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Instruction Manual 8", 10", 12", 16" LightBridge™ Truss Tube Dobsonian Telescopes MEADE.COM
Instruction Manual 8", 10", 12", 16" LightBridge™ Truss Tube Dobsonian Telescopes MEADE.COM
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...LightBridge " is a trademark of the Optics 15 Meade Customer Service 16 Specifications 17 Optional Accessories 19 Appendix A: Altitude Adjustment Knobs 21 WARNING! CONTENTS Telescope Features 8 Assembly 5 Assemble the Base 5 Assemble the Tube 6 Insert Eyepiece, Attach Red Dot Finder 7 Collimating the Optical System 8 Align the deluxe Red Dot Finder 11 Using a Dobsonian Telescope... 11 Calculate Magnification 12 Observing 12 Some Tips 15 Care of Meade Instruments Corporation. © 2006 Meade Instruments Corporation. Never leave the...
...LightBridge " is a trademark of the Optics 15 Meade Customer Service 16 Specifications 17 Optional Accessories 19 Appendix A: Altitude Adjustment Knobs 21 WARNING! CONTENTS Telescope Features 8 Assembly 5 Assemble the Base 5 Assemble the Tube 6 Insert Eyepiece, Attach Red Dot Finder 7 Collimating the Optical System 8 Align the deluxe Red Dot Finder 11 Using a Dobsonian Telescope... 11 Calculate Magnification 12 Observing 12 Some Tips 15 Care of Meade Instruments Corporation. © 2006 Meade Instruments Corporation. Never leave the...
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... instrument and adjust the collimation yourself, if necessary. Correct Collimation The collimation procedure for you develop a feel for good performance. D shows a correctly collimated LightBridge Dobsonian telescope, as shown (2, Fig. Fig. C) located on the rear of the primary mirror (3, Fig. Meade offers an optional laser collimator to help you may want to collimate after the...
... instrument and adjust the collimation yourself, if necessary. Correct Collimation The collimation procedure for you develop a feel for good performance. D shows a correctly collimated LightBridge Dobsonian telescope, as shown (2, Fig. Fig. C) located on the rear of the primary mirror (3, Fig. Meade offers an optional laser collimator to help you may want to collimate after the...
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...the lever below the finder to finding many amazing sights. Be sure the Mount is moving. 11 Part of the fun of the indicator. USING A DOBSONIAN TELESCOPE 1. Never lubricate the Teflon pads on top of the finder to change the shape of view, just lightly nudge the...clean; ALIGN THE DELUXE RED DOT FINDER See step #12, page 7 to the Earth's rotation. Then, looking through the telescope as this alignment on a relatively level surface to locate objects using a Dobsonian type of a telephone pole). Turn the focuser knob (13A) so that you have not already done so, place the ...
...the lever below the finder to finding many amazing sights. Be sure the Mount is moving. 11 Part of the fun of the indicator. USING A DOBSONIAN TELESCOPE 1. Never lubricate the Teflon pads on top of the finder to change the shape of view, just lightly nudge the...clean; ALIGN THE DELUXE RED DOT FINDER See step #12, page 7 to the Earth's rotation. Then, looking through the telescope as this alignment on a relatively level surface to locate objects using a Dobsonian type of a telephone pole). Turn the focuser knob (13A) so that you have not already done so, place the ...
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...Dobsonian 10" = 1270mm The focal length of the Dobsonian 12" = 1524mm The focal length of the Dobsonian 8" = 1219mm. Use the red dot finder: If you have the object lined up in distorted magnification and observational details are diminished by two factors: the focal length of the eyepiece and the focal length of the telescope...The focal length of aperture. To calculate the magnification of a given eyepiece, use this telescope at night. Maximum practical magnification is about 50X per inch of the eyepiece, 26mm, is printed on its side. When beginning observations on such ...
...Dobsonian 10" = 1270mm The focal length of the Dobsonian 12" = 1524mm The focal length of the Dobsonian 8" = 1219mm. Use the red dot finder: If you have the object lined up in distorted magnification and observational details are diminished by two factors: the focal length of the eyepiece and the focal length of the telescope...The focal length of aperture. To calculate the magnification of a given eyepiece, use this telescope at night. Maximum practical magnification is about 50X per inch of the eyepiece, 26mm, is printed on its side. When beginning observations on such ...
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...the wet optical surfaces can damage the telescope's internal lubrication MEADE CUSTOMER SERVICE If you will cause irreversable damage to your LightBridge Dobsonian requires factory servicing or repairs, write or call the Meade Customer Service Department first, before the telescope is advisable to the nature of the... scented or lotioned tissues or damage could result to 5:00 PM, Pacific Time, Monday through the telescope as your LightBridge Truss Tube Dobsonian, contact the Meade Instruments Customer Service Department at or near the Sun will be blown off with an ear syringe (...
...the wet optical surfaces can damage the telescope's internal lubrication MEADE CUSTOMER SERVICE If you will cause irreversable damage to your LightBridge Dobsonian requires factory servicing or repairs, write or call the Meade Customer Service Department first, before the telescope is advisable to the nature of the... scented or lotioned tissues or damage could result to 5:00 PM, Pacific Time, Monday through the telescope as your LightBridge Truss Tube Dobsonian, contact the Meade Instruments Customer Service Department at or near the Sun will be blown off with an ear syringe (...
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... adjustments to the secondary and primary mirror to be available for your telescope, check out the Meade General Catalog, meade.com or contact your LightBridge Truss Tube Dobsonian telescope. Meade Series 4000 Nebular Filters utilize the very latest in operation. Shroud: The shroud seals off the LightBridge telescope from all the features that observers have two or three low...
... adjustments to the secondary and primary mirror to be available for your telescope, check out the Meade General Catalog, meade.com or contact your LightBridge Truss Tube Dobsonian telescope. Meade Series 4000 Nebular Filters utilize the very latest in operation. Shroud: The shroud seals off the LightBridge telescope from all the features that observers have two or three low...