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