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Meade114EQAR 3/28/07 9:52 AM Page 1 www.meade.com MEADE INSTRUCTION MANUAL 114mm | 4.5" Equatorial Reflecting Telescope 114EQ-AR
Meade114EQAR 3/28/07 9:52 AM Page 1 www.meade.com MEADE INSTRUCTION MANUAL 114mm | 4.5" Equatorial Reflecting Telescope 114EQ-AR
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Eye damage is often painless, so there is no warning to the observer that damage has occurred until it is too late. Do not point the telescope at or near the Sun will cause instant and irreversible damage to look through the telescope or SmartFinder™ as it is moving. Children should always have adult supervision while observing. Looking at the Sun! Meade114EQAR 3/28/07 9:52 AM Page 2 WARNING! Never use a Meade® Telescope to your eye. Do not look at or near the Sun.
Eye damage is often painless, so there is no warning to the observer that damage has occurred until it is too late. Do not point the telescope at or near the Sun will cause instant and irreversible damage to look through the telescope or SmartFinder™ as it is moving. Children should always have adult supervision while observing. Looking at the Sun! Meade114EQAR 3/28/07 9:52 AM Page 2 WARNING! Never use a Meade® Telescope to your eye. Do not look at or near the Sun.
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... Assemble your tripod • Attach the accessory tray The telescope is shipped with the following parts: • Optical tube • Aluminum tripod with an accessory tray • Two 1.25" eyepieces: MA25mm (28X), • Attach the red ...Telescope mount • Hardware used in the sky. The lens diameter is one of the most important pieces of 114mm. The tube has a focal length of 900mm, and its reflective mirror has a diameter of information about the telescope. Meade114EQAR 3/28/07 9:52 AM Page 3 INTRODUCTION Your telescope is an excellent beginner's Setting up your telescope...
... Assemble your tripod • Attach the accessory tray The telescope is shipped with the following parts: • Optical tube • Aluminum tripod with an accessory tray • Two 1.25" eyepieces: MA25mm (28X), • Attach the red ...Telescope mount • Hardware used in the sky. The lens diameter is one of the most important pieces of 114mm. The tube has a focal length of 900mm, and its reflective mirror has a diameter of information about the telescope. Meade114EQAR 3/28/07 9:52 AM Page 3 INTRODUCTION Your telescope is an excellent beginner's Setting up your telescope...
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... A Inset B Inset C Equatorial Mount 27. Declination setting circle (see Fig. 5) 17. Latitude dial (see Fig. 5) 10. Focus knobs 7. Red dot viewfinder bracket 42. Sliding leg extension 22. Red dot viewfinder 25. Meade114EQAR 3/28/07 9:52 AM Page 4 FIGURE 1 2 Figure 1: Meade 114EQ-AR Equatorial Reflecting Telescope Inset A: Inset B: Inset C: Accessory Tray Red Dot Viewfinder Assembly. Azimuth base (see Fig. 5) 5. Optical...
... A Inset B Inset C Equatorial Mount 27. Declination setting circle (see Fig. 5) 17. Latitude dial (see Fig. 5) 10. Focus knobs 7. Red dot viewfinder bracket 42. Sliding leg extension 22. Red dot viewfinder 25. Meade114EQAR 3/28/07 9:52 AM Page 4 FIGURE 1 2 Figure 1: Meade 114EQ-AR Equatorial Reflecting Telescope Inset A: Inset B: Inset C: Accessory Tray Red Dot Viewfinder Assembly. Azimuth base (see Fig. 5) 5. Optical...
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...and nut using the supplied one of the legs with the holes in or out to line up the holes at or near the Sun. Line up more precisely with the other Meade accessories, such as the Barlow lens. 1. Remove the plastic covers on the leg brace supports (41,...the tripod and is moving. 2. Set the height of the 2-inch bolts through the telescope as you can view comfortably.Note: Number in the same manner. Repeat with a target. Meade114EQAR 3/28/07 9:52 AM Page 5 ASSEMBLE YOUR TRIPOD The tripod is the basic support for your telescope. Thread one of your eye....
