Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 70AZ-ADS Meade
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© 2005 Instruction Manual Meade 70AZ-ADS 70mm (2.8”) Altazimuth Refracting T elescope (800) 626-3233 www .meade.com.
– 2 – W ARNING: NEVER USE A MEADE TELESCOPE TO LOOK A T THE SUN! LOOKING A T OR NEAR THE SUN WILL CAUSE INST ANT AND IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE TO YOUR EYE. EYE DAMAGE IS OFTEN P AINLESS, SO THERE IS NO W ARNING TO THE OBSERVER THA T DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED UNTIL IT IS T OO LA TE.
– 3 – T ABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Standard Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
– 4 – Figure 1: Meade 70AZ-ADR Altazimuth Refracting T elescope Inset A: T ripod Leg; Inset B: Accessory T ray C: Saddle Plate Slot; D: T ripod Wingnut 1. Eyepiece/thumbscrew 14. Horizontal slow motion fine adjustment control cable 2. 45° erect image diagonal mirror 15.
– 5 – INTRODUCTION Before you begin, we urge you to take a few minutes to completely read this manual so that you can get the best use of the equipment. This manual details the set-up, operation, specifications and optional accessories of the Meade 70AZ-ADS altazimuth refracting telescope.
– 6 – 1. Loosen the horizontal and vertical locks of your telescope, so that the telescope can move freely . 2. If you have not already done so, place a low-power (SP 26mm) eyepiece in the eyepiece holder or diagonal prism of your telescope. Point the telescope at an easy-to-sight land object ( e.
– 7 – Nine planets (maybe more!) travel in a fairly circular pattern around our Sun. Any system of planets orbiting one or more stars is called a solar system. Our Sun, by the way , is a single, yellow dwarf star . It is average as far as stars go and is a middle aged star .
– 8 – Almost all the stars you can see in the sky are part of our galaxy . A galaxy is a large grouping of stars, containing millions or even billions of stars. Some galaxies form a spiral (like our galaxy , the Milky Way) and other galaxies look more like a large football and are called elliptical galaxies.
– 9 – cause image movement. Let your eyes “dark-adapt”: Allow five or ten minutes for your eyes to become “dark adapted” before observing. Use a red-filtered flashlight to protect your night vision when reading star maps, or inspecting the telescope.
– 10 – USE THE SPECIFICA TIONS TO CALCULA TE THE MAGNIFICA TION OF YOUR EYEPIECE The power of a telescope is how much it magnifies objects. Y our 26mm eyepiece magnifies an object 13 times. Y our 9mm eyepiece magnifies objects 36 times. But if you obtain other eyepieces, you can calculate how much magnification they have with your telescope.
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