Meade Instruments LX200 - Manual (Page 71)

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With all celestial objects therefore capable of being specified in position by their celestial coordinates of
Right Ascension and Declination, the task of finding objects (in particular, faint objects) in the telescope is
vastly simplified. The setting circles, R.A (10, Fig. 3) and Dec. (3, Fig. 3) of the LX200 7", 8", 10", and 12"
telescopes may be dialed, in effect, to read the object coordinates and the object found without resorting to
visual location techniques. However, these setting circles may be used to advantage only if the telescope is
first properly aligned with the North Celestial Pole.
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