Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto LX200 R del fabbricante Meade
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Instruction Manual 8", 10", 12", 14", 16" LX200 ® R Adv anced Ritche y-Chrétien T elescopes with GPS and A utoStar ® II Hand Controller (800) 626-3233 www .
W ARNING! Ne ver use a Meade ® LX200R ™ T elescope to look at the Sun! Looking at or near the Sun will cause instant and irreversible damage to your eye. Eye damage is often painless, so there is no warning to the observer that damage has occurred until it is too late.
Quick-Start Guide .......................................................... 4 T elescope Features ...................................................... 6 AutoStar ® II Features ...................................................... 9 Getting Started .
- 4 - Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. QUICK-ST ART GUIDE It is recommended that you attach the supplied tripod to the LX200R for observing.
- 5 - Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. 9. T ighten, to a firm feel only , the R.A. and Dec. locks. Remove the dust cover from the end of the telescope tube.
- 6 - Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this tele- scope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. TELESCOPE FEA TURES AutoStar II Hand Controller . See page 9. (not shown, on left fork arm) Fig.
- 7 - LX200R: YOUR PERSONAL WINDOW TO THE UNIVERSE The Meade LX200R models are extremely versatile, high-resolution telescopes. With pushbutton controls, precision GPS alignment, zero image-shift micr.
- 8 - Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your ey e. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving.
- 9 - Fig. 2: The AutoStar II Handbo x. AUTOST AR II FEA TURES Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your ey e. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun.
- 10 - Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this tele- scope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. The AutoStar II system provides control of virtually every telescope function.
- 11 - 5 SS : Press to display the Solar System library . 6 ST AR: Press to display the Star library . 7 RET (Reticle): Press to display the Reticle Control menu. 8 IC : Press to display the Index Catalog library . 9 NGC (New General Catalog): Press to display the NGC catalog library .
- 12 - Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. P ar ts Listing Getting the telescope ready for first observations requires only a few minutes.
- 13 - other hand, pull directly “up” on the central hub of the extension strut system. This operation will cause the tripod legs to move inward to a collapsed position. Notes Concerning the T ripod: If the tripod does not seem to extend or collapse easily , do not f orce the tripod legs in or out.
- 14 - Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. Note: The A utoStar II handbo x and the microf ocuser do not require batteries; the telescope supplies their power .
- 15 - Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this tele- scope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. Fig. 11: Viewfinder Assemb ly . Collimation Screws Mounting Slot Viewfinder Eyepiece T rack Fig.
- 16 - Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. Important Note: Objects appear upside- down and re versed left-f or- right when obser ved in the viewfinder .
- 17 - 9. Bring the object into focus (see below). Focusing the Eyepiece Using the Micr ofocuser The LX200R zero image-shift microfocuser ( 24, Fig. 1 ) allows you to obtain the most pre- cise image f.
- 18 - Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your ey e. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving.
- 19 - Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your ey e. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving.
- 20 - Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your ey e. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. 6. The telescope now slews to the second alignment star . AutoStar displays “Center Brightest Star: Press ENTER” displays.
- 21 - 5. Press MODE to return to the T our list. Press the Scroll keys to scroll through the list. Press ENTER when you find the next object you wish to observe. 6. Press and hold down MODE for two seconds to leave the Guided T our menu. Other Guided T ours are available, such as "How Far is Far" and "A Star's Life.
- 22 - Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this tele- scope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. It is important to understand that menu selections are set in a loop ( Fig.
- 23 - 4. Press the Scroll Down key once to display the "Sunset" option in the Event menu. 5. Press the ENTER key to choose the "Sunset" option and move down another level. 6. AutoStar II calculates the Sunset time based on the current date, time, and loca- tion.
- 24 - Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this tele- scope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. Sunrise Sun T ransit Sunset Moonrise Moon T ransit Moonset Moon Phases Next Full Moon Next Ne w Moon Next 1st Qtr Next 3rd Qtr Meteor Showers Quadrantids Lyrids Etc.
- 25 - Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. Object Menu Almost all observing with AutoStar II is performed using the Object menu category .
- 26 - Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this tele- scope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. Identify: An exciting feature for an observer who wants to scan the night sky and start exploring.