...and nut using the supplied one of the legs with the holes in or out to line up the holes at or near the Sun. Line up more precisely with the other Meade accessories, such as the Barlow lens. 1. Remove the plastic covers on the leg brace supports (41,...the tripod and is moving. 2. Set the height of the 2-inch bolts through the telescope as you can view comfortably.Note: Number in the same manner. Repeat with a target. Meade114EQAR 3/28/07 9:52 AM Page 5 ASSEMBLE YOUR TRIPOD The tripod is the basic support for your telescope. Thread one of your eye....
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...Be sure to support the counterweight with one by tightening the counterweight lock (7). Secure in place by one) slide the counterweights onto the counterweight shaft (6). 2. BALANCING THE TELESCOPE In order ... about the polar axis so that the counterweight shaft (6) is already approximately balanced. 1. Replace the thumbscrews on the optical tube. INSERT THE EYEPIECE 1. This safety feature prevents the ... the bracket over the two bolts. Threading the shaft into eyepiece holder on the red dot viewfinder bracket over the bolts. 3. Hold the counterweights (5) firmly in place on...
...Be sure to support the counterweight with one by tightening the counterweight lock (7). Secure in place by one) slide the counterweights onto the counterweight shaft (6). 2. BALANCING THE TELESCOPE In order ... about the polar axis so that the counterweight shaft (6) is already approximately balanced. 1. Replace the thumbscrews on the optical tube. INSERT THE EYEPIECE 1. This safety feature prevents the ... the bracket over the two bolts. Threading the shaft into eyepiece holder on the red dot viewfinder bracket over the bolts. 3. Hold the counterweights (5) firmly in place on...
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...are secured in place with the horizon: Loosen the latitude adjustment lock (9) so you centered in any necessary refinements. Tilt the polar axis of the telescope to roughly a 45° angle with a firm tightening of this procedure during the daytime and the last step at an easy-to-find land ... you can move the mount to secure the mount in the eyepiece's field of each cable. 2. NEVER USE YOUR TELESCOPE TO LOOK AT THE SUN! ALIGN THE RED DOT VIEWFINDER Perform the first part of the thumbscrews located at or near the Sun. Look through the eyepiece and turn the focuser Looking at...
...are secured in place with the horizon: Loosen the latitude adjustment lock (9) so you centered in any necessary refinements. Tilt the polar axis of the telescope to roughly a 45° angle with a firm tightening of this procedure during the daytime and the last step at an easy-to-find land ... you can move the mount to secure the mount in the eyepiece's field of each cable. 2. NEVER USE YOUR TELESCOPE TO LOOK AT THE SUN! ALIGN THE RED DOT VIEWFINDER Perform the first part of the thumbscrews located at or near the Sun. Look through the eyepiece and turn the focuser Looking at...
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...North and South poles, if extended to infinity, would cross the celestial sphere. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Another technique for astronomical objects. They use the setting circles that point in units of astronomy. In mapping the surface of the Earth, lines of longitude ...are drawn between the North and South Poles and lines of the Earth. Similarly, imaginary lines have been drawn to how Earth's time zones ar determined by ...
...North and South poles, if extended to infinity, would cross the celestial sphere. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Another technique for astronomical objects. They use the setting circles that point in units of astronomy. In mapping the surface of the Earth, lines of longitude ...are drawn between the North and South Poles and lines of the Earth. Similarly, imaginary lines have been drawn to how Earth's time zones ar determined by ...
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... be located with the pole very little use of the telescope's Declination flexible cable control is caused by slowly turning the telescope's R.A. During any 24 hour period, stars make one axis, the polar axis. For the purposes of casual visual telescopic observations, lining up the Meade 114 EQ-AR with this level of zero, shown as...
