Meade 12 inch Instruction Manual - Page 31

APPENDIX C: - 31 - LX200 ALIGNMENT STAR LIBRARY AND STAR CHARTS: 1. Alignment Stars The LX200 utilizes 33 bright and well known stars to calibrate the telescope's Object Library in the ALTAZ and POLAR alignments. These stars were selected to allow observers from anywhere in the world on any given night, to be able to easily and quickly make precision alignments. The LX200 Alignment Star Library and Star Charts are below for your reference: STAR NAME ACHERNAR ACRUX A ALBIREO ALKAID ALDEBARAN ALNILAM ALPHARD ALPHEKKA ALTAIR ANTARES ARCTURUS BETELGUESE BOGARDUS CANOPUS CAPELLA CASTOR A DENEB DENEBOLA DIPHDA ENIF FOMALHAUT HADAR HAMAL MARKAB MIRA POLARIS POLLUX PROCYON REGULUS RIGEL SIRIUS SPICA VEGA LX200 ALIGNMENT STAR LIBRARY STAR # MAGNITUDE CONSTELL R/A 13 0.5 ERIDANUS 01 37.7 121 1.3 CRUX 12 26.6 223 3.1 CYGNUS 19 30.8 140 1.9 URSA MAJOR 13 47.6 33 0.9 TAURUS 04 35.9 50 1.7 ORION 05 36.2 95 2.0 HYDRA 09 27.6 165 2.2 CORONA BOR. 15 35.5 226 0.8 AQUILA 19 50.8 177 0.9 SCORPIUS 16 29.5 147 0.0 BOOTES 14 15.7 56 0.4 ORION 05 55.2 58 2.6 AURIGA 05 59.8 63 -0.7 CARINA 06 24.0 42 0.1 AURIGA 05 16.6 78 1.9 GEMINI 07 34.6 232 1.3 CYGNUS 20 41.5 114 2.1 LEO 11 49.1 8 2.0 CETUS 00 43.6 238 2.4 PEGASUS 21 44.2 247 1.2 PISCES AUST. 22 57.7 144 0.6 CENTAURUS 14 03.9 17 2.0 ARIES 02 07.2 249 2.5 PEGASUS 23 04.8 20 2.1 CETUS 02 19.4 19 2.0 URSA MINOR 02 14.7 81 1.1 GEMINI 07 45.4 80 0.4 CANIS MINOR 07 39.3 100 1.4 LEO 10 08.5 41 0.1 ORION 05 14.6 67 -1.5 CANIS MAJOR 06 45.2 138 1.0 VIRGO 13 25.2 214 0.0 LYRA 18 37.0 DEC. -57 14 -63 06 +27 58 +49 19 +16 31 -01 12 -08 39 +26 43 +08 52 -26 26 +19 11 +07 25 +37 13 -52 42 +46 00 +31 53 +45 17 +14 34 -17 59 +09 53 -29 38 -60 24 +23 28 +15 12 -02 58 +89 17 +28 02 +05 14 +11 58 -08 12 -16 43 -11 10 +38 47