- 27 - Glossary Menu The Glossary menu provides an alphabetical listing of definitions and descriptions for common astronomical terms and AutoStar II functions. Access directly through the Glossary menu or through hypertext words embedded in AutoStar II.
- 28 - Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this tele- scope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. Sleep Scope: A power saving option that shuts down AutoStar II and the telescope without forgetting its alignment.
- 29 - (Note that it does not prevent you from performing a manual slew past this limit.) This is useful when you have a camera or other peripheral attached to the tele- scope—you can prevent it from striking the telescope base. 90 (straight up) is the maximum value that can be entered.
- 30 - Rever se U/D: Reverses the functions of the Up and Down Arrow keys for con- trolling the telescope's motion ( i.e. , the Up key moves the telescope down ). Home Sensors: T urns off or on the T rue North and T rue Level sensors, if pre- ferred, for Easy , One-Star , and T wo-Star alignment.
- 31 - All: Everything—user-defined information and AutoStar II software—is sent to another AutoStar II. Download: T ransfers information from a personal computer or another AutoStar II. During the operation, the warning “Downloading Do Not T urn Off” appears.
- 32 - Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving.
- 33 - 1 1. Press MODE. "Site: Edit" displays. 12. Using the Arrow keys, scroll to "Site: Select." The site you have just edited dis- plays. Press ENTER to select the site. Creating User Objects In this procedure, you will enter coordinates of celestial objects that do not appear in any of the AutoStar II libraries.
- 34 - Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this tele- scope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. Observing Satellites In this procedure, you will prepare your telescope to observe a satellite pass.
- 35 - those in the Landmark database. Be sure to change this option back to "Astronomical" when you wish to view celestial objects again. 3. Press MODE once. "Select Item: Setup" displays. 4. Press the Scroll Down key once and "Select Item: Object" displays.
- 36 - Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your ey e. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving.
Alternate Alt/Az Alignments If you would rather set up your telescope without using automatic alignment, AutoStar II offers alternative alignment methods for both alt/az and equatorial mounting.
- 38 - Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this tele- scope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. Note: AutoStar II locates align- ment stars based on the date, time, and location entered.
- 39 - P eriodic Error Correction If you wish to perform high-precision astrophotography , you may wish to "train" your telescope in order to keep objects that you are imaging dead center in the telescope's mirror during the photographic exposure.
- 40 - Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your ey e. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. 2 Fig. 21: LX200R with #62 T -Adapter: (1) camera adapter , (2) T - mount, (3) camera body .
- 41 - Photography with a Digital Camera Although digital cameras still cannot match the quality of images provided by tradi- tional 35mm cameras, they provide some significant advantages to the casual astrophotographer: Y ou do not have to develop the images (instant images), lower costs, computer and internet readiness.
- 42 - Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this tele- scope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. • Magic Eye software-assisted focusing. • Automatic and manual exposure control from .
- 43 - OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES A wide assortment of professional Meade accessories is available for the LX200R tel- escope models. The premium quality of these accessories is well-suited to the quali- ty of the instrument itself. Consult the Meade General Catalog for complete details on these and other accessories.
- 44 - Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this tele- scope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving.
- 45 - Fig. 32: Illuminated Reticle Ey epiece. Piggybac k Brackets: Piggyback photography is one of the most popular and easiest ways to get started in astrophotography .
- 46 - Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your ey e. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. MAINTENANCE LX200R telescopes are precision optical instruments designed to yield a lifetime of rewarding applications.
With the star or hot spot centered, de-focus the image. Y ou will notice that the out of focus star image looks like a ring of light surrounding a dark central spot; the dark cen- tral spot is in fact the shadow of the secondary mirror . T urn the focus knob until the ring of light fills about 10% of the eyepiece field-diameter .
- 48 - Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this tele- scope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. i. As a final check of alignment, examine the star image in focus with the higher power eyepiece as suggested (j), under good viewing conditions.
- 49 - 8" f/10 LX200R Specifications Optical design ..............................................Advanced Ritchey-Chrétien telescope Clear aperture ..............................................203mm (8") Focal length .....................
- 50 - Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your ey e. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. 12" f/10 LX200R Specifications Optical design ......................
