Meade Instruments DS-2000 Generation II Telescopes with LNT module User Manual
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Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun.
Do not look through the telescope as it is moving.
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Delete: Deletes a stored site from the database.
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Edit: Edits a selected site, including: the name, latitude, longitude, and time zone. Time
Zone refers to the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) time zone shift. Users West of Greenwich,
England use “-” hours, East of Greenwich use “+” hours. For the United States, look up the
time zone shift in
Table 1
.
NOTE: Autostar compensates for daylight savings time, if selected. See
SETUP
MENU: DAYLIGHT SAVING
, page 26.
Download transfers information from a personal computer or another Autostar. During the
operation, the warning “Downloading Do Not Turn Off” appears.
NOTE: The Download function requires the optional #506 Astrofinder Software and
Cable Connector Kit. See the instruction sheet included with the kit for more infor-
mation on how to download. Also see
OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES
, page 29.
Statistics provides basic statistical data about Autostar, including:
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Characters Free: Shows how much room is available in user-defined object memory.
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Version: Shows the current version of the Autostar software.
Reset completely resets Autostar. Most values entered into the menus revert to factory
defaults. Autostar requires initialization again after a Reset before proceeding with observa-
tions. See
INITIALIZING AUTOSTAR
, page 17.
Time Zone
Shift
Atlantic
-4 Hours
Eastern
-5 Hours
Central
-6 Hours
Mountain
-7 Hours
Pacific
-8 Hours
Hawaii
-10 Hours
Table 1: Time Zone Shift.