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Instruction Manual

LT ACF and LT SC Series Telescopes

with AutoStar #497 Hand Controller

Содержание LT ACF Series

Страница 1: ...Instruction Manual LT ACF and LT SC Series Telescopes with AutoStar 497 Hand Controller...

Страница 2: ...me taking care not to mix old and new ones or batteries of different types Clean the battery contacts and also those of the device prior to battery installation Ensure the batteries are installed corr...

Страница 3: ...S 6 304 376 US 6 369 942 US 6 392 799 2009 Meade Instruments Corp CONTENTS Introduction A solid telescope built for a lifetime of service 4 Getting Started Assembling the and Using the LT Telescope As...

Страница 4: ...mpetitors telescopes Advanced Coma Free takes all of the features of our SC models and then ups the ante ACF gives a flatter coma free field of view with pinpoint images all the way to the edge of the...

Страница 5: ...m bright nighttime lighting Bright lights will spoil your night vision and impede your ability to see the sky Assembling the Tripod 2 Remove the field tripod from the shipping carton Stand the tripod...

Страница 6: ...mpartment 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 explod...

Страница 7: ...rism and tighten the diagonal prism thumbscrew to a firm feel only Your Telescope is now Fully Assembled Now remove the dust cover from the front of the telescope tube Be careful not to touch the glas...

Страница 8: ...ly looking at it To help you point the telescope quickly and accurately for terrestrial targets or GO TO pointing the LT Series has a 1X Red Dot Viewfinder The Red Dot Finder will aid you in pointing...

Страница 9: ...lestial objects The home position for the LT Series is with the telescope optical tube level and pointed in the direction of True North See Figure 6 Once the telescope is fully assembled and outside u...

Страница 10: ...will be highlighted Enter the next digit Repeat this process until all 5 digits of your zip code are entered Press ENTER b If you chose the location option the next screen asks for the country or sta...

Страница 11: ...yepiece field Press ENTER If that area of the sky is obscured by an object you can prompt AutoStar to chose an alternate star by pressing either one of the two Scroll Keys Repeat procedure for the sec...

Страница 12: ...it finds Saturn You may need to use the Arrow keys to center Saturn precisely in the eyepiece AutoStar then automatically moves the telescope so that it tracks Saturn or whatever other object you may...

Страница 13: ...ed Dot Finder Red Dot Finder Alignment Screws Handbox Storage Cradle AutoStar Suite Software Disc 1 Diagonal Eyepiece Holder 2 Diagonal Prism 3 1 25 Eyepiece Holder 4 Eyepiece Holder Thumb Screw 5 Eye...

Страница 14: ...ies Front Figure 4 LT Series Computer Control Panel 7 9 6 6 Diagonal Thumbscrew 7 Optical Tube Assembly OTA 9 Focus Knob Computer Control Panel A Handbox HBX Port B LED C ON OFF Switch D Auxiliary AUX...

Страница 15: ...F Switch Turns the Computer Control Panel and AutoStar ON or OFF D Auxiliary AUX Port 2 Provides connection for Meade accessories See OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES page 16 E 12v Power Connector Provides connec...

Страница 16: ...per Pl ssl 26mm or longer focal length When the object is located and centered in the eyepiece you may wish to switch to a higher power eyepiece to enlarge the image as much as practical for prevailin...

Страница 17: ...ere is even a 2x 2 inch Telextender for the large 2 inch eyepieces NOTE 2 inch eyepieces require the optional Series 5000 2 Enhanced Diagonal with 99 Reflectivity product number 07677 and the SC Threa...

Страница 18: ...llows you to plug into a standard automobile 12v DC power socket It comes with a 25 foot cord so you can setup far from the car Imagers and Accessories Camera Adapters Off Axis Guiders Focal Reducers...

Страница 19: ...uided tour of the best celestial objects to view on any given night of the year Download the latest satellite data and software revisions directly from the Meade website www meade com and share softwa...

Страница 20: ...the following information Right Ascension and Declination astronomical coordinates Altitude vertical and Azimuth horizontal coordinates Date Site coordinates Local Time and Local Sidereal Time LST Ti...

Страница 21: ...ally an on screen instruction manual If you have a question about an AutoStar operation e g INITIALIZATION ALIGNMENT etc hold down the key and follow the directions that scroll on the second line of t...

Страница 22: ...If the image is fuzzy or ill defined reduce to a lower power eyepiece where the heat waves do not have such an effect on image quality Observing in early morning hours before the ground has built up i...

Страница 23: ...MODE again to return to the starting point of Select Item Object It is important to understand that menu selections are set in a loop Fig 10 This means that pressing the Scroll Down key Pg 19 Fig 5 7...

Страница 24: ...list of stars in the constellation from brightest to dimmest Deep Sky is a database of objects outside our Solar System such as nebulae star clusters galaxies and quasars grouped in various catalogs l...

Страница 25: ...nox Winter Solstice Summer Solstice Tour Objects A Accretion Disk Etc B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Timer Set Start Stop Alarm Set On Off Eyepiece Calc Field of View Magnification...

Страница 26: ...the telescope during the Identify procedure Do not move the telescope manually or the alignment will be lost 1 When a desired object is visible in the eyepiece keep pressing MODE until the Select Item...

