Star Charts; Alignment Stars - Meade LX200 Instruction Manual
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APPENDIX B:
LX200 ALIGNMENT STAR LIBRARY
AND STAR CHARTS:
Alignment Stars
The LX200 utilizes the following 33 bright, well known stars to
calibrate the telescope's object library in the ALTAZ and
POLAR alignments.
STAR NAME
STAR #
ACHERNAR
ACRUX A
ALBIREO
ALCAID
ALDEBARAN
ALNILAM
ALPHARD
ALPHEKKA
ALTAIR
ANTARES
ARCTURUS
BETELGEUSE
BOGARDUS
CANOPUS
CAPELLA
CASTOR A
DENEB
DENEBOLA
DIPHDA
ENIF
FOMALHAUT
HADAR
HAMAL
MARKAB
MIRA
POLARIS
POLLUX
PROCYON
REGULUS
RIGEL
SIRIUS
SPICA
VEGA
LX200 ALIGNMENT STAR LIBRARY
MAGNITUDE
13
0.5
121
1.3
223
3.1
140
1.9
33
0.9
50
1.7
95
2.0
165
2.2
226
0.8
177
0.9
147
0.0
56
0.4
58
2.6
63
-0.7
42
0.1
78
1.9
232
1.3
114
2.1
8
2.0
238
2.4
247
1.2
144
0.6
17
2.0
249
2.5
20
2.1
19
2.0
81
1.1
80
0.4
100
1.4
41
0.1
67
-1.5
138
1.0
214
0.0
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These stars were selected to enable observers, from anywhere
in the world and on any given night, to make precision
alignments easily and quickly.
CONSTELL
ERIDANUS
CRUX
CYGNUS
URSA MAJOR
TAURUS
ORION
HYDRA
CORONA BOR.
AQUILA
SCORPIUS
BOOTES
ORION
AURIGA
CARINA
AURIGA
GEMINI
CYGNUS
LEO
CETUS
PEGASUS
PISCES AUST.
CENTAURUS
ARIES
PEGASUS
CETUS
URSA MINOR
GEMINI
CANIS MINOR
LEO
ORION
CANIS MAJOR
VIRGO
LYRA
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
11 49.1
+14 34
00 43.6
-17 59
21 44.2
+09 53
22 57.7
-29 38
14 03.9
-60 24
02 07.2
+23 28
23 04.8
+15 12
02 19.4
-02 58
02 14.7
+89 17
07 45.4
+28 02
07 39.3
+05 14
10 08.5
+11 58
05 14.6
-08 12
06 45.2
-16 43
13 25.2
-11 10
18 37.0
+38 47
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