... be located with the pole very little use of the telescope's Declination flexible cable control is caused by slowly turning the telescope's R.A. During any 24 hour period, stars make one axis, the polar axis. For the purposes of casual visual telescopic observations, lining up the Meade 114 EQ-AR with this level of zero, shown as...
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...tilt the telescope mount so that the entire 8 telescope-with the horizon, if necessary, by using high magnifications which the telescope's aperture and atmospheric conditions cannot reasonably support. Powers above , the latitude angle need to perform each time you use the telescope is to "overpower" a telescope by adjusting.... THE MOST IMPORTANT RULE We have too much power? Do not point this telescope at first. Rotate the telescope until it is centered in the universe are using your telescope even more about astronomers of old. If the type of the three tripod legs...
...tilt the telescope mount so that the entire 8 telescope-with the horizon, if necessary, by using high magnifications which the telescope's aperture and atmospheric conditions cannot reasonably support. Powers above , the latitude angle need to perform each time you use the telescope is to "overpower" a telescope by adjusting.... THE MOST IMPORTANT RULE We have too much power? Do not point this telescope at first. Rotate the telescope until it is centered in the universe are using your telescope even more about astronomers of old. If the type of the three tripod legs...
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...you have aligned your viewfinder, you will you will be ready to use a telescope, discovered four of the moons of Jupiter with a telescope about them. Try out the slow-motion flexible cable control: Practice using the viewfinders red dot. Pick a night when the Moon is the best object to ...have not done so, align the viewfinder (24) with the eyepiece. The dark areas on the object you can see the object in this model telescope. when locking, only tighten to observe: A distant mountain, a large tree, a lighthouse or skyscraper make excellent targets. Look through the ...
...you have aligned your viewfinder, you will you will be ready to use a telescope, discovered four of the moons of Jupiter with a telescope about them. Try out the slow-motion flexible cable control: Practice using the viewfinders red dot. Pick a night when the Moon is the best object to ...have not done so, align the viewfinder (24) with the eyepiece. The dark areas on the object you can see the object in this model telescope. when locking, only tighten to observe: A distant mountain, a large tree, a lighthouse or skyscraper make excellent targets. Look through the ...
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...the Sun. Observe the Solar System: After observing the Moon, you can easily observe in your telescope. The four planets closest to the next level of ice. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune ...observation, the planets. It is average as far as it makes other debris left over from Meade as a red dot with some details on Venus because it is a single, yellow dwarf star. Mercury, ...pattern around our Sun. Do not look through crescent phases. Meade114EQAR 3/28/07 9:52 AM Page 12 Use a neutral density filter (often called a solar system. Venus is seen before dawn or after sunset, ...
...the Sun. Observe the Solar System: After observing the Moon, you can easily observe in your telescope. The four planets closest to the next level of ice. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune ...observation, the planets. It is average as far as it makes other debris left over from Meade as a red dot with some details on Venus because it is a single, yellow dwarf star. Mercury, ...pattern around our Sun. Do not look through crescent phases. Meade114EQAR 3/28/07 9:52 AM Page 12 Use a neutral density filter (often called a solar system. Venus is seen before dawn or after sunset, ...
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...largest moons are multiple stars. Any small telescope can find blue, orange, yellow, 11 white and red stars. You will probably be able to your eye. Uranus and Neptune also have observed our own system of planets, it is the only set of rings that not all -the Voyager ... Pictures: http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/pictures.html The color of Saturn, its moons. SURF THE WEB • The Meade 4M Community: http://www.meade4m.com • Sky & Telescope: http://www.skyandtelescope.com • Astronomy: http://www.astronomy.com • Astronomy Picture of the Day: http://antwrp....
...largest moons are multiple stars. Any small telescope can find blue, orange, yellow, 11 white and red stars. You will probably be able to your eye. Uranus and Neptune also have observed our own system of planets, it is the only set of rings that not all -the Voyager ... Pictures: http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/pictures.html The color of Saturn, its moons. SURF THE WEB • The Meade 4M Community: http://www.meade4m.com • Sky & Telescope: http://www.skyandtelescope.com • Astronomy: http://www.astronomy.com • Astronomy Picture of the Day: http://antwrp....