Страница 27: ...ss to several extra features within AutoStar including a countdown timer and an alarm The Utilities functions include Timer selects a countdown timer This feature is useful for functions such as astro...

Страница 28: ...AM and PM options Daylight Saving is used to enable or disable Daylight Savings time Note Daylight Savings Time may be referred to by different names in various areas of the world Check local time to...

Страница 29: ...ight Arrow keys i e the Right key moves the telescope to the left Reverse UP DOWN reverses the functions of the Up and Down Arrow keys i e the Up key moves the telescope down Quiet Slew sets the maxim...

Страница 30: ...andbox Software Sends only the basic AutoStar software This is useful if one user has downloaded a new version ofAutoStar software from the Meade website www meade com and wants to pass this software...

Страница 31: ...to know the latitude and longitude of your location to perform this procedure This information is available on most maps 1 Using the Add option choose a site on the list that is closest to your observ...

Страница 32: ...displays Press the Scroll Down key once User Object Add displays Press ENTER 5 Name displays on the top line and a blinking cursor on the second line Use the Arrow keys as previously described to ente...

Страница 33: ...mode the user must press ENTER 4 Calculating and then Tracking displays If the satellite is going to make a pass Located displays 5 Use the Scroll keys to display data about the pass aos acquisition o...

Страница 34: ...specify objects that are already in the AutoStar database If these commands follow the command AUTO SELECT the object s title displays on line 1 and its description scrolls across line 2 Do not add a...

Страница 35: ...ter CONSTELLATION followed by the name of the desired constellation in quotes For example CONSTELLATION Leo Major NGC xxxx Enter NGC followed by the desired New General Catalog number and AutoStar pro...

Страница 36: ...globular clusters visible at this time PICK END AUTO SLEW ON AUTO SLEW OFF With AUTO SLEW ON enabled in the tour AutoStar automatically slews the telescope to objects first before displaying the text...

Страница 37: ...eyepiece Press Enter The object is now stored in memory 9 Landmark Add displays If you wish to add more landmarks repeat steps 5 through 7 To Select a landmark from the database 1 Make sure the teles...

Страница 38: ...database during the Alt Az alignment procedure Autostar offers two methods described below Two Star Alt Az Alignment Two Star Alignment requires some knowledge of the night sky AutoStar provides a dat...

Страница 39: ...the list that you wish to align upon Select a star that you can easily locate in the night sky Press ENTER 12 The telescope slews to the star Use the Arrow keys to move the telescope until the star i...

Страница 40: ...cope and how close to North the telescope is pointed when setting the Home Position Pg 9 Fig 6 Because the other methods use two stars to align upon they are more precise than One Star Alignment Brows...

Страница 41: ...ned to yield a lifetime of rewarding viewing Given the care and respect due any precision instrument the LT Series will rarely if ever require factory servicing Maintenance guidelines include 1 Avoid...

Страница 42: ...central dot commonly referred to as an Airy disc with a diffraction ring surrounding it To give a final precision collimation make extremely slight adjustments of the three set screws if necessary to...

Страница 43: ...on If the object remains stationary in the field of view your telescope is operating properly If not check to ensure that Astronomical is selected in the Targets option of the setup menu Updating Your...

Страница 44: ...r using the Down Arrow key Multiple presses ENTER Select Item Object Select Item Setup Setup Align Setup Telescope 3 4 6 ENTER Press the scroll up key once Access the Setup menu Multiple presses Acces...

Страница 45: ...lescope wasnotmerely a machine made of glass and metal but something far more a window through which the beating heart of the universe might be observed Objects in Space Listed below are some of the m...

Страница 46: ...he believed that Saturn had ears Saturn s rings are composed of billions of ice particles ranging in size from a speck of dust to the size of a house The major division in Saturn s rings called the Ca...

Страница 47: ...6 Limiting Visual Stellar Magnitude 13 Viewfinder Red Dot Mount Mount Type Aluminum Single Arm Fork Altazimuth Drives 4 875 inch Precision Worm Drive Power 8 C Cell Batteries or AC Adapter Tripod New...

Страница 48: ...s 0 56 Limiting Visual Stellar Magnitude 14 Viewfinder Red Dot Mount Mount Type Aluminum Single Arm Fork Altazimuth Drives 4 875 inch Precision Worm Drive Power 8 C Cell Batteries or AC Adapter Tripod...

Страница 49: ...ontrast These field stops effectively block off axis stray light rays In the Schmidt Cassegrain design of the Meade LT light enters from the right passes through a thin lens with 2 sided aspheric corr...

Страница 50: ...THE REPORT NO 5209 251 0926 ISSUED ON SEPTEMBER 16 2009 THIS DEVICE COMPLIES WITH PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES OPERATION IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TWO CONDITIONS 1 THIS DEVICE MAY NOT CAUSE HARMFUL INT...

Страница 51: ...t or human health from uncontrolled waste disposal please separate this from other types of wastes and recycle it as required by law Household users should contact either the retailer where they purch...

Страница 52: ...urned to you In the case of defects which occur after the end of the warranty period the devices can also be returned However repairs which become necessary after the end of the warranty period will b...

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