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- Page 1 Instruction Manual Telestar 40AZ-T 40mm Altazimuth Refracting Telescope Meade Instruments Corporation...
- Page 2 TO YOUR EYE. EYE DAMAGE IS OFTEN PAINLESS, SO THERE IS NO WARNING TO THE OBSERVER THAT DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE. DO NOT POINT THE TELESCOPE OR ITS VIEWFINDER AT OR NEAR THE SUN. DO NOT LOOK THROUGH THE TELESCOPE OR ITS VIEWFINDER AS IT IS MOVING.
- Page 3 Telescope Features ........
- Page 4 Figure 1: 40AZ-T 40mm Altazimuth Refracting Telescope 1. Optical Tube 2. Viewfinder 3. Diagonal Mirror 4. Focus Knob 5. Altitude Control Handle 6. Tripod 7. Eyepiece 8. Objective Lens 9. Dew Shield 10. Optical Tube Attachment Screw Focus Tube 12. Eyepiece Thumbscrew 13.
- Page 5 INTRODUCTION This manual details the set up, operation, specifications, and optional accessories of the Telestar 40AZ-T (40mm) Altazimuth Refracting Telescope. The Telestar 40AZ-T is an easy to operate, refracting telescope designed for both astronomical and terrestrial observing. In order that you may achieve maximum utilization of the instrument, we urge that you to take a few minutes to read all of this manual before making first observations through the telescope.
- Page 6 6. Avoid setting up the telescope inside a room and observing through an open window (or worse yet, a closed window pane). Images viewed in such a manner may appear blurred or distorted due to temperature differences between inside and outside air.
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Page 7: Calculating Power
(objective) lens and the focal length of the eyepiece being used. The focal length of the Telestar 40AZ-T’s objective lens is 600mm. To compute power, divide the focal length of the eyepiece into the focal length of the objective lens. The resulting quotient is the magnifying power of the telescope when used with the eyepiece in question. - Page 8 ONE YEAR from the date of original purchase in the U.S.A. Meade will repair or replace a product, or part thereof, found by Meade to be defective, provided the defective part is returned to Meade, freight-prepaid, with proof of purchase.