Meade Instruments LX850 - Manual (Page 48)

SPECIFICATIONS
German Equatorial Mount
Product number 37-0850-00
UPC 7 09942 60060 5
Mount body Machined from solid 6061-T6 Aircraft grade Aluminum and stainless steel
Finish Anodized Aluminum and stainless steel
Main gear - RA & DEC 5.8 inch under cut 225 tooth aluminum
Worm gear - RA & DEC .68 inch diameter precision machined brass
Counterweight shaft 1.75 inch diameter, 12 inch long threaded stainless steel
Counterweights 26 lb (optional 10 lb) threaded stainless steel. Quantity:
10 inch LX 850 ACF: two (2) 26 lb 12 inch LX 850 ACF: two (2) 26 lb
14 inch LX 850 ACF: three (3) 26 lb 130mm LX 850 APO: one (1) 26 lb
LX 850 Mount Only: one (1) 26 lb
Counterweight shaft and cap weight 12.5 lb
Drive motors DC servo motors with encoders, both axes
Mechanical alignment Fine adjustment altitude and azimuth controls
Tracking distance past meridian 20 degrees
OTA mounting system Losmandy®-style dovetail
Instrument payload capacity 90.0 lbs (40.80 kg)
Latitude range 10° - 70°
Tripod Giant folding adjustable height tripod with 3 inch diameter aluminum legs. Height from 29 inches to 45 inches.
Mount body weight 60 lb.
Tripod weight 36 lb
Control panel 12v DC in, 12v DC out, Power, Focuser, Reticle, Handbox port, 1 computer connection port (RS232), 1 StarLock port, 1 Aux guide port
Computer control AutoStar II GoTo system
Database Over 144,000 Objects, Catalogs included: Index catalog (5,386); NGC catalog (7,840); Partial Caldwell catalog (109); Messier catalog (110); Earth orbiting
satellites (26); Planets (9); Uppsala galaxy catalog (12,940); Morphological catalog of galaxies (12,939); General catalog of variable stars (29,364); SAO and
Hipparcos star catalogs (42,277); Draper star catalog (21,160); Yale bright star catalog (8,977); Large Bright Quasars Survey (1,055); Named objects (4,313);
Herschel catalog (400); Abell catalog of galaxy clusters (2,712); Arp catalog of irregular galaxies (635); Lunar features (1,754); Asteroids and comets (120);
Constellations (88); Solar/Lunar eclipses, meteor showers (492).
Computer hand control Double line, 16 character Liquid Crystal Display; 20 backlit LED buttons.
GPS Yes
Home sensors Both RA and DEC axes
Internal clock Yes
Internal cabling Yes
Slew speed 3 degrees/second
Tracking rates .01x to 1x, 2x, 8x, 16x, 1/4°, 1/2°, 1°, 3°.
Tracking modes EQ North and EQ South
Alignment procedures 2-Star Align, 1 Star Polar Align, StarLock assisted drift align, Easy Alignment and Align on Home
StarLock
Wide-field camera 25mm x 26mm f/1.04 optic with 1/2 inch format sensor gives field of 14.72 x 11.78 degrees.
Narrow-field camera 80mm x 400mm f/5 optic with 1/2 inch format sensor gives field of 57.2 x 45.8 arcminutes (2.68 arcseconds/pixel)
Permanent Periodic Error Correction Yes. Correction is retained in AutoStar's memory.
High-precision pointing +/- 1 arcminute
High-precision guiding +/- 1 arcsecond (with good seeing. 1-4 second correction update rate depending on star magnitude. Faintest guide star 11th mag.
High-precision alignment Semi-automatic drift align procedure for ultra-precise polar alignment
Weight 2.9 lbs (1.3 kg)
Power supply 12v DC 5A using supplied Meade Universal Power Supply
AutoStar #497 HANDBOX
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