Meade ETX-90AT User Manuals

Table of Contents

• Quick-Start Guide

  4
• Telescope Features

  6
• Autostar Features

  9
• Getting Started

  12
• Parts Listing

  12
• How to Assemble Your Telescope & Tripod

  12
• Attaching and Using the Viewfinder

  13
• Focusing and Aligning the Viewfinder

  14
• Choosing an Eyepiece

  15
• Observing

  16
• Observing by Moving the Telescope Manually

  16
• Terrestrial Observing

  16
• Observing Using Autostar's Arrow Keys

  16
• Slew Speeds

  17
• Astronomical Observing, Observe the Moon

  17
• To Track an Object Automatically

  17
• Moving Through Autostar’s Menus

  17
• Initializing Autostar

  18
• Easy (Two-Star) Align

  18
• Observe a Star Using Automatic Tracking

  20
• Go To Saturn

  20
• Using the Guided Tour

  21
• Basic Autostar Operation

  22
• Autostar Navigation Exercise

  22
• Entering Data, Navigating Autostar

  23
• Autostar Menus

  24
• Menu Tree

  24
• Objects Menu

  25
• Event Menu, Glossary Menu

  26
• Utilities Menu

  27
• Setup Menu

  28
• Advanced Autostar Features

  31
• Adding Observing Sites

  31
• Finding Objects Not in the Database

  32
• Observing Satellites

  32
• Create Your Own Guided Tour

  33
• Landmarks

  36
• Identify

  37
• Advanced Alt/Az Alignment Methods

  38
• Browse

  39
• Photography

  40
• Photography with Autostar Suite

  42
• Optional Accessories

  43
• Maintenance

  45
• Troubleshooting

  46
• Specifications

  48
• Appendix A: Equatorial (Polar) Alignment

  51
• Equatorial Alignment, Celestial Coordinates

  51
• Polar Mounting with #884 Deluxe Field Tripod

  51
• Equatorial Mounting Procedure

  52
• To Track a Star When Polar Mounted

  52
• Autostar Polar Alignment Modes

  53
• Locating the Celestial Pole

  53
• Setting Circles

  54
• Appendix B: Latitude Chart

  55
• Appendix C: Training the Drive

  56
• Appendix D: Basic Astronomy

  57