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This Field Guide is for owners of all Meade Autostar Controlled Telescopes

Meade Autostar controlled
Meade ETX series telescopes

Meade Autostar controlled
Meade Digital Series Telescope
Electronic Controlled

• Meade ETX-90EC
• Meade ETX-125EC
• Meade LX-90
• Meade ETX-60AT
• Meade ETX-70AT

• Meade DS-60EC
• Meade DS-70EC
• Meade DS-80EC
• Meade DS-90EC
• Meade DS-114EC
• Meade DS-127EC
• Polaris DS-60EC
• Polaris DS-114EC

The ETX-Autostar observation system

The ETX-Autostar observation system consists of the ETX telescope, the Autostar and the Tripod. How you set up these three components would determine how precise and consistent is your observation. You need to look at the ETX telescope, Autostar and the tripod as an integrated system.

There is no overall instruction for the beginner. There is a manual for the telescope on how to use the telescope. There is also the very brief manual on how to setup the Autostar. There may be a manual for the tripod. Each part of the observation system (telescope, Autostar and tripod) comes with its instruction with very little overall consideration. It is important the system work with each other. Worst of all, the manual assumes that the beginner user know how the entire system should work together.

This guide book take the entire Meade ETX-Autostar observation system as a whole and guide you though step-by-step process to integrate you telescope, Autostar and tripod in to one observation system. You will achieve perfect GOTO night after night after night without frustration.

There will be no consistency without precision steps. A small error here, a little off there, and these little imprecision add up to big error. If setup properly, the ETX/Autostar telescope, is amazingly precise even at such a low cost This guide book will show you all the precision steps require for perfect results. This field guide is designed to show all the essentials on how to setup and align the Meade ETX/Autostar Observation system with precision without going into a lot of boring theory. This is a practical guide that if you follow the instruction, you will get the desired result.

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This is how good you GOTO can be:

By following the instruction in this guide book, you can expect ALL target stars will appear in the viewfinder, better than 80% of GOTO targets will appear (not necessarily centered) in the 26mm eyepiece of the ETX-90EC. If you follow the instruction here, you will get good GOTO consistently, night after night of comfortable star glazing without frustration. The instructions here will show you the step-by-step process how to achieve precision results.

Total setup and alignment time for perfect GOTO: 10 minutes!

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In the Guide Book for
Meade ETX telescopes, Meade 497 Autostar, Meade Tripod :

• Correct and precision method to Train Drive
• Eliminates drive lack time (telescope does not move immediately after you push the button)
• Eliminates jerky telescope movements
• Eliminates and avoid motor failure messages

Autostar problem troubleshooting

What can be easier than looking at the computer screen and compare the screen with the sky. Point and Click the telescope to the star of you choice right on the computer screen. Want to see all the stars of a constellation? Just point and click on each star of the constellation from you computer screen. There is no need to find them yourself in the sky.

Hold down the left mouse button and drag, the sky rotates with your mouse movement! Your browse the entire sky with you mouse.

Spin the mouse wheel and you zoom in on the target.

Tips on setting up your Autostar.
Find the EXACT longitude and latitude of your location.
Connect and test the connection of you telescope with the Autostar.
Quick setup of the planetarium/telescope control software.
A simplified user manual/quick tip for immediate use of the telescope control software.

Buy The Guide Book on CD