Meade Customer Service; Specifications - Meade 50 AZ-T Instruction Manual

plug (10), Fig. 18, to the circuit board (as described
above in Step 4c). Replace the dust cover.

Meade Customer Service

If you have a question concerning your Meade Starfinder
telescope, call Meade Instruments/Customer Service Dept. at
949-451-1450, or fax at 949-451-1460. Customer Service hours
are 8:30AM - 4:00PM, Pacific Time, Monday through Friday. In
the unlikely event that your 16" Starfinder telescope requires
factory servicing or repairs, write or call the Meade Customer
Service Dept. first, before returning the telescope to the factory,
giving full particulars as to the nature of the problem, as well as
your name, address, and daytime telephone number. The great
majority of 16" Starfinder servicing issues can be resolved by
telephone, avoiding return of the telescope to the factory.
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Specifications:

Meade Starfinder
TELESCOPE:
Optical Design
Diameter/Clear Aperture
Primary & Secondary Mirrors
Secondary Mirror Support
Focal Length
Focal Ratio
Resolving Power (arc secs.)
Limiting Visual Magnitude
Limiting Photographic Magnitude 18.1
Image Scale
Maximum Practical Visual Power 600X
35mm Angular Film Coverage
Optical Tube
Secondary Mirror Minor Axis
Secondary Mirror Obstruction
Equatorial Mounting
Polar and Dec Shaft Dias.
Bearings
Pier (dia. x height)
Motor Drive System
Drive Gear
Setting Circle Dias.
Latitude Range
Material
Total Net Telescope Wt. (approx.)
Heaviest Component
for Field Assembly
Shipping Weight (approx.)
TM
16" Reflecting Telescope
Starfinder Equatorial 16
Newtonian Reflector
406mm (16")
®
Grade-A Pyrex
fine annealed
4-vane; steel
1830mm
f/4.5
0.28
15.6
0.79°/inch
0.74° x 1.06°
19" dia. x 66" long spiral-
wound Sonotube
4.00"
6.2%
German-type
1.5"
Polar: 2 Sealmaster ball
bearings; Dec: Nylon
6.0" x 18" steel
9-volts D.C.
5" worm gear
RAand Dec: 6"
25° to 60°
aluminum castings
247 lbs.
62 lbs.
273 lbs.
glass,