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12” LX90 Specifications
Optical design ............................................................Schmidt-Cassegrain
Clear aperture ............................................................12"
Focal length ................................................................3048mm
Focal ratio (photographic speed) ..............................f/10
Viewfinder....................................................................8 x 50 finder
SmartFinder ................................................................Red dot projected onto finder’s lens
Coatings ....................................................................Meade EMC Super Multi-Coatings
Mounting ....................................................................Cast-aluminum, double-tine forks
Gears ........................................................................4.9"-dia worm gears, both axes
Alignment ..................................................................Altazimuth or equatorial w/optional wedge
....................................................................................5 arc-minutes in GO TO mode
....................................................................................1x sidereal to 6.5°/sec in 9 increments
Tripod ..........................................................................Variable-height field tripod
Accessories ................................................................1.25" diagonal prism
....................................................................................Super Plössl 26mm eyepiece
16-channel GPS receiver
True-level electronic sensor
AutoStar Specifications
Processor
............................................................................
68HC11, 8MHz
Flash Memory ............................................................1MB, reloadable
Keypad ........................................................................20 key alphanumeric
Display ........................................................................2 line, 16 character LCD
Backlight......................................................................Red LED
Utility Light ..................................................................Yes
RS-232 ........................................................................Yes
Coil Cord ....................................................................24"
Database ....................................................................30,223 objects
AutoStar Dimensions
Length ........................................................................6.56" (16.6cm)
Width (LCD end) ........................................................3.19" (80cm)
Width (Connector end) ................................................2.25" (57cm)
Depth ..........................................................................0.81" (21cm)
AutoStar net weight ....................................................1.12 lbs (0.51kg
)
Looking 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 telescope as it is moving.
LX90 TIPS
Star Charts
Even with the AutoStar 30,000 object library, star charts and planispheres are
still useful for a variety of reasons. In particular, they are a great aid in plan-
ning a night of celestial viewing.
A wide variety of star charts are available in books, in magazines, on the inter-
net and on CD Roms. Meade offers Epoch 2000sk
™
and other star locator
software. Contact your Meade dealer or Meade's Customer Service depart-
ment for more information.
Astronomy and Sky and Telescope magazines print star charts each month
for up-to-the-minute maps of the heavens.
