Autostar Ii Features - Meade RCX400TM Instruction Manual

Want to learn more about
downloading the latest
updates of Autostar II
software from the
Meade website? Go to
www.meade.com/sup-
port/auto.html for com-
plete instructions. Also
see page 43.

AUTOSTAR II FEATURES

Fig. 2: The Autostar II Handbox.
Tour the Cosmos with Just the Push of a Button
Control of the telescope models is through the operation of the standard
RCX400
Autostar II system. Nearly all functions of the telescope are accomplished with just a
few pushes of Autostar II's buttons.
Because the Autostar II system uses flash (rewritable) memory, your system will be
able to grow when new features and enhancements become available. Download the
latest satellite data, star and object catalogs, tours, serial commands list, and software
revisions, directly from the Meade website (www.meade.com). (Requires the option-
al Interface Cable. See
RCX400
Some of the major features of the Autostar II system are:
Automatically move the telescope to any of the more than 180,000 objects stored
in the object library, including:
Library
New General Catalog (NGC):
Index Catalog (IC):
Messier Catalog (M):
Caldwell Catalog:
Named Objects:
Herschel Catalog:
Abell Catalog of Galaxy Clusters:
Arp Catalog of Irregular Galaxies:
Uppsala Galaxy Catalog:
Morphological Catalog of Galaxies:
General Catalog of Variable Stars:
SAO:
Hipparcos Star Catalog:
....plus the Lunar 100, the Washington Star Catalog, the Gliese Catalog, and more!
Focus your telescope's eyepiece.
Take a guided tour of the best celestial objects to view on any given night of the year.
Control your
RCX400
Align your telescope automatically using GPS (Global Positioning System).
Access a glossary of astronomical terms.
Mount the telescope in the "Alt/Az" mode (i.e, altitude—azimuth, or
vertical—horizontal mode) for fully automatic tracking of celestial objects.
Collimate your telescope using only AutoStar II's Arrow keys.
OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES
# of Objects
with your PC using an RS232 or USB interface.
, pages 48 - 50.)
7,840
5,386
110
109
227
400
2,712
645
12,940
12,939
28,484
17,191
17,325
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