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Instruction Manual StarNa vigator ™ Series Reflecting and Refracting T elescopes with A udiostar ™ MEADE.COM.
Refracting T elescopes use a large objective lens as their primary light-collecting element. Meade refractors, in all models and apertures, include achromatic (2-element) objective lenses in order to reduce or vir tually eliminate the false colour (chromatic aberration) that results in the telescopic image when light passes through a lens.
Easy Set-Up Guide ........................................................ 4 T elescope Features ...................................................... 7 A udiostar Features ........................................................ 9 Getting Star ted .
4 Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. EASY SET -UP GUIDE 2. Attach the mounting arm assembl y : Place the mounting arm assembly into the tripod base.
5 Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. H G 11. Sight along the tube: Sight along the side of the telescope's main tube to locate an object.
6 Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. 1 2 5 11 10 6 16 13 15 7 3 22 Fig. 1: StarNa vigator Ser ies Refracting T elescope.
Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. 1 2 5 10 16 13 15 7 22 Fig. 1: StarNa vigator Ser ies Reflecting T elescope. Features of the StarNavigator Series telescopes are virtually identical.
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7 Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. T ake the time to become acquainted with all of these controls bef ore attempting obser v ations through the telescope.
8 Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. Fig. 2: The StarNavigator Audiostar handbo x. 씍 Accessory T ray Attachment Bolts - Attach to wing nuts to fasten tra y to the tripod.
9 Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. T our the Cosmos with Just the Push of a Button Control your StarNa vigator Ser ies system with the standard-equipment A udiostar .
10 Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving.
11 P acking List Getting the telescope ready f or first obser v ations requires only a fe w minutes. When first opening the packing bo x, note carefully the par ts listed on your giftbox. How to Assemb le Y our T elescope The telescope attaches directly to the tripod.
12 Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. it in the diagonal prism ( refractor models only ; 1, Fig. 9 ) or directly into the eyepiece holder ( 2, Fig.
13 Choosing an Eyepiece A telescope’ s eyepiece magnifies the light gathered b y the optical tube. Each ey epiece has a f ocal length, expressed in millimetres , or “mm.
14 Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving.
15 Slew Speeds A udiostar has nine slew speeds that are directly proportional to the sidereal rate (see TO TRA CK AN OBJECT A UTOMA TICALL Y on page 16 for a definition of "sidereal r ate") and have been calculated to accomplish specific functions.
DEFINITION: Initialization is a procedure that ensures that A udiostar operates correctly . When you first use A udiostar , it doesn't yet kno w where the obser vation location site is. During the procedure, you will enter the obser vation location.
17 the city and state or countr y of y our obser ving location). Press Up to select the zip code option or down to enter the city and state . Note: The location settings (countr y/state/pro vince and city , or zip code) are only asked f or the first time you turn on the control panel.
18 Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. How to Easy Align Y our T elescope If you ha ve performed Initializing A udioStar as shown on page 16, continue to step 2.
19 which you are f amiliar from this database when first tr ying out this method or the One-Star Alignment method. One-Star Alt/Az Alignment One-Star Alignment also requires some knowledge of the night sky . One-Star Alignment is identical to Easy: Align (see EASY (TWO-ST AR) ALIGN , Pg.
Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. 20 It is impor tant to understand that menu selections are set in a loop ( Fig. 20 ).
21 Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving.
22 Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. MENUS AND MENU OPTIONS Fig. 22: The Complete Audiostar Menu Structure. Object Menu Almost all obser ving with A udiostar is performed using the Object menu category .
23 Landmarks stores the location of terrestrial points of interest in the per manent A udiostar database. IMPORT ANT NOTE: T o use the Landmar k function, the telescope must be located and aligned e xactly as when the landmark was added to the database.
24 Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. Glossary Menu The Glossar y menu provides an alphabetical listing of definitions and descriptions for common astronomical terms and Audiostar functions.
25 Brightness Adj : Adjusts the brightness of the display using the Scroll k eys. When complete, press ENTER. Contrast Adj: Adjusts the contrast of the displa y using the Scroll ke ys. When complete, press ENTER. NO TE: This feature is usually only required in v er y cold weather .
Time Zone Shift Atlantic -4 Hours Eastern -5 Hours Central -6 Hours Mountain -7 Hours P acific -8 Hours Haw aii -10 Hours T able 1: Time Zone Shift. 26 Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun.
27 쩦 Edit : Edits a selected site, including: the name, latitude, longitude , and time zone. Time Zone ref ers to the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) time z one shift. Users W est of Greenwich, England use “-” hours, East of Greenwich use “+” hours .
28 Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving.
29 Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. Landmarks This menu option allows y ou to define and store terrestr ial objects in the Landmark database.
30 Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. 3. Press MODE to pause the Sur ve y . Press ENTER to restar t the sur vey at the first object of the sur ve y .
31 Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. 6. After "Minim um Ele vation," "Object T ype" displays . Press ENTER.
OPTIONAL A CCESSORIES A wide assor tment of prof essional Meade accessor ies is a vailable f or the StarNavigator telescopes. The premium quality of these accessories is well suited to the quality of the instrument itself. Consult meade .com for complete details on these and other accessories.
33 Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. CARING FOR Y OUR TELESCOPE Y our StarNavigator telescope is a precision optical instrument designed to yield a lifetime of rew arding obser vations .
34 Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. thread inward one of the adjustment/loc k knobs ( 1, Fig. 24 ) while unthreading another of these knobs.
35 Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. 2 1 3 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 1 2 3 2 1 2 3 4 3 6 2 5 1 4 Fig. 23. Fig. 24. Fig. 25.
SPECIFICA TIONS StarNavigator60 Optical design......................................................................................Refractor Clear aper ture ....................................................................................60 mm Focal length .
37 Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. StarNavigator114 Optical design...............................................
Celestial Coordinates It is helpful to understand how to locate celestial objects as they mo ve across the sky . A celestial coordinate system was created that maps an imaginar y sphere surrounding the Earth upon which all stars appear to be placed. This mapping system is similar to the system of latitude and longitude on Ear th surface maps .
39 Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. APPENDIX B Using A udiostar to Find Objects Not in the Database Although A udiostar contains a database of more than 32,000 celestial objects (stars, neb ulae, planets, etc.
Observing Satellites In this procedure, y ou will prepare your telescope to observe a satellite pass . 1. Go to the "Object: Satellite" menu option and press ENTER. 2. Use the Scroll ke ys to scroll through the list of satellites. 3. Select a satellite from the list and press ENTER.
41 Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. T raining the Drive T rain the telescope motors using Audiostar . Perf or m this procedure if y ou are experiencing any pointing accuracy problems .
APPENDIX E APPENDIX F Batteries Replace the red dot Viewfinder’ s batter y with a CR2032 lithium batter y . The batter y is located on the bottom of the red dot viewfinder . Y ou may need to slide y our fingernail or a screwdriver blade underneath the batter y and then slide it out.
43 Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving.
Planets Planets change positions in the sky as they orbit around the Sun. T o locate the planets on a given da y or month, consult a monthly astronomy magazine, such as Sky and T elescope or Astronomy . Y ou can also consult A udiostar for inf or mation about planets.
45 Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. Declaration of Conformity for CE Marking EMC Directive 2004/108/EC (Electromagnetic Compatibility) Meade Instruments Corp 27 Hubble Irvine, CA 92618 U.
0410 Rev7 Canada 27 Hubble, Irvine, California 92618 (800) 626-3233 www .meade.com MEADE LIMITED W ARRANTY Every Meade telescope, spotting scope, and telescope accessory is warranted b y Meade Instrum.
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