User manual MEADE LS-6 SC

[. . . ] Instruction Manual 6" LS-6 ACF / 6" LS-6 SC and 8" LS-8 ACF / 8" LS-8 SC Telescopes with AutoStar III Hand Controller Firmware version 1. 3 and higher INDEX WARNING! Never use a Meade® LSTM Telescope 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. Do not point the telescope at or near the Sun. [. . . ] Every 2. 8 days during a 10 hour period, Algol undergoes a major change in apparent magnitude as one of the two stars passes behind the other. The combined magnitude of the two stars thus dips from +2. 1 to a minimum of The Pleiades Star Cluster (M45 ) image you need to connect the LS to a user supplied external video monitor. Start by selecting "Take Picture" from the top menu: "Take Picture" > "ENTER" Then you will see the following options: · Preview Exposure: Displays "Finder Image; Exposing. . . ". A longer exposure records fainter stars. A shorter exposure records fainter stars. A shorter exposure is better for very bright subjects. · Set Contrast: UP/DOWN selects scrolls through the thirteen pre-set Contrast curves available, "Cont. Planet", "Cont. INDEX AUTOSTAR III MENU OPTIONS 25 Stars", and "Cont. This setting allows you adjust the Contrast AND Brightness to create your own setting. Contrast is controlled using the LEFT/ RIGHT Arrow Keys. Brightness is controlled using the UP/DOWN Arrow Keys. NOTE: to fully utilize these the Custom Contrast setting you will need the use of an external monitor. Otherwise chose one of the thirteen pre-set Contrast curves. · Shoot & Store: Allows you to take the image and save it to the SD once you have adjusted the settings and are happy with the preview. You must have an Mini SD Card formatted with the FAT32 file system inserted in the telescope to use this function. Press the "BACK" key to save the image. · Dark Calibration: Allows you to take a dark frame of the same exposure as your image but with the camera lens covered to combine and subtract out noise from your image. You must cover the camera lens with the lens cap before you take the dark calibration frame. Deep Sky Imager (DSI) Series: these highperformance, easy-to-use and affordable color and highly detailed color image. The following Deep Sky Imagers models and accessories are available: Deep Sky Imager III (DSI III) Deep Sky Imager Pro III (DSI PRO III) Deep Sky Imager II (DSI II) Deep Sky Imager Pro II (DSI PRO II) Deep Sky Imager Pro II (DSI PRO II), w/RGB Color Filter Set Utilities Menu The Utilities menu provides access to several extra features within LS: Volume: Adjusts audio volume of the telescope using the Scroll keys. HBX Brightness: Adjusts the brightness of the display using the Scroll keys. HBX Contrast: Adjusts the contrast of the display using the Scroll keys. [. . . ] Because of their vast distances from our solar system, all stars appear as pinpoints of light, irrespective of the size of the telescope used. Nebulae are vast interstellar clouds of gas and dust where stars are formed. Most impressive of these is the Great Nebula in Orion (M42), a diffuse nebula that appears as a faint wispy gray cloud. Open Clusters are loose groupings of young stars, all recently formed from the same diffuse nebula. [. . . ]