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  • Page 1 MEADE INSTRUCTION MANUAL AdventureScope AdventureScope Telescope Series...
  • Page 2 WARNING! Never use a Meade Telescope to look at the Sun! ® Looking at or near the Sun will cause instant and irreversible damage 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.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Using the Red Dot Finder............................................6 Looking Through the Eyepiece..........................................6 What to Look At?..............................................6 Terrestrial Observations............................................6 Celestial Observations............................................7 Some Observing Tips............................................10 Taking Care of Your Telescope..........................................12 Specifications................................................13 Changing the Viewfinder Battery...........................................14 Optional Accessories.............................................14 Meade Customer Service............................................15 Meade Limited Warranty............................................15 Recycling information............................................16 Observing Logs..............................................17...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    Introduction Meade’s Adventure scopes are ideal for high- magnification, high resolution observation of terrestrial subjects. Explore the subtleties of a bird’s feather structure from 50 yards or use the Adventure scope for casual astronomical Never use the observations of the night sky.

  • Page 5: Features

    Features Figure 1A: Features of the Meade AdventureScope Front Dust Cover Dew Shield Optical Tube (OTA) Red Dot Finder Focuser Focuser Thumbscrews Eyepiece Erect-Image Thumbscrew 90 Degree Erect-Image Diagonal Focusing Adjustment Mounting Shoe Pan Handle (Vertical Motion Lock) Center Column...

  • Page 6: Setting Up The Telescope

    Note: Number in brackets, e.g., (3), ATTACHING THE SCOPE TO THE TRIPOD clockwise to secure the leg struts in place. refer to Fig. 1A, 1B, and 1C unless This will prevent the tripod legs from 1. Press the quick mount latch (#23) forward, noted otherwise.

  • Page 7: Attaching The Accessories

    into tripod. The optical tube should point way 4. ATTACH THE RED DOT VIEWFINDER. need to refocus the telescope every from the panhandle. Locate the two thumbscrews on top of the time you change eypieces. optical tube near the rear of the telescope. 6.

  • Page 8: Using The Red Dot Finder

    3. Objects located in the viewfinder will now USING THE RED DOT FINDER the erect-image diagonal and point the optical be centered in the telescope eyepiece. tube assembly at some well-defined, distant The red dot finder is a low-power sighting land object (e.g.

  • Page 9: Celestial Observations

    eyepiece to locate objects. The 18mm the optical tube so it lines up with your object. ranges and fault lines on the Moon. eyepiece has a larger field of view with less magnification which makes it ideal for use Celestial Observation Observe the Solar System: when finding targets to observe.
  • Page 10 The four planets closest to the Sun are When Mars is close to the Earth, you can rocky and are called the inner planets. see some details on Mars, and sometimes Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars even Mars’ polar caps. But quite often, Mars comprise the inner planets.
  • Page 11 many Saturn has either. At last count, Jupiter find blue, orange, yellow, white and red had over 60 moons, and held a small lead stars. Saturn is not the only planet that has rings, over Saturn. Most of these moons are very but it is the only set of rings that can be seen small and can only be seen with very large with a small telescope.

  • Page 12: Some Observing Tips

    Does one seem brighter than the other? SOME OBSERVING TIPS You may be able to see the Andromeda galaxy and several others in your telescope. Almost all the stars you can see in the Eyepieces: Always begin your observations They will appear as small, fuzzy clouds. sky are part of our galaxy.
  • Page 13 objects will seem to move through the field of when reading star maps, or inspecting the your telescope to reach the ambient (surrounding) outside temperature view of the eyepiece more rapidly. telescope. Do not use a regular flashlight or before starting an observing session. turn on other lights when observing with a group of other astronomers.

  • Page 14: Taking Care Of Your Telescope

    CD Roms. Meade offers AutoStar Suite software. Contact your local Meade dealer or Meade’s Customer Service department for more information. • Avoid cleaning the telescope’s lenses. Astronomy and Sky and Telescope magazines print...

  • Page 15: Specifications

    Optical focal length…....... 400mm Objective Lens Diameter...60mm (2.36”) Objective Lens Diameter...80mm (3.15”) ASTRONOMY RESOURCES Focal ratio……….......……..….f/6 Focal ratio………....……..…..f/5 • The Meade 4M Community Mount…….........…Alt/Azimuth Mount…….........…Alt/Azimuth 27 Hubble, Irvine, CA 92618 • Astronomical League Executive Secretary 5675 Real del Norte, Las Cruces, NM 88012 •...

  • Page 16: Changing The Viewfinder Battery

    Contact your Meade Dealer or see the Meade To replace the battery, press the left side of catalog for more information. Visit us on the CR2032 the viewfinder housing labeled “push”.

  • Page 17: Meade Customer Service

    Goods Authorization (RGA) number must number. The great majority of servicing issues be obtained from Meade by writing, or by can be resolved by telephone, avoiding return calling (800) 626-3233. Each returned part of the telescope to the factory.

  • Page 18: Recycling Information

    RECYCLING INFORMATION (EU Countries only) Correct Disposal of this Product (Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment) This marking shown on the product or its literature indicates that it must not be disposed of in unsorted mu- nicipal waste at the end of its working life To prevent possible harm to the environment or human health from uncontrolled waste disposal, please separate this from other types of wastes and recycle it as required by law.

  • Page 19: Observing Logs

    OBSERVATION LOG OBSERVER: OBJECT NAME: DATE & TIME OBSERVED: CONSTELLATION: EYEPIECE SIZE: SEEING CONDITIONS: EXCELLENT GOOD POOR NOTES: DRAWING OF IMAGE...
  • Page 20 OBSERVATION LOG OBSERVER: OBJECT NAME: DATE & TIME OBSERVED: CONSTELLATION: EYEPIECE SIZE: SEEING CONDITIONS: EXCELLENT GOOD POOR NOTES: DRAWING OF IMAGE...
  • Page 21 OBSERVATION LOG OBSERVER: OBJECT NAME: DATE & TIME OBSERVED: CONSTELLATION: EYEPIECE SIZE: SEEING CONDITIONS: EXCELLENT GOOD POOR NOTES: DRAWING OF IMAGE...
  • Page 22 92618 1-800 Meade Instruments Corp. 27 Hubble, Irvine, California June 2016 v001...

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