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User Manual for Meade LX600-ACF 12" f 8 Cassegrain GoTo Telescope with StarLock Click to enlarge the picture
Contents of the user manual for the Meade LX600-ACF 12" f 8 Cassegrain
- Product category: Catadioptrics (Cassegrains) Meade
- Brand: Meade
- Description and content of package
- Technical information and basic settings
- Frequently asked questions – FAQ
- Troubleshooting (does not switch on, does not respond, error message, what do I do if...)
- Authorized service for Meade Catadioptrics (Cassegrains)
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Product description The large-aperture LX600-ACF 12" f/8 Cassegrain GoTo Telescope with StarLock from Meade is a technologically advanced Cassegrain telescope attached to a heavy-duty motorized and computer-controlled dual-tine fork mount. Its innovative optical design, combined with Meade's Ultra-High Transmission Coatings (UHTC) and their Advanced Coma-Free (ACF) optical system, ensures that images are bright and clear, with high contrast, superb resolution, and faithful color reproduction. The ACF system uses specially engineered corrector plates and mirrors that complement each other to improve the scope's resolution and its ability to split binary stars and allow you to observe fine details otherwise missed by other scopes of the same size. This version of the 12" LX600 ACF is offered here with the mount and optical tube assembly (OTA), but without a tripod for those who have a reliable and stable support system.Multiple technologies work together to put this mounting system above the standard GoTo mount. Meade outfitted it with a built-in GPS receiver and a time chip, so the mount can automatically determine its location, date, and time when it's turned on. This information is sent to the StarLock system, which uses two digital cameras built into an 80mm f/5 refractor OTA that is piggybacked onto the main LX600 optical tube. The cameras take wide-field photos of the night sky and compare them to its internal database to automatically align the scope. During long observation or exposure imaging sessions, the StarLock system continuously checks its orientation and tracking and adjusts as needed, sending the data to the Smart Mount and Smart Drive systems, which learn the tracking errors and adjust for the future.The brain of the mount is Meade's iconic AutoStar II computer controller. This handheld unit has an internal database of over 145,000 objects from the Moon and planets, to galaxies, nebulae, and constellations. Coupled with the StarLock system, the AutoStar's tracking accuracy is an impressive ±1 arcsec. It can calculate future events like sunrises and meteor showers and predict solar and lunar eclipses for the next 100 years. Once set up and running, the AutoStar II can take you on guided tours of the best objects visible above, including audio tours that can be heard from the internal speaker. - Optical Performance
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- Large 12" aperture
- f/8 focal ratio
- 2438mm focal length
- Schmidt-Cassegrain optical path configuration
- Advanced Coma-Free system:
- Reduces off-axis comas
- Aplanatic design produces flat, distortion-free images across the field of view, especially at the edges
- Reduced astigmatism for sharper images
- Eliminates diffraction spikes for better resolution
- Ultra-High Transmission Coatings (UHTC):
- All corrector plate and mirror surfaces are fully multi-coated
- Engineered to optimize visual, photographic, and CCD imaging
- Improves light transmission through optical path across the entire visible spectrum
- Corrector coatings: Multiple layers of aluminum oxide (Al2O3), titanium dioxide (TiO2), and magnesium fluoride (MgF2)
- Mirror coatings: Aluminum with multi-layer coatings of titanium dioxide (TiO2) and silicon dioxide (SiO2)
- Resolution: 0.380 arcsec, Dawes' Limit
- Internal Crayford-style focuser
- Dual speed with a 7:1 reduction ratio
- Toothless friction system provides precision focusing without backlash or image shift
- 1.25" visual back
- Advanced Technology
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- StarLock system:
