{"id":8652,"date":"2022-09-27T09:49:05","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T13:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/?page_id=8652"},"modified":"2024-01-19T09:24:42","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T14:24:42","slug":"meade_lx2000-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/holcomb-observatory\/meade_lx2000-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Meade_LX2000"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-primary-block alignfull\" >\n\t<div class=\"container grid-default wysiwyg__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"sidebar-menu \" aria-label=\"Site Menu\" id=\"page-nav\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sidebar-menu__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"sidebar-menu__header\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sidebar-menu__headerLabel\">Holcomb Observatory Menu<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"sidebar-menu__mobileToggle\" title=\"Toggle Menu\" :aria-expanded=\"mobileOpen\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"sidebar-menu__list\" v-show=\"mobileOpen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/arts-sciences\/holcomb-observatory\/public-tours\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Weekend Public Tours<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/arts-sciences\/holcomb-observatory\/private-tours\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Private Group Tours<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skyandtelescope.com\/observing\/sky-at-a-glance\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" target=\"_blank\">The Current Night Sky<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skymaps.com\/downloads.html\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" target=\"_blank\">Star Charts<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/arts-sciences\/holcomb-observatory\/satellites\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Visible Satellites<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/skyandtelescope.org\/astronomy-equipment\/how-to-choose-a-telescope\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" target=\"_blank\">Buying a Telescope<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/iauarchive.eso.org\/public\/themes\/buying_star_names\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" target=\"_blank\">Buying a Star<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.darksky.org\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" target=\"_blank\">Light Pollution<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem hide-overflow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/physics-astrophysics-astronomy\/southeastern-association-research-astronomy\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" target=\"_blank\">SARA Observatory<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem hide-overflow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/physics-astrophysics-astronomy\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" target=\"_blank\">Physics\/Astrophysics &#038; Astronomy Department<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"sidebar-menu__desktopToggle\" v-text=\"desktopLabel\" :aria-expanded=\"desktopOpen\">More Links<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__wrapper wysiwyg__wrapper--hasSidebar\">\n\t\t\t<!-- content from editor -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__content wysiwyg__contentContainer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\"><h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meade LX2000 Telescope Operation<\/h1><p><\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image  is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2022\/09\/08102428\/Meade_LX2000-203x300.png\" alt=\"The portable Meade LX2000 telescope\"\/><\/figure><p> Meade LX2000 GPS enabled telescope.<\/p><ol class=\"wp-block-list\"> <li>Take the Box for standing with the Extension Cord and Telescope Transformer outdoors first.<\/li> <li>Carefully remove the Telescope from the storage room (point the finder scope away from the door jam).<\/li> <li>Pull the Telescope outdoors (don\u2019t push it, it may tip over!) &#8211; Use the hand grips and stand to move it.<\/li> <li>Align the Telescope on the concrete seam-two legs against the step and one leg toward the campus (Eyepiece is toward the observatory at this point) .<\/li> <li>Level the Telescope with the BU Sign at the end of the campus-replacing with the stoplight at 38th Street at night-slightly tighten the altitude screw.<\/li> <li>Turn azimuth 180 degrees, ie. If it starts at 6 hrs and 25 min, move the Telescope base (not the tripod) to 18 hrs and 25 min-Tighten the Azimuth screw on the base.<\/li> <li>Plug in the Power (transformer) on the side of the scope and TURN ON.<\/li> <li>Let the GPS find position &#8211; this may take about 1 minute.<\/li> <li>Once GPS finds the position ENTER 1=True North.<\/li> <li>Align two stars, one at a time (check in the finder scope and up\/down and sideway arrows to center in the main eyepiece (arrows are slow motion)-at the top of the hand paddle.<\/li> <li>Go to Objects Mode\/Enter Keys using the up\/down and sideway arrows at the bottom of the hand paddle.<\/li> <li>Select Object-Press Enter then Go To.<\/li><\/ol><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"parent":379,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8652","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"revision_note":"","acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.2 (Yoast SEO v26.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Meade_LX2000 | Butler University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/holcomb-observatory\/meade_lx2000-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Meade_LX2000 | Butler University\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/holcomb-observatory\/meade_lx2000-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"College of Liberal Arts &amp; 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