Assembly; Adjustment; Attach The Optical Tube To The Mount; Attach The Red Dot Viewfinder - Meade NG70-SM Instruction Manual

ASSEMBLE YOUR TRIPOD
The tripod is the basic support for your
telescope and is shipped with the tripod head
and legs unattached.
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1. Attach the 3 steel tripod legs [7] to the
tripod head [6] with the 3 leg locks [20]
facing inward. Three 1-11/16" long bolts
are provided for this purpose. Once the
tripod head and legs are connected,
spread the tripod legs evenly apart.
( ( S S E E E E F F I I G G . . 2 2 ) ) .
Fig. 2
2. Attach the leg
braces [9] to the
leg brace
supports [8]
using the three
provided 1-1/4"
long bolts and
the wing nuts.
3. Place the round accessory tray into the
hole in the center of the leg braces [9] and
spin the tray clockwise to thread the tray
into the hole. Tighten until firm.
Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving.
ADJUSTING THE TRIPOD
Now that the tripod has been assembled,
the tripod height can be adjusted so that you
can view comfortably.
1. Spread the legs out evenly apart.
2. To set the height of the tripod, unlock the
tripod leg lock knob [20].
3. Slide the leg [19] in or out to the desired
length.
4. Tighten the leg lock knob [20] until firm.
3. Repeat for the other two legs.

ATTACH THE OPTICAL TUBE TO THE MOUNT

The optical tube gathers distant light which
is focused in the eyepiece.
1. Remove the two lock knobs (11) from the
optical tube.
2. Slide the optical tube [4] onto the
mounting bracket from the front end of
the mounting bracket.
3. Thread the lock knob [11] into the
mounting bracket and tighten until firm.

ATTACH THE RED DOT VIEWFINDER

An eyepiece (1) has a narrow field
Fig. 3
make it easier to line up more precisely with
a target.
1. Slide the red dot viewfinder (2) into the
mounting bracket as shown in Fig. 3.
N N o o t t e e : : To detach the red dot viewfinder, slide
the bracket out.
ATTACH THE DIAGONAL MIRROR
AND EYEPIECE
The diagonal mirror reflects the light from
the optical tube to a more comfortable
viewing position.
1. Slide the diagonal mirror (13) into the
focuser drawtube(15).
2. Tighten the drawtube thumbscrew to hold
the diagonal mirror securely.
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of view. A
viewfinder
(2) has a wider
field of view,
which makes it
easier to locate
objects. The red
dot viewfinder
has a red dot to