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I read the magellan i manual online and it doesnt really specify, so any help would be appreciated. Worlds leading manufacturer of astronomical telescopes for the serious amateur astronomer. To help others who may want to build such a cable in the future i have put a page together on my website that describes. Meade lx50 emc telescope cn classifieds cloudy nights. Magellan ii is, however, the finest computer system available, short of an lx200. After i removed the side fork covers, i am presented with 3 threaded holes in a line. Meade 7 lx50 maksutovcassegrain maksutovcassegrains. Meade lx5 10 inch f10 sct david lloydjones astronomy. Meade lx80 schmidtcassegrain telescopes with multimount. The meade lx200 is a family of commercial telescopes produced by meade instruments launched in 1992 with 8 20. View and download meade lx90acf advanced comafree instruction manual online. Sirius technologies makes very high quality soft carry cases. This service is absolutely frustratin g, confusing, and useless.
Part number pnlx507bspec is a specially priced bundled solution that provides an argo navis digital telescope computer, the optical encoders and all the necessary mounting hardware specific to your meade lx50 fork along with the encoder cable that is used to connect between each of the optical encoders and the argo navis digital. I had the scope out for a while last night in spite of the nearly full moon and rapidly increasing clouds. Sirius meade 10 lx200 and lx50 soft carry case no foam. Aug 15, 20 lx50 fix posted in meade legacy telescopes. Interestingly, the ads appear to tell the story of how meade s 2080 and 2120 telescopes evolved over time. However, since the lx50 is no longer in production they no longer produce the magellan ii kit for the telescope.
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Telescope manuals coronado manuals weather station manuals sports optics manuals. This driver provides both telescope and focuser interfaces each of which may be used by separate programs. Meade lx by simon stevens i had other more basic scopes before i purchased this scope, none of which were very good for astro photography. Only selling it because i never use it and its just sitting collecting dust. All in all, i think the meade lx 50 7 maksutov is a worthwhile scope, especially for those interested in planetary as i am and double star observing. Meade 114eqd instruction manual free pdf download 16 pages. The odd clearish shot of the moon was about all i could manage. Lx50 with magellan i posted in meade legacy telescopes.
Products include astronomical telescopes and accessories, eyepieces, ccd imaging equipment, astronomical software, spotting scopes, binoculars, and microscopes. Oct 14, 2011 meade 8 lx50 emc package for sale is a complete used lx50 setup. Recently bought lx50 from a private party, and seemed to work great, but now when i plug in the power adapter, or aa batteries, the hand unit and dec line, i power it up, it goes through the quick diagnostics lights on handset rotates like its supposed to and them the power light blinks and the hand unit will not function. Sirius technologies soft carry case for meade 10 lx200 and lx50 no foam. My criteria for this scope were to have a good quality scope with a good drive system and very good optics. Fork mount goto conversion kit pictures and descriptions of an lx 50 fork mount that was converted using the stepper drive. They have a bunch of different manuals there that you can download. Meade instruments corporation meade lx200 instruction manuals. Uncle rods used cat buyers guide stargazers lounge. The magellan ii, which meade offered for both the lx50 and for the. Meade instruments corporation 8 and 10 lx50 schmidt.
Its a great scope and has been well cared for, but ive moved on to other areas of astronomy and it no longer is fitting for me. This driver provides both telescope and focuser interfaces each of. Right now i have a 8 lxd75 newtonian, but i dont know much about cs scopes. I will obtain an lx50 shortly and i ran across a magellan i system for sale. Hi all, so by a weird series of events, i got an 8 meade lx50 w magellan ii at a silent auction that the planetarium i volunteer at held, despite not bidding on it told you it was weird. Manual of meade lx200 available to view online and download as pdf file option of printout and offline reading page 493. If you own one of meades 2080 or 2120 series of lx telescopes ie. Eye damage is often painless, so there is no warning to the observer that damage has occurred until it is too late. Meade lx50 10 ive had the scope for 4 years now and i havent had any problems with it other then the drive gears which had to be upgrade with the lx50 fix kit other then that this is a fine scope.
These files are related to meade 2120lx6 user manual. Part number pn lx50 10bspec is a specially priced bundled solution that provides an argo navis digital telescope computer, the optical encoders and all the necessary mounting hardware specific to your meade lx50 fork along with the encoder cable that is used to connect between each of the optical encoders and the argo navis digital. Lx lx2 lx3 lx4 lx5 lx6 lx10 lx50 lx100 lx200 etc and would be willing to share your serial number and year of. Im new to the community and this is my first post with a question. In the schmidtcassegrain design of the meade 8, 10 and 12 lx200gps models, light enters from the right, passes through a thin lens with 2sided aspheric correction correcting plate, proceeds to a spherical primary mirror, and then to. If you own one of meade s 2080 or 2120 series of lx telescopes ie. Meade lx50 8 generally speaking this is a good scope to consider if you think want to do astrophotograhy work but cant afford the lx200.
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