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Digital watches can help you keep track of time, and additional features commonly found on digital watches, like alarms and chronographs, make digital watches all the more helpful. Learning to...

Timex digital watches provide reliable time-keeping, as well as a host of other popular features such as an alarm and compass. Learning how to use a Timex digital watch is simple, leaving you time...

A one star alignment is setting up your Meade LX 90 GPS telescope to find its bearings of the night sky by locating and programming the information of one star in the sky into Autostar's database....

The automatic tracking feature on the Meade DS-2000 telescope lets you keep any object you sight centered in the eyepiece. Follow the steps below to set up Autostar in the Meade DS-2000.

If you often use your Meade LX90GPS telescope at different geographic locations, you can add these to an Observation Site List to speed up the process of setting up your telescope at each...

You can use the GO TO feature on your Meade telescope to quickly find known stars. Here's how it works.

Your Mead telescope can provide a guided tour of the heavens that can be as inspiring as it is educational. Here's how the guided tour function works.

Finding true North with your Meade telescope is part of the Auto Align process. You will need to complete the entire process to reach your goal. Follow these steps.

The Alt/Az Alignment feature on your Meade LX90 Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope allows you the option of choosing your own alignment stars from the auto database. Here’s how to use this option.

Performing an Easy Two-Star Alignment is the fastest and easiest way to locate stars.

Autostar's automatic tracking can locate a star, then keep it centered in your telescope's eyepiece.

The Meade NightView is a digital night vision observing device you can use both day and night. NightView is portable and easily fits your hand. The low-light device is ideal for the outdoorsman,...

You don't have to be a professional astronomer to align your Meade telescope. Any amateur star-gazer who can press a button can accomplish the task. Here's how to do it.

While stargazing with your Meade LX-90 telescope, use Autostar to quickly find heavenly objects. Manipulate the arrow keys to find your star, and then use the tracking feature to keep it centered...

Meade's 12 Inch LX90 GPS Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope has an Autostar feature that lets you view more than 30,000 planets, stars, galaxies, nebulae and comets at the push of a button. The Landmark...

With the Meade LX90GPS Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, you don't have to hire an astronomer to guide you through the heavens. The instrument will do all the work for you. Just follow these steps.

Finding "true north" with your telescope is part of the "Automatic Alignment" process. Once you complete it, you telescope will be oriented and ready for use. Just follow these instructions.

Adding observing sites to your telescope's memory will help you quickly find your favorite celestial objects from different geographic locations. You can store up to six observing sites in the...

The database for the Autostar computer controller on your Meade LX90GPS telescope contains the orbits for dozens of space stations and GPS satellites. You can automatically locate them by...

Two stars are chosen manually by the observer from the large database of Autostar. Complete Step 1 through 9, unless you have completed the initialization procedure then complete Step 6 through 9.

Two stars are chosen manually by the observer from the large database of Autostar. Complete Step 1 through 9, unless you have completed the initialization procedure then complete Step 6 through 9.

Only one star is chosen manually by the observer from the largedata base of Autostar. Complete Step 1 through 9, unless you have completed the initialization procedure then complete Step 6 through 9.

Only one star is chosen manually by the observer from the large database of Autostar. Complete Step 1 through 9, unless you have completed the initialization procedure then complete Step 6 through 9.

The mode key on your AutoStar is similar to the escape key on a computer's keyboard. It allows you to go back tot he previous menu or data level until the top level, Select Item, is reached....

You can set the blink rate of the red dot on your telescope to suit your preferences. Just follow these steps and the task will be accomplished in no time!

Once you've stored a landmark (a terrestrial object that you would like to view or use for orientation) in the memory of your Autostar computer controller, you can use the Autostar controls to...

To view Saturn, use the GO TO SATURN procedure on the Meade DS-2000 Autostar system. Be sure to perform the EASY ALIGN procedure before attempting the steps below. Once you've performed the EASY...

You must initialize Autostar the first time you use your Meade DSX-125C Altazimuth-Cassegrain telescope and then again after resetting it. Follow these steps and you can start enjoying this...