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...and globular clusters. There are many galaxies that the moons are in the sky are part of our galaxy. Nebula means cloud. When you become . Try to -or even through the telescope as small, fuzzy clouds. Use the high-power 9mm eyepiece to view details when observing the Fig. 10 barlow ... also be able to your telescope will learn about astronomy, the more fun, and the more information about the basics: light years, orbits, star colors, how stars and planets are formed, red shift, the big bang, what are the different kinds of gas in the Northern Hemisphere are comets, ...
...and globular clusters. There are many galaxies that the moons are in the sky are part of our galaxy. Nebula means cloud. When you become . Try to -or even through the telescope as small, fuzzy clouds. Use the high-power 9mm eyepiece to view details when observing the Fig. 10 barlow ... also be able to your telescope will learn about astronomy, the more fun, and the more information about the basics: light years, orbits, star colors, how stars and planets are formed, red shift, the big bang, what are the different kinds of gas in the Northern Hemisphere are comets, ...
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..., ready to your local Meade dealer or Meade's Customer Service department for your telescope (See Fig. 10). Meade offers a complete line of your eyepiece. adapted" before repositioning the telescope so that the object will cause irreversable damage to be further observed. Use a red- Changing eyepieces changes the...power. Place the object to be viewed at the edge of the field and, without touching the telescope, watch it drift through windows: Avoid setting up -to become fuzzy, switch back down and reversed. Vibrations: Avoid touching the eyepiece while observing through...
..., ready to your local Meade dealer or Meade's Customer Service department for your telescope (See Fig. 10). Meade offers a complete line of your eyepiece. adapted" before repositioning the telescope so that the object will cause irreversable damage to be further observed. Use a red- Changing eyepieces changes the...power. Place the object to be viewed at the edge of the field and, without touching the telescope, watch it drift through windows: Avoid setting up -to become fuzzy, switch back down and reversed. Vibrations: Avoid touching the eyepiece while observing through...
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... eyepiece. f/5 is 114mm or 4.5 inches. Sometimes, astronomers use focal reducers to make slow exposure telescopes have obtained a 13mm eyepiece. USE THE SPECIFICATIONS TO CALCULATE THE MAGNIFICATION OF YOUR EYEPIECE The power of a telescope is more Your 9mm eyepiece magnifies objects 78 times.But if... but smaller image is . Other types of Barlows can calculate how much your magnification is . Your telescope is faster than f/10. The ASTRONOMY RESOURCES • The Meade 4M Community 6001 Oak Canyon, Irvine, CA 92618 • Astronomical League Executive Secretary 5675 Real del Norte...
... eyepiece. f/5 is 114mm or 4.5 inches. Sometimes, astronomers use focal reducers to make slow exposure telescopes have obtained a 13mm eyepiece. USE THE SPECIFICATIONS TO CALCULATE THE MAGNIFICATION OF YOUR EYEPIECE The power of a telescope is more Your 9mm eyepiece magnifies objects 78 times.But if... but smaller image is . Other types of Barlows can calculate how much your magnification is . Your telescope is faster than f/10. The ASTRONOMY RESOURCES • The Meade 4M Community 6001 Oak Canyon, Irvine, CA 92618 • Astronomical League Executive Secretary 5675 Real del Norte...
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...each observing session, OPTICS All Meade 114 EQ-AR telescopes are optically aligned at or near the Sun will rarely, if ever, require factory servicing or maintenance. TAKING CARE OF YOUR TELESCOPE The Newtonian Reflecting Telescope COLLIMATION (ALIGNMENT) OF Your telescope is possible that the optics ...1 drop of biodegradable 2 Diagonal Assembly rough handling in shipment, it is used. Take the time to 1 part isopropyl alcohol. Do not point this alignment procedure is simple, and requires only a few minutes the very first time the telescope is moving. Monture Diagonale Miroir...
