Meade ETX-90 Support Question
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Question posted by ritab5737 on January 2nd, 2022
How Can I Remove The Front Of The Viewing Tube? The Silver Disc(baffle?) Looks L
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Request from ritab5737 on January 2nd, 2022 9:02 PM
the secondary baffled disc has slipped off. Can't loosen collector. Need advice. Meade etx90, no autostart finder
the secondary baffled disc has slipped off. Can't loosen collector. Need advice. Meade etx90, no autostart finder
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Answer #1: Posted by SonuKumar on January 3rd, 2022 8:58 AM
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Related Meade ETX-90 Manual Pages
User Manual - Page 2
... eye. Do not point the telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look at one time, taking care not...Remove used batteries promptly. • Never attempt to be ingested. • Seek medical advice immediately if a battery has
been swallowed.
WARNING! Eye damage is often painless, so there is no warning to switch off devices after use a Meade® ETX90 telescope to look through the telescope...
User Manual - Page 6
Latitude control knob
diagram on the base of the telescope. Do not mix battery types.
Gently remove the battery
holder from its packaging and line up the tilt-plate so that you are not followed, batteries may explode, catch fire, or leak. Take the ETX90 from the compartment so you don't accidentally pull out...
User Manual - Page 7
... . . . "9" is the fastest speed
and "1" is
in the off position.
Plug one end into the HBX port of the telescope tube. Or you can use the Arrow keys to begin Easy Alignment. Remove the ETX90 handbox and the coiled interface cable from the front
of the control panel and plug the other end into...
User Manual - Page 8
...telescope is pointing by simply looking at which you were looking. This can be easily seen. Adjustment Screws
The Red Dot Finder will extend its field of view is very small. This will aid you in pointing your telescope easily.
Now, without removing... until you point the telescope quickly and accurately, for terrestrial targets or GO TO pointing, the ETX90 has a 1X Red Dot Viewfinder.
User Manual - Page 9
... from bright nighttime lighting. Looking towards Magnetic North. With the tube
Little Dipper
Polaris
still level, rotate it points in the direction of you use the ETX90. In order to correctly ... can see the sky. The ETX "Alt/Az" Home Position
Once the ETX90 is best to set the telescope into they eyepiece holder and point the telescope tube towards Magnetic North locate the Big...
User Manual - Page 11
...keys to perform the Easy Align Procedure
If you be the brightest star in the area of view in the eyepiece. When the procedure is for a description of the eyepiece field. All ...message, perform this page. Star Alignment - While looking through Autostar's Menus", page 10, for the observer to place the red dot on placing the ETX90 telescope into the home position. Repeat procedure for a...
User Manual - Page 15
...feel only.
4 90° Eyepiece Holder: Holds the eyepiece upright
for easy viewing.
5 Optical Tube: The main optical component that
gathers the light from your ETX90 telescope. Note: The... of view. Note: Always remove the batteries if they are not
ETX90 KEY FEATURES
15 Follow battery manufacturer's precautions. Turning the vertical lock counterclockwise unlocks the telescope enabling ...
User Manual - Page 16
... North.
.
16 Note: The flip-mirror control is vertical (perpendicular to the telescope tube). See OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES, page 19.
2@ Declination (Dec.) Setting Circle (on the...ETX90 KEY FEATURES
followed, batteries may explode, catch fire, or leak. Always remove the batteries if they are not to be used for detailed information.
2) Flip-Mirror and Flip-Mirror Control Knobs: ETX
telescopes...
User Manual - Page 17
... length of the telescope and the focal length of view with a Super Plössl 26mm eyepiece, which gives a wide 1.08 degree field
The Series 4000 Super Plössl Eyepieces are relatively large and faint and look best at popular prices. This is a very good all purpose eyepiece for your ETX90 telescope. Choosing Eyepieces...
User Manual - Page 20
....com) and share software with other AutoStar enthusiasts.
• Control your ETX90 with your PC using an serial interface.
• Access a glossary of astronomical terms.
• Calculate which eyepiece to view on any given night of a celestial object.
• Mount the telescope in the "Alt/Az" mode (Altitude - Nearly all functions of the...
User Manual - Page 23
...
Viewing terrestrial objects requires looking through heat waves. While this is fuzzy or ill-defined, reduce to put your telescope ...telescope at an angle during the day or in the area.
Observing in Terrestrial mode:
1. Terrestrial Observing
The ETX90 is observing!
• Dress warmly. Use optional higher power eyepieces, such as craters on the handbox while looking...
User Manual - Page 30
... ENTER.
• High Precision if turned on, when looking for daylight savings time, if selected. Targets switches between telescopes, to match AutoStar to the telescope-you might begin to a nearby bright star and displays ...the time zone shift in degrees that sets a limit as to how far the optical tube can prevent it does not prevent you move through the list of Countries/States. Use...
User Manual - Page 33
...and press ENTER to go to view objects that allows you are finished, press ENTER.
8. This step is optional. Press ENTER.
2. Press GO TO and the telescope slews to the next display. ...as previously described, to find coordinates of your object. AutoStar then prompts you first need to look up the R.A.
Check out your local library, computer store, or bookstore for the Right ...
User Manual - Page 34
....
See OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES, page 19. and Dec. You may not happen at the factory. Best viewing is near Sunrise or Sunset when the sky is either a comment line, a command line, or... the desired satellite is also possible for a tour list are only in the viewfinder, then look through the telescope viewfinder (Pg. 13, Fig. 3, 2) for a few Guided Tours which are launched. ...
User Manual - Page 42
...to use the original box and packing material to protect the telescope during shipment.
MAINTENANCE
42
MAINTENANCE
Your ETX model telescope is a precision optical instrument designed to yield a lifetime of... that the entire telescope be wiped down the main telescope tube, the view (depending upon the observer's line of sight and the angle of the light) may remove organic materials (e.g.,
...
User Manual - Page 43
...the lens cover has been removed
from the telescope.
•
Confirm that
it difficult, if not impossible,
to see Terrestrial
Observing, page 23).
•
For clear viewing of objects, turn the ... point
of the ETX90
The power indicator light on the telescope does not come on . Interior air conditions may change slew speeds or the telescope moves slowly even though...ETX model.
User Manual - Page 46
... relationship of the Moon's surface. Almost daily, using a crude telescope considerably smaller than the ETX90, turned it also helps enhance contrast, providing a more dramatic image. Much of the universe are round meteor impact sites covering most of time and light. Be sure to look through which the beating heart of the planets, stars...
User Manual - Page 51
...an ETX, this motion is now equatorially mounted; If you are : altazimuth (alt/az) and equatorial. viewed through a telescope such as described in 15 to point North after moving the telescope outdoors...permit the optical tube to a firm-feel "
Latitude control bar
Figure 18: Attach Telescope to Tripod
Tighten to be lost. This is just visible above the flat surface of view in Step #2...
User Manual - Page 52
...almost all astronomical observing requirements, approximate settings of view. Do not allow undue attention to interfere with your telescope is equatorially mounted, the telescope motor drive will be lost. AutoStar Polar ... the Big Dipper as a guide (Fig. 22). Caution: Do not move the optical tube. First, choose "Polar" from this database are chosen by AutoStar. North + Celestial
Pole...
User Manual - Page 53
...telescope has been polar aligned. Any charted object is parallel to the drive base. With an ETX model polar aligned, use the following procedure:
1.
setting circle must be recalibrated, level the optical tube... telescope's field of view. Setting Circles
The ETX ...telescope is located during an observing session. Dec. and R.A. setting circle (Fig. 13) has been factory set to ±90...
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