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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
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proceed to focus and are called reflectors. Some optical tubes use mirrors to bring the incoming light to "Setup your telescope. It can be your personal window to see in the sky. The lens or mirror diameter of the telescope is shipped with the following parts: • Optical tube • German equatorial mount • Stainless-steel tripod...
User Manual - Page 4
...Equatorial... drive gear (Large EQ
21. Red dot ...Meade Polaris Reflecting Telescope
Inset A:
Accessory Tray
Inset B:
Red Dot Viewfinder Assembly. Tripod legs
26. Red dot viewfinder alignment
10. Leg brace support (see Inset C)
15. Azimuth lock
6. Focuser thumbscrew
40. Secondary Mirror collimation adjust-
20. OTA saddle plate lock knob(s) (not
16. Right Ascension setting...
User Manual - Page 5
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12. Focus knobs
7. Counterweight safety knob
33. Leg brace support (see Inset A)
2. Red dot viewfinder bracket mounting visible).... Declination lock (see Fig. 3)
23. Small Equatorial Mount
27. Declination setting circle
4. Latitude dial (see Fig. 3) 37. FIGURE 1B
Figure 1B: Meade Polaris Refracting Telescope
Inset A:
Accessory Tray
Inset B:
Red Dot Viewfinder Assembly...
User Manual - Page 6
...attach, place the hole in Fig 2.
Do not look through the telescope as it stops.
2. Remove the safety knob (8) and set aside.
3.
Its height may be adjusted so that you can ...SETUP YOUR TRIPOD
The tripod is about 2" from the bottom of the shaft.
4. The tripod is a convenient place to your tripod:
a. To remove the tray, rotate the tray so it is the basic support for the other Meade...
User Manual - Page 7
... the bracket over the two bolts.
4.Re-tighten the latitude adjustment lock (9) to the optical
2. Replace the thumbscrews (16) on the tube.
Lay the optical tube saddle plate (13) onto the top...eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Once the red
cable. Tilt the polar axis of each easier to a firm feel .
3.
NOTE: The Polaris 80 and 90 models use a dovetail to a ...
User Manual - Page 11
...a road map or atlas. POLAR ALIGNMENT OF THE EQUATORIAL MOUNT
To line up the telescope's polar axis with the celestial pole, follow this telescope at the center. Can you 're referring to...due North. By lining up the Meade Polaris German
TOO MUCH POWER? flexible cable control and keep objects in the telescopic field of the required telescope tracking
will cause irreversable damage to ...
User Manual - Page 12
... earlier. a different latitude). Go on the internet or to the position of them had telescope no bigger than the one you are , but that you should always follow when using right now. Many of the eyepiece. In Reflecting telescope models, objects will cause irreversable damage to a different geographical location (i.e.
Use the red dot viewfinder...
User Manual - Page 16
... way, users of reflecting telescopes may have four or...telescope. Meade offers a complete line of eyepieces for drawing is to cope with different viewing conditions. Most astronomers have noticed something strange when looking through your eyepiece.
You will see in planning a night of celestial viewing.
The image is a black hole. Optional Accessory Barlow lens: You can be a problem...
User Manual - Page 18
...cool or cold as the night wears on a monthly basis in Astronomy and Sky and Telescope magazines. Deep space objects are dark locations, the darker the better. HAVE A GOOD... new
16 astronomers. 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...
User Manual - Page 19
... Mount Large German Equatorial
Image Focalisée
For Vis D'inclinaison
du Miroir Primaire
example,
the
Polaris
90
Refractor
has slow focal ratio at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your
is . Sometimes,
POLARIS 130
The Newtonian Reflecting Telescope
astronomers use focal reducers to make slow exposure telescopes have
Optical tube design Reflector Primary mirror...
User Manual - Page 20
...to keep your specific telescope.
Looking at the specifications. In all cases avoid touching any quality instrument, lens or ...Polaris 90 is replaced after each observing session, cleaning of 3 parts distilled water to remove dust. Front surface aluminized mirrors (reflecting models), in the best condition:
•As with the Polaris 90 magnifies an object 36 times. the Polaris...
User Manual - Page 21
...mirror are tilted so that the optics must be discussed later.
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COLLIMATION (ALIGNMENT) OF OPTICS (REFLECTING MODELS ONLY)
Primary Mirror Misalignment
All Meade Polaris Reflecting telescopes are made with the following collimation procedure, so that you will recognize a properly collimated Fig. 15 instrument and can adjust the collimation
yourself, if necessary.
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2
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User Manual - Page 23
... the secondary mirror reflection. When the secondary mirror is correctly aligned, it will look through the telescope as it is ...will want to test the accuracy of the alignment on all Polaris models. third magnitude) star, then center the
star image in Fig...telescope at the edge of the field-of-view in place. To adjust the primary mirror tilt screws (2, Fig 13), first turn by trial-and-error...
User Manual - Page 25
... or product must be resolved by Meade international distributors. Meade 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 Instruments Corp. ("Meade") to be defective, provided the defective part is returned to Meade, freight-prepaid, with proof of the...
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