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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
... • German equatorial mount • Stainless-steel tripod with accessory tray • Three 1.25" eyepieces:
MA25mm, MA9mm, MA6.3mm • Red dot viewfinder with the parts
1
of the lens or mirror, also known as "aperture", determines how much detail you to focus the incoming light and are called refractors. Figure 1A shows
a typical reflector telescope whereas...
User Manual - Page 4
... dust cover (not shown)
Inset A Inset B Inset C Declination setting circle
4. Latitude adjustment lock (see Fig. 3)
23. Latitude adjustment knob
35. Camera adapter mounting screw
19. Red dot viewfinder
25. Focus knobs
7. Latitude dial (see Inset A)
9. 2
FIGURE 1A Figure 1A: Meade Polaris Reflecting Telescope
Inset A:
Accessory Tray
Inset B:
Red Dot Viewfinder Assembly...
User Manual - Page 5
... 1B: Meade Polaris Refracting Telescope
Inset A:
Accessory Tray
Inset B:
Red Dot Viewfinder Assembly.
1. Declination control cable
29. Red dot viewfinder alignment
10. Red dot viewfinder
25. Declination setting circle
4. Tripod leg lock knob (see Fig. 3) 37. Focus knobs
7. Counterweight safety knob
33. Latitude adjustment lock (not visible) 34. Small Equatorial Mount
27...
User Manual - Page 6
...mount to the tripod
Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to the desired length. Do not look through the telescope as it unlocks, then remove. Remove the safety knob (8) and set aside.
3. Secure in or out to your telescope...rotate the tray until tight. 4 SETUP YOUR TRIPOD
The tripod is the basic support for the other Meade accessories while observing, such as ...
User Manual - Page 7
... not look through the telescope as shown in the telescopes eyepiece.
NOTE: The Polaris 80 and 90 models use a dovetail to your eye. Once the red
cable. For these models, slide the viewfinder bracket into the viewfinder holder and secure with the viewfinder lens facing the front of the mount as it
located at the attachment...
User Manual - Page 8
... IS MOVING. CHILDREN SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE ADULT SUPERVISION WHILE OB- SERVING. INSERT THE EYEPIECE (REFLECTOR MODELS ONLY)
1. First, slide the 90 degree erect image prism (14, Fig 1B) directly into 90 degree erect image prism (14, Fig 1B).
4. The telescope mount will cause irreversable damage to the ground (horizontal).
2. EYE DAMAGE IS OFTEN PAINLESS...
User Manual - Page 11
...EQUATORIAL MOUNT
To line up the telescope's polar axis to within a degree or two of the pole is more than sufficient: with the North Celestial Pole (or for perhaps 20 to 30 minutes. For the purposes of casual visual telescopic observations, lining up the Meade Polaris German...magnifications which the telescope's aperture and atmospheric conditions cannot reasonably support. If the type...
User Manual - Page 15
... with your telescope. Uranus and Neptune also have been pulled apart because they passed too close together. Meade offers a ...will also be seen from home and look at .
But look for are part of planets, it . Some galaxies form a spiral (like our galaxy, ... not the only planet that has rings, but it is the only set of rings that are just pinpoints of stars sometimes can be seen....
User Manual - Page 16
...problem. Most astronomers have noticed something strange when looking through the telescopic...will begin your local Meade dealer or Meade's Customer Service department for more challenging...Meade offers AutoStar SuiteTM software. And if you're lucky, every so often a bright
comet appears in a different position every night. Note the time and the date. By the way, users of reflecting telescopes...
User Manual - Page 18
... your eye. Surf the Web and visit your library. 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. Do not look through the telescope as it a location where wild animals, such as skunks...
User Manual - Page 19
...
3.5 inches. many different sizes. Mount Large German Equatorial
For example, the objective lens on your eye. POLARIS 127 Optical tube design Reflector
Fig. 11 how fast the photographic speed of 2.4 meters (that's 7.8 feet
the Polaris 90 used with the Polaris 90 will magnify
Looking at or near the Sun. Primary mirror diameter 130mm (5.1") Telescopes are always described by how...
User Manual - Page 20
... specific telescope. You can tell what the focal length of 3 parts distilled water to the nearest whole number and you find out how much magnification an eyepiece will rarely be required.
•Fingerprints and organic materials on the surface of a mirror or lens causes negligible loss of rewarding viewing.
Front surface aluminized mirrors (reflecting models...
User Manual - Page 21
... possible. Do not look through the center of the instrument. CORRECT COLLIMATION 3
The properly collimated (aligned) mirror system in
shipment, it is possible 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...
User Manual - Page 23
...error, turn the primary mirror tilt knobs (2, Fig. 13) until one or more rings are next to center the reflection of -view in the eyepiece, as in Fig.
Once centered, as it will look through the telescope...reflection. Use the 25mm eyepiece and point the telescope at a moderately bright (second or
Looking at the best position, thread in the reflection of the alignment on all Polaris models...
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