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12” LX90 Specifications
Optical design ............................................................Schmidt-Cassegrain
Clear aperture ............................................................12"
Focal length ................................................................3048mm
Focal ratio (photographic speed) ..............................f/10
Viewfinder....................................................................8 x 50 finder
SmartFinder ................................................................Red dot projected onto finder’s lens
Coatings ....................................................................Meade EMC Super Multi-Coatings
Mounting ....................................................................Cast-aluminum, double-tine forks
Gears ........................................................................4.9"-dia worm gears, both axes
Alignment ..................................................................Altazimuth or equatorial w/optional wedge
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5 arc-minutes in GO TO mode
....................................................................................1x sidereal to 6.5°/sec in 9 increments
Tripod ..........................................................................Variable-height field tripod
Accessories ................................................................1.25" diagonal prism
....................................................................................Super Plössl 26mm eyepiece
16-channel GPS receiver
True-level electronic sensor
AutoStar Specifications
Processor ............................................................................68HC11, 8MHz
Flash Memory ............................................................1MB, reloadable
Keypad ........................................................................20 key alphanumeric
Display ........................................................................2 line, 16 character LCD
Backlight......................................................................Red LED
Utility Light ..................................................................Yes
RS-232........................................................................Yes
Coil Cord ....................................................................24"
Database ....................................................................30,223 objects
AutoStar Dimensions
Length ........................................................................6.56" (16.6cm)
Width (LCD end) ........................................................3.19" (80cm)
Width (Connector end)................................................2.25" (57cm)
Depth ..........................................................................0.81" (21cm)
AutoStar net weight ....................................................1.12 lbs (0.51kg
)
LX90 TIPS
Star Charts
Ev
en with the A
utoStar 30,000 object libr
ar
y
, star charts and planispheres are
still useful for a variety of reasons. In particular, they are a great aid in plan-
ning a night of celestial viewing.
A wide v
ar
iety of star char
ts are available in books, in magazines, on the inter-
net and on CD Roms. Meade offers Epoch 2000sk
™
and other star locator
software. Contact your Meade dealer or Meade's Customer Service depart-
ment f
or more inf
ormation.
Astronomy and Sky and Telescope magazines print star charts each month
for up-to-the-minute maps of the heavens.