Meade RCX400TM Manual Do Utilizador

Control of the 

RCX400

telescope models is through the operation of the standard

Autostar II system. Nearly all functions of the telescope are accomplished with just a
few pushes of Autostar II’s buttons.

Because the Autostar II system uses flash (rewritable) memory, your system will be
able to grow when new features and enhancements become available. Download the
latest satellite data, star and object catalogs, tours, serial commands list, and software
revisions, directly from the Meade website (

www.meade.com). (Requires the option-

al 

RCX400

Interface Cable. See 

, pages 48 - 50.)

Some of the major features of the Autostar II system are:

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Automatically move the telescope to any of the more than 180,000 objects stored
in the object library, including:

New General Catalog (NGC):

7,840

Index Catalog (IC):

5,386

Messier Catalog (M):

110

Caldwell Catalog:

109

Named Objects:

227

Herschel Catalog:

400

Abell Catalog of Galaxy Clusters:

2,712

Arp Catalog of Irregular Galaxies:

645

Uppsala Galaxy Catalog:

12,940

Morphological Catalog of Galaxies:

12,939

General Catalog of Variable Stars:

28,484

SAO:

17,191

Hipparcos Star Catalog:

17,325 

....plus the Lunar 100, the Washington Star Catalog, the Gliese Catalog, and more!

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Focus your telescope’s eyepiece.

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Take a guided tour of the best celestial objects to view on any given night of the year.

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Control your 

RCX400

with your PC using an RS232 or USB interface.

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Align your telescope automatically using GPS (Global Positioning System).

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Access a glossary of astronomical terms.

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Mount the telescope in the “Alt/Az” mode (i.e, altitude—azimuth, or 
vertical—horizontal mode) for fully automatic tracking of celestial objects.

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Collimate your telescope using only AutoStar II’s Arrow keys.

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