying the

38Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near theSun. Do not look through the telesc

39Two-Star alt/az alignment procedures, you will (unlike the Automatic and Easy alignment pro-cedures) manually place the telescope in the home positi

4Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the tel-es

40Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near theSun. Do not look through the telesc

41Photography through the LX90 requires the addition of the optional #62 T–Adapter. See OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES, page 43. With the #62 T-Adapter and a T-

42Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near theSun. Do not look through the telesc

43OPTIONAL ACCESSORIESA wide assortment of professional Meade accessories is available for the LX90 telescope. Thepremium quality of these accessories

44Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near theSun. Do not look through the telesc

45MAINTENANCEThe LX90 is a precision optical instrument designed to yield a lifetime of rewarding applications.Given the care and respect due any prec

46Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near theSun. Do not look through the telesc

47Inspecting the OpticsA Note About the “Flashlight Test:" If a flashlight or other high-intensity light source is pointed down the main telescop

48Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near theSun. Do not look through the telesc

4912” LX90 SpecificationsOptical design ...Schmidt-CassegrainClear aperture ...

5RibBatteryHolderBatteryCompartment8. Tighten, to a firm feel only, the Dec and R.A. locks(X and X, Fig. 1). Remove the dust cover from theend of th

50Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near theSun. Do not look through the telesc

51Locating the Celestial PoleTo get basic bearings at an observing location,take note of where the Sun rises (East) and sets(West) each day. After the

52Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near theSun. Do not look through the telesc

53Begin polar aligning the telescope by locating Polaris. Finding Polaris is simple. Most peoplerecognize the “Big Dipper.” The Big Dipper has two sta

54Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near theSun. Do not look through the telesc

55NORTH AMERICACity State/Prov./Country LatitudeAlbuquerque New Mexico 35° NAnchorage Alaska 61° NAtlanta Georgia 34° NBoston Massachusetts 42° NCalga

56Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near theSun. Do not look through the telesc

57In the early 17th century Italian Scientist Galileo, using a crude telescope considerably smallerthan the LX90, turned it to look towards the sky in

58Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near theSun. Do not look through the telesc

Primary Baffle TubeField StopsPrimary MirrorRay (1) Ray (2) (2) (1) (2) (1) SecondaryMirrorCorrectingPlateSecondaryBaffle(2)(1)FocalPl

6Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through thetelesco

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7LX90: Your Personal Window to the UniverseThe Meade LX90 is an extremely versatile, high-resolution telescopes with features similar tothose availabl

8Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near theSun. Do not look through the telesco

9Fig. 2: The LX90 AutoStar Handbox.L1BDEHIJKCFGTour the Cosmos with Just the Push of a ButtonControl of the LX90 is through the operation of the stand