- Dual digital cameras built into an 80mm f/5 refractor telescope
- Integrated alignment and guiding system
- Uses the GPS and time chip to determine where and when it is
- Takes a picture of the night sky and compares it to internal database
- Determines alignment by taking multiple pictures and aligning to multiple stars
- During long observation or astrophotography sessions it continuously checks tracking and alignment and automatically corrects tracking errors
- Smart Mount:
- Improves the pointing accuracy of the computer controller
- Enables the AutoStar II to automatically identify and correct systematic pointing errors
- Smart Drive: Works with Autostar to improve drive accuracy for better tracking and slewing over time
- Mount
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- Motorized Alt-Az
- Heavy-duty double-tine fork configuration
- Dual-axis fine manual adjustment controls when not using motors
- Internal GPS receiver and time chip
- Automatically obtains position, day, date, and time
- Requires no user input during setup
- Runs on eight user-supplied C-cell batteries, or optional 12 VDC power supply
- AutoStar II Computer Controller
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- Full GoTo capabilities
- Intuitive menu-driven interface
- 145,000-object database:
- Planets
- Stars
- Galaxies
- Nebulae
- Comets
- Satellites
- Common constellations
- Moon features like landing points, mountains, craters, and lakes
- User-defined objects
- Tracking accuracy: ±1 arcsec
- Periodic Error Correction (PEC) and Permanent Periodic Error Correction (PPEC) train out tracking errors for more precision
- Multiple slew speeds:
- Variable from 0.1x to 1.0x
- Variable in 0.01x increments
- 1x
- 2x
- 8x
- 16x
- 64x
- 128x, sidereal
- 1°/sec
- 2°/sec
- Variable in 0.1° increments
- Tracking Rates:
- Sidereal
- Lunar
- Custom: Select from 2000 incremental rates
- Calculate future dates and times for events like:
- Sunrises and sunsets
- Moonrises, moonsets, and Moon phases
- Solar and lunar eclipses for the next 100 years
- Meteor showers
- Equinoxes and solstices
- Guided tours available based on when and where it is set up
- Guided audio tours via built-in speaker
- Physical properties
- Two-line display with red backlight
- Red backlit control buttons
- Built-in speaker
- Included Accessories
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- 26mm Series 4000 Super Plössl eyepiece
- Produces 95x magnification
- 52° apparent angle of view
- 18mm eye relief
- Fold-down rubber eyecup
- Fully multi-coated to improve light transmission, color fidelity, and contrast
- Textured rubber grip provides secure handling
- Diagonal:
- 1.25"-diameter barrel and eyepiece holder
- 90° angle provides a comfortable viewing position especially when OTA is aimed at the zenith
- Star diagonal corrects image vertically
- Large 8x50 finderscope with crosshair reticle
UPC: 709942998177 In the Box Meade LX600-ACF 12" f/8 Cassegrain GoTo Telescope with StarLock (OTA & Mount Only) AutoStar II Hand Controller StarLock System Fork Mount with Drive Base 1.25" Diagonal Prism Series 4000 26mm Super Plossl Eyepiece (1.25") Limited 1-Year Warranty Table of Contents
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Technical parametersMeade LX600-ACF Specs | Optical Design | Advanced coma-free (ACF) Schmidt-Cassegrain | | Aperture | 12.0" / 305mm | | Focal Length | 2438mm | | Focal Ratio | f/8 | | Eyepiece Barrel Diameter | 1.25" | | Diagonal | 90° star
1.25" barrel diameter | | Finderscope | 8 x 50 refractor with crosshairs | | Focus System | Internal dual speed Crayford-style | | Tripod | None | | Mount Type | Double-tine fork | | Input / Output | 1 x 12 VDC input
1 x 12 VDC output
1 x Hand controller input
1 x RS232 computer connection input
1 x StarLock input
1 x Aux input | | Power Requirement | 8 x C-cell batteries
12 VDC 5A Meade Universal Power Supply | | Optical Tube Dimensions | Not specified by manufacturer | | Weight | Not specified by manufacturer | | | | Package Weight | 148.0 lb | | Box Dimensions (LxWxH) | 52.2 x 31.5 x 23.0" |
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