Meade RCX400 Manuel d'utilisateur

MEADE’S 12” RCX400 TELESCOPECopyright (c) 2005 Cloudy Nights Telescope Reviews

This detail shows the massive tripod head and the leg level release leversThe carbon fiber tube (withMeade blue fibers!) isattractive. Note the manual

This photo is included just for scale (honest!).INITIAL CHECKOUT Fit and finish are great, just like the LX200GPS models I’ve owned. I see no cosmeti

South after ensuring that it was midway between the hard stops. Upon being told to doan automatic alignment, it did the usual “Meade Mambo”, checking

and to compare them directly with those I have taken using the same cameras and the12" Meade SCT. I’ll be able to check focuser range with binovi

INTRODUCTION Few (if any) new product introductions have created quite the stir that Meade’s RCXseries did. Of course, Meade went out of their way to

removed a 12” Meade SCT from the observatory, so I figured I’d have a pretty good feelfor comparing them visually. I had taken enough recent images th

SO WHAT DO YOU GET? The telescope box is much smaller than that in which the 12” LX200GPS is shipped.This means that Fedex Ground can be used to ship

Opening the box reveals the feet - just as with the GFTHere are the legs and tripod head ready for assembly (gee, that Styrofo

THE “EVERYTHING ELSE” BOXUnlike the LX200GPS scopes, the inner “beauty” box doesn’t slide into the outer boxBoth open the same way, so both top sectio

ACCESSORIESLet’s look in the accessory box first.In that box are: · the Autostar II controller (same as the one used with the LX200GPS) A · the finder

THE TELESCOPENow comes the moment of truth. This thing is heavy; at 91 pounds it’s about 15 poundsheavier than a 12” LX200GPS. My hope is that it’ll s

Those UHTC coatings really make the corrector disappear! Here’s the OTA rear, showing the connections available there. Copyright (c) 2005 Cloudy Night