Summary of Contents for Meade Coronado SolarMax II Series
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SolarMax II Series ® H-a Telescopes With RichView Tuning ™...
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With Coronado and the development of the SolarMax II, Meade is the clear leader in solar day time observing as well. Whether you are imaging deep sky objects with your Meade astronomical telescope and Advanced LPI-G or gazing...
Coronado product, doing so will void your warranty and could compromise your safety. Before each use make sure your filter does not appear damaged in any way, if you have any doubts please call our customer support. Meade is obsessed with safety and you should be too.
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Finding the Sun - Meade has included the Coronado Sol Ranger Sun finder. This finder scope sits on top of the Mounting - The clamshell mounting ring your SolarMax II...
60 telescope can be double stacked by adding an additional SolarMax II Etalon with TMax (Product #SME60). Contact your Coronado dealer or Meade Instruments directly for pricing. Blocking Filters - The SolarMax II 60 telescope is available with a BF5, BF10 or BF15. All are in the form of a diagonal with eyepiece holder.
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Finding the Sun - Meade has included the Coronado Sol set up. This is also compatible with piggyback mounting Ranger Sun finder. This finder scope sits on top of the systems.
Tuning SolarMax II 90 with RichView Tuning System - Coronado dealer or Meade Instruments directly for pricing. Because different features on the Sun are moving toward Blocking Filters - The SolarMax II 90 telescope is available or away from the Earth, their light is Doppler shifted off the with a BF15 or BF30.
Adaptor Plates - In order to mount the external etalon filter unit on your telescope, with the exception of a few refractors, you will need an adaptor plate. Meade does not manufacture or supply these adaptors and is not responsible for the performance and safety of our filters when used with these adaptor plates.
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night time eyepieces can also be used, the fewer elements in the optical system the better the view - try to use 1.25” eyepieces with 2 to 4 elements at the most to reduce spurious light. Dark Cloth - One easy way to reduce incidental light from entering your eye is to use a dark cloth to completely cover your head and the eyepiece.
Replacement Manual - Should this manual tear or be damaged you can download and print a free replacement from our website www.meade.com by selecting “Manuals & Software” from the top menus. From this page you can download the entire manual, any individual pages, and extra sheets for recording your observations.
Definition of Terms Prominences — H-a emissions projecting beyond the limb of the sun, consisting of complex clouds or streamers of ionized hydrogen above or in the Chromosphere. Filaments - Prominences seen against the face of the sun, appearing as long narrow dark streamers or diffuse dark areas.
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Example of some common H-a Solar Features. The solar features visible to you will change daily.
However, by far the easiest way of lining up the sun is to use one of our Sol Ranger™ Sun finders. Using a mount with a Meade Autostar can be helpful in locating the Sun, especially when used in conjunction with the Sol Ranger.