Meade DSX Series User Manuals

Table of Contents

• Quick-Start Guide

  4
• Telescope Features

  7
• Autostar Features

  9
• Getting Started

  11
• Packing List

  11
• How to Assemble Your Telescope

  11
• The Viewfinder

  12
• Focusing the Viewfinder

  12
• Aligning the Viewfinder

  13
• Choosing an Eyepiece

  13
• Observing

  15
• Observing by Moving the Telescope Manually

  15
• Terrestrial Observing

  15
• Observing Using Autostar's Arrow Keys

  15
• Slew Speeds

  16
• Observe the Moon

  16
• Astronomical Observing

  16
• To Track an Object Automatically

  16
• Alt/Az Home Position

  17
• Moving Through Autostar’s Menus

  17
• Initializing Autostar

  17
• Observe a Star Using Automatic Tracking

  18
• Easy (Two-Star) Align

  18
• Two-Star Alt/Az Alignment

  20
• One-Star Alt/Az Alignment

  20
• Go To Saturn

  20
• Take a Guided Tour

  20
• Basic Autostar Operation

  21
• Autostar Navigation Exercise

  21
• Entering Numbers and Text into Autostar

  22
• Navigating Autostar

  22
• Adjusting the Speed of a Scrolling Message

  22
• Menus and Menu Options

  23
• Complete Autostar Menu Structure

  23
• Object Menu

  23
• Event Menu

  24
• Glossary Menu

  25
• Utilities Menu

  25
• Setup Menu

  26
• Advanced Autostar Features

  30
• Advanced Autostar Features

  29
• Adding Observing Sites

  29
• How to Create Your Own Guided Tour

  31
• Landmarks

  34
• Identify

  35
• Browse

  36
• Optional Accessories

  37
• Caring for Your Telescope

  38
• Meade Customer Service

  38
• Specifications

  39
• Appendix A: Celestial Coordinates

  40
• Locating the Celestial Pole

  40
• Appendix B: To Find Objects Not in the Database

  41
• Appendix C: Observing Satellites

  42
• Appendix D: Training the Drive

  43