CCD Imaging Primer
	Imaging Made Easy and Fun!

This is an important part of CCD imaging since it affects pointing and tracking. You will need a high power illuminated reticle and a low power eyepiece for polar alignment. First do the standard LX200 polar alignment (scope goes to Polaris and then one bright star of its choosing). Then repeat the following procedure until the adjustments necessary are down to a couple of reticle boxes in size:

• Go to Polaris (LX-200 star #19)
• Center Polaris by adjusting the wedge
• Synch on Polaris
• Go to a bright star (low declination)
• Center the star using the keypad controls
• Synch on the star

Typically, half a dozen iterations should give your scope a very good polar alignment. (More iterations will be required if your low and high dec stars are not as far apart: e.g. more will be required if you use Arcturus as your low dec star instead of Antares).