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7" Maksutov-Cassegrain Telescope 8", 10", and 12" Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescopes
E. THE LX200 KEYPAD HAND CONTROLLER
IMPORTANT NOTICE! Never
use a telescope or spotting
scope to look at the Sun!
Observing the Sun, even for
the shortest fraction of a
second, will cause irreversible damage
to your eye as well as physical damage
to the telescope or spotting scope itself.
Designed to make you a better astronomer, the integration of optics,
mechanics, electronics, and software in the LX200 Schmidt
Cassegrain Telescope is easily mastered, so easy, in fact that the
telescope becomes a natural extension of the observer.
The LX200 gives you virtually every telescope function possible with
every control in a compact hand held console. The red LED backlit
Keypad has tactile touch buttons (some of which are brighter than
others), designed to have the right feel even if you wear gloves. Its
red LED backlit display, key arrangement, and easy to understand information allow you to focus the
telescope and your mind on the subject at hand.
The LX200 Keypad Hand Controller is a dual axis drive corrector with periodic error control, an information
display center for the computerized library, a digital coordinate readout system, a pulsing, illuminated
reticle eyepiece brightness controller, a two speed electric focuser controller, and a red LED flashlight!
You will find within a few minutes of powering up the LX200 that the Keypad becomes warm, which is
normal for the system. The electronics utilize a heat sink as a means to provide the right operating
environment temperature for the LCD display even in sub-zero weather. If you are indeed in these colder
conditions, the display may not be visible until the Keypad has transferred enough heat. This process can
take a few minutes upon powering up the telescope. While severe cold weather is not damaging to the
electronics, it is advised to keep the Keypad in a warmer area to allow immediate proper display
performance.
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