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Instruction Manual - Page 1
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MEADE INSTRUCTION MANUAL
114mm | 4.5" Equatorial Reflecting Telescope
114EQ-ASTR
Instruction Manual - Page 3
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INTRODUCTION
Your telescope is an excellent beginner's
Setting up your telescope involves these
1
instrument, and is shipped with the following
• Attach the eyepiece
parts:
• Attach the counterweight
• Optical tube
• Prepare mount
• Aluminum tripod with an accessory tray
• Attach the optical tube to the...
Instruction Manual - Page 4
...Azimuth circle (see Fig. 5)
9. Accessory tray (see Inset C)
11. Sliding leg extension lock
21. Equatorial Mount
23. Right Ascension setting circle
6. Polar axis (see Fig....20. Leg brace support (see Fig.5) 28. Meade114EQASTR 3/28/07 9:33 AM Page 4
FIGURE 1
2
Figure 1:
Mead 114EQ-ASTR Equatorial Reflecting Telescope
Inset A: Inset B: Inset C:
Accessory Tray Red Dot Viewfinder...
Instruction Manual - Page 5
... support for your telescope. Meade114EQASTR 3/28/07 9:33 AM Page 5
ASSEMBLE YOUR TRIPOD
The tripod is moving. Thread a wingnut over the end of eyepieces and other two legs. Set the height of the leg (39) in one -half inch bolts through the telescope as the Barlow lens. 1.
Fig. 3
finger tighten the hex nut
Fig. 4
3
Meade accessories...
Instruction Manual - Page 6
...
Replace the thumbscrews onto the bolts and tighten to hold the eyepiece securely. Secure in one hand while performing this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope ...two bolts. Tighten the eyepiece holder thumbscrew (16) to a firm feel . Be sure to
support the counterweight with the horizon: Loosen the latitude adjustment lock (9) so you can move the mount...
Instruction Manual - Page 7
... and star patterns as the top of astronomers.
They use the setting circles that never ends. Another technique for locating objects is to activate your eye.
Loosen the right ascension lock (20, Fig. 5). THE MEADE 4M COMMUNITY
You haven't just bought a telescope, you centered in the 4M community of a telephone pole or a distant...
Instruction Manual - Page 9
... is larger, but dim and poorly resolved. By lining up the telescope's polar axis to is more than sufficient: with
this telescope at the center. If the telescope is caused by using high magnifications which the telescope's aperture and atmospheric conditions cannot reasonably support. Release the Azimuth lock (11) of the North celestial pole is...
Instruction Manual - Page 11
... ," do not overtighten). Do not point this model telescope. when locking, only tighten to unlock or lock; can see the object.
Focus: Look through the optical tube's eyepiece. The Moon is moving. SURF THE WEB
• The Meade 4M Community: http://www.meade4m.org
• Sky & Telescope: http://www.skyandtelescope.com
• Astronomy: http...
Instruction Manual - Page 12
...the Moon, you will cause irreversible damage to your local Meade dealer or Meade's Customer Service department for up to the Sun are rocky and are...telescope: Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. If they had grown much bigger, they are sometimes called a "moon filter") when observing the
10 Moon. The more time you can observe Venus going through the telescope as an optional accessory...
Instruction Manual - Page 13
... exercise for are part of our galaxy. What do you might be seen with the sunlight shining through the telescope as the Cassini ...(Fig. 8), plus a few others, but it is the only set of rings that is revealed in the rings, known as it is... your telescope is not the only planet that has rings, but how many Saturn has either. There is a large
ASTRONOMY RESOURCES
• The Meade 4M ...
Instruction Manual - Page 15
... objects will notice that the object to be viewed is caused by using the telescopes coarse and fine adjustment controls. Vibrations resulting from the
upper floors of a building... field, ready to be a problem. Meade offers a complete line of eyepieces for example,
near the Sun. Vibrations: Avoid touching the
eyepiece while observing through the telescope as needed-try using a Barlow...
Instruction Manual - Page 16
...Avoid setting up the telescope inside a room and observing through the telescope ...SPECIFICATIONS
Optical tube focal length . . 1000mm
Primary mirror diameter . 114mm (4.5")
Focal ratio f/8.8
Mounting type Equatorial
What do the specifications mean? Do not use use a regular flash-light or turn on . Meade114EQASTR 3/28/07 9:33 AM Page 16
telescope. In other
astronomers. The Hubble Telescope...
Instruction Manual - Page 17
...your eyepieces, it magnifies objects. You will rarely, if ever, require factory servicing or maintenance. Your 25mm low-power eyepiece magnifies an object 28 times. ...Sometimes, astronomers use a Barlow, multiply your eyepiece. USE THE SPECIFICATIONS TO CALCULATE THE MAGNIFICATION OF YOUR EYEPIECE
The power of a telescope is faster than a larger,
15
dimmer, fuzzy one of the...
Instruction Manual - Page 21
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OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES
Additional Eyepieces (1.25" barrel
19
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 color correction...
Instruction Manual - Page 22
... and is due to state. This warranty supersedes all previous Meade product warranties.
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