User manual MEADE LXD75 MODELS

[. . . ] Instruction Manual LXDTM 75 -Series Telescopes CONTENTS WARNING! Never use a Meade® LXD75TM-Series 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 or its viewfinder at or near the Sun. [. . . ] Most values entered into the menus revert to factory defaults. Autostar requires initialization after a Reset before proceeding with observations. See INITIALIZING AUTOSTAR, page 19. LXD75 TIPS Surf the Web One of the most exciting resources for astronomy is the internet. The internet is full of websites with new images, discoveries, and the latest astronomical information. For example, when comet Hale-Bopp made its approach to our Sun in 1998, astronomers around the world posted new photos daily. You can find websites for almost any topic relating to astronomy on the internet. Try the following key word searches: NASA, Hubble, HST, astronomy, Messier, satellite, nebula, black hole, variable stars, etc. Check out Meade's website for the latest product and technical information. You can download the latest software revisions, links to other astronomical sites, coordinates of celestial objects and the latest satellite tracking information for your Autostar handset. You'll find our website at: http://www. meade. com/ Here are some other sites you might find interesting: · Sky & Telescope: http://www. SkyandTelescope. com · Astronomy: http://www. astronomy. com · The Starfield: http://users. nac. net/gburke/ · Astronomy Picture of the Day: http://antwrp. gsfc. nasa. goc/apod · Heavens Above (satellite observing information): http://www. heavens-above. com · Photographic Atlas of the Moon: http://www. lpi. ursa. edu/research/lunar_orbiter · Hubble Space Telescope Public Pictures http://oposite. stsci. edu/pubinfo/pictures. html 31 USEFUL AUTOSTAR PROCEDURES Before trying out the examples in this section, familiarize yourself with the basic operations of Autostar described earlier in this manual. The following examples assume that you have a basic knowledge of Autostar and understand how to scroll to a desired menu or menu option, and how to enter numbers and text. It also assumes that you have initialized and aligned your telescope. Adding Observing Sites If you plan to observe using Autostar at different geographic locations, you can store up to six observation sites in Autostar's memory to help simplify your telescope setup. Perform these procedures using the Site options (Add, Select, Delete, Edit) of the Setup menu. To Add a Site to the user-defined site list: In this example, you will choose a city and add it to the database list. You will then select the site to enable it. Navigate to the "Setup: Site" menu. Press ENTER, Scroll through the options until "Site: Add" displays. Scroll through the list of countries/states. Press ENTER when the country/state you wish to add displays. Press ENTER when the city you wish to add displays. You may add 5 sites using this method (the sixth site is the site you added during the manual initialization process). To choose a site, navigate to "Setup: Select. " Press ENTER. [. . . ] Try looking up some of these in the optional Autostar glossary. Also included below is a small sampling of books, magazines, and organizations that you might find helpful. Is there water under the surface of the Moon?How is the elemental composition of a star determined? [. . . ]