User manual MEADE 001DSX

[. . . ] Instruction Manual DSX Series Altazimuth Maksutov-Cassegrain Telescopes Meade Instruments Corporation CONTENTS WARNING! Never use a Meade® DSXTM Telescope to look at the Sun!Looking at or near the Sun will cause instant and irreversible damage to your eye. Eye damage is often painless, so there is no warning to the observer that damage has occurred until it is too late. Children should always have adult supervision while observing. Quick-Start Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Press ENTER whenever a hypertext word is on screen and Autostar goes to the glossary entry for that word. To access directly from the Glossary menu, use the Scroll keys to scroll through the alphabet. Scroll to the desired entry and then press ENTER to read the description. Utilities Menu The Utilities menu provides access to several extra features within Autostar, including a countdown timer and an alarm. This feature is useful for functions such as astrophotography and tracking satellites. To use the Timer, press ENTER, then choose "Set" or "Start/Stop. " s s Set: Enter the time to be counted down, in hours, minutes, and seconds, then press ENTER. When the timer runs out, four beeps sound and the timer is deactivated. Alarm selects a time for an alarm signal as a reminder. To use the Alarm, press ENTER, then choose "Set" or "Start/Stop. " DSX TIPS Observing Considerations · · · Try to pick an observing site away from street and house lights, and car headlights. Give your eyes about ten minutes to adjust to the darkness before observing. Give your eyes a rest from observing every ten or fifteen minutes to relieve eyestrain. Seasoned observers use red LED flashlights or tape red cellophane over their flashlights for setup and map reading so they don't have to continually readjust their eyes to the darkness. Be careful not to shine bright lights if there are other observers in the area. It gets chilly when you're sitting for prolonged periods, even on some summer nights. Practice setting up your equipment during the day or in a lighted area to become familiar with it before going to a dark site. Use your 26mm eyepiece to view terrestrial objects and wider areas of space, such as open star clusters. Use your higher power eyepieces when you wish to view something up close, such as craters on the Moon or the rings of Saturn. If you're going to try out an unfamiliar site, check it out in the daylight for obstructions and pitfalls. · · · · 25 s s Set: Enter the time of day for the alarm to sound, in hours, minutes, and seconds, then press ENTER. Press ENTER to deactivate the alarm. Eyepiece Calc calculates information about an eyepiece for the specific telescope to which Autostar is connected. s s s Field of View: Scroll through a list of available eyepieces. Suggest: Autostar calculates and suggests the best eyepiece for viewing, based on the telescope and the object being viewed. Display Options enables or disables Autostar's two initial displays. If both displays are disabled, Autostar begins with the Date display. s s Sun Warning: Turns the "Sun Warning" message on or off. Getting Started: Turns the "Getting Started" message on or off. Brightness Adj: Adjusts the brightness of the display using the Scroll keys. Contrast Adj: Adjusts the contrast of the display using the Scroll keys. Landmark Survey automatically slews the telescope to all user-defined landmarks with a short pause at each location. [. . . ] Titan, the largest of Saturn's 18 moons can also be seen as a bright, star-like object near the planet. Deep-Sky Objects Star charts can be used to locate constellations, individual stars and deep-sky objects. Examples of various deep-sky objects are given below: Stars are large gaseous objects that are self-illuminated by nuclear fusion in their core. Because of their vast distances from our solar system, all stars appear as pinpoints of light, irrespective of the size of the telescope used. [. . . ]