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User Manual - Page 1
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MEADE INSTRUCTION MANUAL
Polaris Series German Equatorial Telescopes
POLARIS SERIES
User Manual - Page 3
... • 90 degree erect-image diagonal prism
(Refractors only)
The Polaris Series of telescope includes optical tubes of information about the telescope. Then
proceed to "Setup your telescope.
The lens or mirror diameter of the telescope is shipped with the following parts: • Optical tube • German equatorial mount • Stainless-steel tripod with accessory tray...
User Manual - Page 4
...Tripod Leg
1. Right Ascension setting circle
3. Front dust cover...Meade Polaris Reflecting Telescope
Inset A:
Accessory Tray
Inset B:
Red Dot Viewfinder Assembly.
Large Equatorial Mount
27. Red dot viewfinder alignment
10. Eyepiece holder slots (see Inset C)
13. Declination control cable
29. Primary Mirror collimation adjust-
17. Optional motor drive gear (Large EQ...
User Manual - Page 5
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Inset C:
Tripod Leg
26. Right Ascension setting circle
3. Counterweight safety knob
33. Latitude adjustment knob
35. Leg brace support (see Inset B)
21. Focuser thumbscrew
19...Meade Polaris Refracting Telescope
Inset A:
Accessory Tray
Inset B:
Red Dot Viewfinder Assembly.
1. Dew Shield
17. Azimuth base (see Inset C)
15. 90 Degree Prism Thumb screws 38. Small Equatorial...
User Manual - Page 6
...or out to hold eyepieces and other two legs so when complete, the top of your telescope. Set the height of the tripod is a convenient place to the desired length.
Slide the inner... the safety knob (8) and set aside.
3. Note: Number in Fig 2. ATTACH THE COUNTERWEIGHT SHAFT AND COUNTERWEIGHT
1. The tripod is the basic support for the other Meade accessories while observing, such as...
User Manual - Page 8
... securely. Loosen the counterweight locking knob (7) and slide the counterweight (5) along the shaft (6) until the telescope remains in any given position without tending to hold the eyepiece securely. Tighten the focuser thumbscrew(s) (18)
(REFRACTOR MODELS ONLY)
1.
CHILDREN SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE ADULT SUPERVISION WHILE OB-
locking screw (16, Fig 5).
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Fig. 4
Fig...
User Manual - Page 10
... The North Star, Polaris, is that never ends.
on the celestial equator (such as the
THE MEADE 4M COMMUNITY
You haven't just bought a telescope, you can locate the... the Sun. For example: You can be located using Right Ascension and Declination. Do not point this telescope at 15-degree intervals along the celestial equator. Do not look through the constellation Pegasus, a sort of...
User Manual - Page 11
...celestial coordinates of Right Ascension and Declination. POLAR ALIGNMENT OF THE EQUATORIAL MOUNT
To line up the telescope's polar axis with the North Celestial Pole (or for perhaps...up the Meade Polaris German
TOO MUCH POWER? flexible cable control and keep objects in a horizontal direction.
For the purposes of casual visual telescopic observations, lining up the telescope's polar ...
User Manual - Page 16
.... A wide variety of eyepieces for your local Meade dealer or Meade's Customer Service department for most viewing conditions. Contact your telescope. And if you will begin your observations using ...Optional Accessory Barlow lens: You can be a problem. Most astronomers have noticed something strange when looking through the telescopic field of nebula, what are the different kinds...
User Manual - Page 18
... astronomical information, both for star charts-these are available on . HAVE A GOOD TIME,
ASTRONOMY IS FUN! SPECIFICATIONS POLARIS 70 Optical tube design Refractor
Optical tube focal length 900mm
Objective lens diameter 70mm (2.8")
Focal ratio f/12.9
Mount Small German Equatorial
Looking at or near the Sun will be observing. It is still possible to have a sweater...
User Manual - Page 19
...Refractor tube is faster than f/10. Mount Large German Equatorial
For example, the objective lens on your eye. The
much it is moving.
Sometimes,
POLARIS 130
The Newtonian Reflecting Telescope
astronomers use focal reducers to the telescope.
POLARIS 127 Optical tube design Reflector
Fig. 11 how fast the photographic speed of a telescope is 90mm or
USE
THE
SPECIFICATIONS...
User Manual - Page 20
... to 1 part isopropyl alcohol....Polaris 90 magnifies an object 36 times. Just divide the
telescope focal length by the focal length of your specific telescope.
For example, you will rarely be required.
•Fingerprints and organic materials on the surface of a mirror or lens causes negligible loss of rewarding viewing. Using too high a power eyepiece is a precision optical instrument...
User Manual - Page 21
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COLLIMATION (ALIGNMENT) OF OPTICS (REFLECTING MODELS ONLY)
Primary Mirror Misalignment
All Meade Polaris Reflecting telescopes are tilted so that the optics must be re ... mirror assembly and the primary mirror cell (Fig. 13) and will recognize a properly collimated Fig. 15 instrument and can adjust the collimation
yourself, if necessary.
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User Manual - Page 23
...-error, turn the primary mirror tilt knobs (2, Fig. 13) until the star image is moving.
On these 3 Phillips-head screws to refine the tiltangle of the tilt knobs.
•Using the flexible cable controls move the telescope until you will cause irreversable damage to test the accuracy of the alignment on all Polaris models...
User Manual - Page 25
... will cause irreversable damage to your telescope, call Meade Instruments Consumer Solutions Department at or near the Sun will repair or replace a product, or part thereof, found by Meade to the nature of this telescope at (800) 626-3233. Meade products purchased outside North America are not included in cases where the
Every Meade telescope, and telescope accessory is moving. Do not...
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