Meade Instruments LX80 - Manual (Page 60)

APPENDIX C:
SPECIFICATIONS
Mount Only
Product Number 37-0080-00
UPC 7 09942 38120 7
Telescope Mounting Alt-Azimuth or German Equatorial
AudioStar Controller AudioStar
Object Database 30,000 objects
Pointing Precision
(High-Precision Mode) Up to 5 arcminutes
Go-To Pointing
Precision (Approx.) 10 arcminutes
Periodic Error
Correction Polar mode only
Slow Motion Controls Electronic
Slew Speeds RA and DEC: 1x, 2x, 8x, 16x, 64x,
128x sidereal and 1.5°/sec., 3°/sec.,
6.5°/sec.
Tracking Rates Sidereal, lunar or custom selected from
2,000 incremental rates
Latitude Range
(in EQ mode) 25° to 90°
Control Panel 12v DC, Power, HBX port,
2 Aux ports (RS232)
Total Instrument
Capacity Multi-OTA = 70 lbs
Alt-az or German Equatorial = 40 lbs
Batteries
(User-Supplied) 8xAA
AC Power (optional) 12v DC, 5 amp power supply
Tripod Adjustable-height tripod with 2 inch
stainless steel legs. Includes fi ne
adjustment leg levelers on each leg.
Range of fi ne adjustment for each leg
+ 0.2 inch. Tripod height adjusts from
30.5 to 47 inches.
Smart Drive Yes
AudioStar Suite
Planetarium Software Yes
Counterweights One 11 lb. steel weight included
Astronomer Inside Yes
Other Features Alt-az or German EQ confi guration,
dual OTA confi guration, optional plug-in
autoguider port
Materials Diecast aluminum with ABS panels
Product Weights and Dimensions
Mount Weight 35 lbs
Mount Dimensions 12 inch L x 8 inch W x 14 inch H
Tripod Weight 31.5 lbs
Tripod Dimension 30.5 inch to 47 inch variable
6 inch SC 8 inch SC 10 inch SC 80mm APO 115mm
APO SolarMax™
II 60 SolarMax™
II 90
Product
Number 0610-08-01 0810-08-01 1010-08-01 0306-08-01 4507-08-01 SMT60-10-LX80 SMT90-15-LX80
UPC 7 09942
38132 0 7 09942
38121 4 7 09942
38122 1 7 09942
38127 6 7 09942
38128 3 7 09942
38129 0 7 09942
38130 6
Optical
Design Schmidt-Cassegrain Apochromatic Refractor Refractor
Aperture 6 inch 8 inch 10 inch 80mm 115mm 60mm 90mm
Focal Length
and Focal
Ratio 1524mm,
f/10 2034mm,
f/10 2540mm,
f/10 480mm, f/6 805mm, f/7 400mm, f/6.6 800mm, f/8.8
Optical
Coatings UHTC Fully Multi-Coated Fully Coated
Resolving
Power
(Dawes
Limit) 0.760
arcseconds 0.570
arcseconds 0.456
arcseconds 1.45
arcseconds 1.01
arcseconds 1.93
arcseconds 1.29
arcseconds
Secondary
Obstruction
(% by area) 21.18 13.65 11.9 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Viewfi nder 8x50mm with cross-hair reticle Red Dot 8x50mm
with cross-
hair reticle Sol-ranger projection type
Eyepiece 26mm Series 4000 Super Plössl 25mm Cemax
Diagonal 1.25 inch diagonal 2 inch with 99% refl ectivity 1.25 inch
blocking fi lter 10 1.25 inch
blocking fi lter 15
Materials
Primary and
Secondary
Mirrors Low-expansion borosilicate glass N/A
Correcting
Plate/Lens Aspheric high-spectral transmission
Borofl oat glass from Schott AG Germany
FPL53
extra-low
dispersion
glass FK61
extra-low
dispersion
glass BK-7
Optical Tube Aluminum
Product Weights and Dimensions
OTA Weight 13 lbs. 14.1 lbs. 29.5 lbs. 7.2 lbs. 17.5 lbs. 5 lbs. 16.5 lbs.
OTA
Dimensions 7 inch
diameter x
14.2 inches 9 inch
diameter x
17 inches 11.75 inch
diameter x
22 inches 4 inch
diameter x
18 inches 5.5 inch
diameter x
31 inches 4 inch diameter
x 16 inches 5 inch diameter x
28 inches
AudioStar #497 HANDBO
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Appendix C:
Speci
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