IMPORTANT NOTICE! Never use a telescope or spotting scope to look at the Sun! Observing the Sun, even for the shortest fraction of a second, will cause irreversible damage to your eye as well as physical damage to the telescope or spotting scope itself.

[ toc ] 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:

[ toc ] Table 9: LX200 Alignment Star Library

LX200 ALIGNMENT STAR LIBRARY
STAR NAME	STAR#	MAGNITUDE	CONSTELL	R/A	DEC.
ACHERNAR	13	0.5	ERIDANUS	01 37.7	-57 14
ACRUXA	121	1.3	CRUX	12 26.6	-63 06
ALBIREO	223	3.1	CYGNUS	19 30.8	+27 58
ALKAID	140	1.9	URSA MAJOR	13 47.6	+49 19
ALDEBARAN	33	0.9	TAURUS	04 35.9	+16 31
ALNILAM	50	1.7	ORION	05 36.2	-01 12
ALPHARD	95	2	HYDRA	09 27.6	-08 39
ALPHEKKA	165	2.2	CORONABOR.	15 35.5	+26 43
ALTAIR	226	0.8	AQUILA	19 50.8	+08 52
ANTARES	177	0.9	SCORPIUS	16 29.5	-26 26
ARCTURUS	147	0	BOOTES	14 15.7	+19 11
BETELGUESE	56	0.4	ORION	05 55.2	+07 25
BOGARDUS	58	2.6	AURIGA	05 59.8	+37 13
CANOPUS	63	-0.7	CARINA	06 24.0	-52 42
CAPELLA	42	0.1	AURIGA	05 16.6	+46 00
CASTOR A	78	1.9	GEMINI	07 34.6	+31 53
DENEB	232	1.3	CYGNUS	20 41.5	+45 17
DENEBOLA	114	2.1	LEO	11 49.1	+14 34
DIPHDA	8	2	CETUS	00 43.6	-17 59
ENIF	238	2.4	PEGASUS	21 44.2	+09 53
FOMALHAUT	247	1.2	PISCES AUST.	22 57.7	-29 38
HADAR	144	0.6	CENTAURUS	14 03.9	-60 24
HAMAL	17	2	ARIES	02 07.2	+23 28
MARKAB	249	2.5	PEGASUS	23 04.8	+15 12
MIRA	20	2.1	CETUS	02 19.4	-02 58
POLARIS	19	2	URSA MINOR	02 14.7	+89 17
POLLUX	81	1.1	GEMINI	07 45.4	+28 02
PROCYON	80	0.4	CANIS MINOR	07 39.3	+05 14
REGULUS	100	1.4	LEO	10 08.5	+11 58
RIGEL	41	0.1	ORION	05 14.6	-08 12
SIRIUS	67	-1.5	CANIS MAJOR	06 45.2	-16 43
SPICA	138	1	VIRGO	13 25.2	-11 10
VEGA	214	0	LYRA	18 37.0	+38 47

Star Charts (for Northern Hemisphere Observers)

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