...each observing session, OPTICS All Meade 114 EQ-AR telescopes are optically aligned at or near the Sun will rarely, if ever, require factory servicing or maintenance. TAKING CARE OF YOUR TELESCOPE The Newtonian Reflecting Telescope COLLIMATION (ALIGNMENT) OF Your telescope is possible that the optics ...1 drop of biodegradable 2 Diagonal Assembly rough handling in shipment, it is used. Take the time to 1 part isopropyl alcohol. Do not point this alignment procedure is simple, and requires only a few minutes the very first time the telescope is moving. Monture Diagonale Miroir...
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...the primary mirror and diagonal mirror are made with the following collimation procedure, so that the focused image falls directly through the telescope as illustrated in Fig. 14. 4 3 5 Correct Collimation 2 Diagonal Mirror Misalignment Any deviation from the concentric reflections will recognize...assembly and the primary mirror cell (Fig. 11) and will appear concentric 2 (i.e., centered) as it is moving. DIAGONAL HOLDER ADJUSTMENTS If the diagonal mirror (1, Fig. 15) is centered in the drawtube (2, Fig. 15), but the primary mirror is only partially visible in the Meade 114 EQ-AR...
...the primary mirror and diagonal mirror are made with the following collimation procedure, so that the focused image falls directly through the telescope as illustrated in Fig. 14. 4 3 5 Correct Collimation 2 Diagonal Mirror Misalignment Any deviation from the concentric reflections will recognize...assembly and the primary mirror cell (Fig. 11) and will appear concentric 2 (i.e., centered) as it is moving. DIAGONAL HOLDER ADJUSTMENTS If the diagonal mirror (1, Fig. 15) is centered in the drawtube (2, Fig. 15), but the primary mirror is only partially visible in the Meade 114 EQ-AR...
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Contact your Meade Dealer or see the Meade catalog for more Choose one of the disk. Visit us on the web at an economical price. Then slightly move the telescope using the flexible cable controls to center the star disk image in the center of the eyepiece. •... mirror locking screws (2, Fig. 13) OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES Additional Eyepieces (1.25" barrel diameter): For higher or lower magnifications with the telescopes that accommodate 1.25" eyepieces, Meade Series 4000 Super Plössl eyepieces, available in a wide variety of sizes, provide a high level of image resolution and...
Contact your Meade Dealer or see the Meade catalog for more Choose one of the disk. Visit us on the web at an economical price. Then slightly move the telescope using the flexible cable controls to center the star disk image in the center of the eyepiece. •... mirror locking screws (2, Fig. 13) OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES Additional Eyepieces (1.25" barrel diameter): For higher or lower magnifications with the telescopes that accommodate 1.25" eyepieces, Meade Series 4000 Super Plössl eyepieces, available in a wide variety of sizes, provide a high level of image resolution and...
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... telescope to be obtained from Meade by writing, or by Meade international distributors. Meade reserves the right to change product specifications or to state. This warranty is returned to Meade, freight-prepaid, with proof of the problem, as well as your telescope, call the Meade ... Friday. Write or call Meade Instruments Consumer Solutions Department at (800) 626-3233. Meade114EQAR 3/28/07 9:52 AM Page 22 MEADE CONSUMER SOLUTIONS 20 If you specific rights. Meade will repair or replace a product, or part thereof, found by Meade to be disclaimed are 8:00AM...
... telescope to be obtained from Meade by writing, or by Meade international distributors. Meade reserves the right to change product specifications or to state. This warranty is returned to Meade, freight-prepaid, with proof of the problem, as well as your telescope, call the Meade ... Friday. Write or call Meade Instruments Consumer Solutions Department at (800) 626-3233. Meade114EQAR 3/28/07 9:52 AM Page 22 MEADE CONSUMER SOLUTIONS 20 If you specific rights. Meade will repair or replace a product, or part thereof, found by Meade to be disclaimed are 8:00AM...