- 51 - 16" f/10 LX200R Specifications Optical design ..............................................Advanced Ritchey-Chrétien telescope Clear aperture ..............................................406.4mm (16") Focal length .................
- 52 - Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving.
- 53 - Fig. 40: Section of Right Ascension Setting Circle. Fig. 39: Declination Setting Circle . Fig. 41a: Equatorial W edge for 8" LX200R models. Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your ey e. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun.
- 54 - Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this tele- scope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. Lining Up with the Celestial P ole Objects in the sky appear to revolve around the celestial pole.
- 55 - ting circle and slightly loosen the two bolts located under the knob. Now turn the cir- cle unit until it reads 89.2°, the Declination of Polaris. Then tighten down the two bolts and replace the knurled knob. Should you wish to use the manual setting circles, the R.
- 56 - Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this tele- scope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. A utoStar II P olar Alignment AutoStar II provides three different (manual) methods for polar alignment: Easy , One- Star and T wo-Star .
- 57 - Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this tele- scope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving.
- 58 - Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. APPENDIX C: CREA TE YOUR OWN GUIDED TOUR Creating your own Guided T our can be an extremely useful tool.
- 59 - TITLE TEXT USER NGC IC SAO MESSIER CALDWELL PLANET MOON SA TELLITE ASTEROID COMET LUNAR ECLIPSE METEOR SHOWER DEEP SKY CONSTELLA TION ST AR LANDMARK DEFINE PICK ONE/PICK END AUTO SLEW ON/OFF #END Description String: Description of an object. Must be surrounded by quotation marks.
- 60 - Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this tele- scope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. PLANET "name" Enter PLANET and then the name of the desired planet in quotes.
- 61 - PICK ONE AUTO SELECT MESSIER 13 AUTO SELECT MESSIER 15 AUTO SELECT MESSIER 92 AUTO SELECT MESSIER 4 AUTO SELECT MESSIER 68 AUTO SELECT NGC 1234 AUTO SELECT TEXT "None A vailable" "I'm sorry . There are no bright globular" "clusters visible at this time.
- 62 - Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your ey e. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. T rain the telescope motors using AutoStar II. Perform this procedure if you are experiencing any pointing accuracy problems.
- 63 - Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. APPENDIX E: THE MOON MENU The Moon option of the Object menu allows you to observe the moon in a way never possible before.
- 64 - Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. APPENDIX F: 16" LX200R FEA TURES Figure 47: 16" LX200R Computer Control P anel.
- 65 - Caution: Ne xt to the f ocus assembly are tw o red slot-head bolts, used only f or saf ety reasons in shipment. Remo ve these bolts bef ore attempting to turn the focus knob . In its place , inser t the rubber plugs pro- vided as a dust protector (these rubber plugs are included with your hard- ware pac kage).
Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this tele- scope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. T o collapse the tripod (after removing the telescope) for storage, follow these steps: a.
- 67 - Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this tele- scope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. c. Lock the OT A in place using the four 3/8”-16x3/4” bolts. Thread up the four bolts into the bottom of the Dec.
- 68 - Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this tele- scope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving.
- 69 - APPENDIX H: DE-ROT A TER AND MICROFOCUSER ASSEMBL Y When using a de-rotater , it is important to attach the microfocuser so that it is backed off slightly from the de-rotater . If the microfocuser is flush against the de-rotater , the assembly will not work properly .
- 70 - Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. APPENDIX I: Smart Mount Introduction Smart Mount improves the pointing accuracy of your LX200R telescope's "Go to" sytem.
- 71 - P ermanently Mounted Scopes For permanently mounted telescopes, it is not necessary to have more than one model unless the weight and balance of auxiliary equipment introduces balance or flexure changes that significantly affect pointing. The best practice is to train the Smart Mount and then run a couple of sessions with Update enabled.
- 72 - Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your ey e. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. In the early 17th century Italian Scientist Galileo, using a telescope smaller than your LX200R , turned it skyward instead of looking at the distant trees and mountains.
- 73 - Planets Planets change positions in the sky as they orbit around the Sun. T o locate the plan- ets on a given day or month, consult a monthly astronomy magazine, such as Sky and T elescope or Astronomy . Y ou can also consult AutoStar II for information about planets.
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