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Fig. 2: The Autostar II Handbox.
Tour the Cosmos with Just the Push of a Button
Control of the
LX200GPS
telescope models is through the operation of the standard
Autostar II system. Nearly all functions of the telescope are accomplished with just a
few pushes of Autostar II’s buttons.
Because the Autostar II system uses flash (rewritable) memory, your system will be
able to grow when new features and enhancements become available. Download the
latest satellite data, star and object catalogs, tours, serial commands list, and soft-
ware revisions, directly from the Meade website (www.meade.com). (Requires the
optional
LX200
Interface Cable. See
OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES
, page 43.)
Some of the major features of the Autostar II system are:
■
Automatically move the telescope to any of the more than 145,000 objects stored
in the object library, including:
Library
# of Objects
New General Catalog (NGC):
7,840
Index Catalog (IC):
5,386
Messier Catalog (M):
110
Caldwell Catalog:
109
Named Objects:
227
Herschel Catalog:
400
Abell Catalog of Galaxy Clusters:
2,712
Arp Catalog of Irregular Galaxies:
645
Uppsala Galaxy Catalog:
12,940
Morphological Catalog of Galaxies:
12,939
General Catalog of Variable Stars:
28,484
SAO: 17,191
Hipparcos Star Catalog:
17,325
■
Take a guided tour of the best celestial objects to view on any given night of the year.
■
Control your
LX200GPS
with your PC using an RS232 interface.
■
Align your telescope automatically using GPS (Global Positioning System).
■
Access a glossary of astronomical terms.
■
Mount the telescope in the “Alt/Az” mode (altitude—azimuth, or vertical—hori-
zontal) for fully automatic tracking of celestial objects.
AUTOSTAR II FEATURES
Want to learn more about
downloading the latest
updates of Autostar II
software from the
Meade website? See
page 31.
