Appendix C: Lx200 Alignment Star Library And Star Charts - Meade LX200 Instruction Manual

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APPENDIX C: LX200 ALIGNMENT STAR LIBRARY AND STAR CHARTS:

1. Alignment Stars
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The LX200 utilizes 33 bright and well known stars to calibrate the
telescope's Object Library in the ALTAZ and POLAR alignments.
These stars were selected to allow observers from anywhere in the
world on any given night, to be able to easily and quickly make
precision alignments. The LX200 Alignment Star Library and Star Charts are below for your reference:
Table 9: LX200 Alignment Star Library
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STAR NAME
ACHERNAR
ACRUXA
ALBIREO
ALKAID
ALDEBARAN
ALNILAM
ALPHARD
ALPHEKKA
ALTAIR
ANTARES
ARCTURUS
BETELGUESE
BOGARDUS
CANOPUS
CAPELLA
CASTOR A
DENEB
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LX200 ALIGNMENT STAR LIBRARY
STAR# MAGNITUDE
13 0.5
121 1.3
223 3.1
140 1.9
33 0.9
50 1.7
95 2
165 2.2
226 0.8
177 0.9
147 0
56 0.4
58 2.6
63 -0.7
42 0.1
78 1.9
232 1.3
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second, will cause irreversible damage
to your eye as well as physical damage
to the telescope or spotting scope itself.
CONSTELL
ERIDANUS
CRUX
CYGNUS
URSA MAJOR
TAURUS
ORION
HYDRA
CORONABOR.
AQUILA
SCORPIUS
BOOTES
ORION
AURIGA
CARINA
AURIGA
GEMINI
CYGNUS
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IMPORTANT NOTICE! Never
use a telescope or spotting
scope to look at the Sun!
Observing the Sun, even for
the shortest fraction of a
R/A DEC.
01 37.7 -57 14
12 26.6 -63 06
19 30.8 +27 58
13 47.6 +49 19
04 35.9 +16 31
05 36.2 -01 12
09 27.6 -08 39
15 35.5 +26 43
19 50.8 +08 52
16 29.5 -26 26
14 15.7 +19 11
05 55.2 +07 25
05 59.8 +37 13
06 24.0 -52 42
05 16.6 +46 00
07 34.6 +31 53
20 41.5 +45 17