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Meade TELESTAR RB-70 Instruction Manual

Meade TELESTAR RB-70 Instruction Manual

70mm | 2.75" altazimuth refracting telescope
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TELESTAR INSTRUCTION MANUAL
70mm | 2.75" Altazimuth Refracting Telescope

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  • Page 1 RB-70 TELESTAR INSTRUCTION MANUAL 70mm | 2.75" Altazimuth Refracting Telescope...
  • Page 3 INTRODUCTION Your telescope is an excellent beginner’s Setting up your telescope involves these instrument, and is designed to observe simple steps: objects in the sky and also on land. It can be • Assemble your tripod your personal window on the universe or •...
  • Page 4 Inset A FIGURE 1 Figure 1: Telestar 70-RB Altazimuth Refracting Telescope Inset A: Red Dot Viewfinder Assembly Inset B: Tripod Legs and Accessory Tray Inset C: Altaz or Azimuth Mount 1. Eyepiece 2. Red dot viewfinder (see Inset A) 3. Red dot viewfinder alignment screws (see Inset A) 4.
  • Page 5 The diagonal mirror reflects the light from mounting bracket Fig. 2. Meade accessories, such as the Barlow lens. the optical tube to a more comfortable 4. Thread a lock knob (11) onto each of the 1.
  • Page 6 2.Tighten the drawtube thumbscrew alignment screws to make any necessary THE MOST IMPORTANT RULE to hold the diagonal mirror securely. refinements. We have one very important rule that you 3.Slide the MA 25mm eyepiece (1) should always follow when using your TO MOVE THE TELESCOPE into diagonal mirror (13).
  • Page 7 Look through the viewfinder until you can targets. Point the optical tube so it lines see the object. It will be easier to locate an THE MEADE 4M COMMUNITY up with your object. object using the viewfinder rather than You haven’t just bought a telescope, you have embarked locating with the eyepiece.
  • Page 8 Neutral density filters are available from our solar system. Meade as an optional accessory and Look for different features on the Moon. The enhance contrast to improve your most obvious features are craters. In fact The four planets closest to the Sun are rocky observation of lunar features.
  • Page 9 Galilean moons, after the Optional color filters help bring out detail astronomer Galileo, who observed them for and contrast of the planets. Meade offers a others, but how many moons does Jupiter the first time. If you’ve never watched the line of inexpensive color filters.
  • Page 10 Other stars to look for are multiple stars. see in the Northern Hemisphere are the What’s Next? Beyond the Solar System: Once you have observed our Very often, you can find double (or binary) Orion nebula during the winter and the stars, stars that are very close together.

  • Page 11: Some Observing Tips

    See Fig. 6. barlow Go your library or check out the internet for Meade offers a complete line of eyepieces more information about astronomy. Learn for your telescope. Most astronomers have about the basics: light years, orbits, star...
  • Page 12 The best locations (surrounding) outside temperature before A wide variety of star charts are available in books, in magazines, on the internet and on CD Roms. Meade are dark locations, the darker the better. starting an observing session.

  • Page 13: Use The Specifications To Calculate The Magnification Of Your Eyepiece

    Optical tube focal length is simply a moves up and down (altitude or “alt”), and • The Meade 4M Community measurement of the length of the optical side to side, (azimuth or “az”). Other 6001 Oak Canyon, Irvine, CA 92618 tube.

  • Page 14: Taking Care Of Your Telescope

    Look at the specifications. You will magnification is when you use a Barlow, • Avoid cleaning the telescope’s lenses. A see that the focal length of your multiply your eyepiece’s magnification little dust on the front surface of the scope is 700mm. Let’s say that you by two.
  • Page 15 Contact your Meade Dealer or see the Meade catalog for more information. Visit us on the web at www.meade.com. JOIN AN ASTRONOMY CLUB, ATTEND A STAR PARTY One of the best ways to increase your knowledge of astronomy is to join an astronomy club.

  • Page 16: Meade Consumer Solutions

    U.S.A. special, indirect, or consequential damages • Hubble Space Telescope Public Pictures: Meade will repair or replace a product, or or lost profit which may result from a breach http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/pictures.html part thereof, found by Meade to be defective, of this warranty.
  • Page 17 OBSERVATION LOG OBSERVER: OBJECT NAME: DATE & TIME OBSERVED: CONSTELLATION: EYEPIECE SIZE: SEEING CONDITIONS: EXCELLENT GOOD POOR NOTES: DRAWING OF IMAGE (SAVE ORIGINAL - BE SURE TO MAKE COPIES)
  • Page 18 OBSERVATION LOG OBSERVER: OBJECT NAME: DATE & TIME OBSERVED: CONSTELLATION: EYEPIECE SIZE: SEEING CONDITIONS: EXCELLENT GOOD POOR NOTES: DRAWING OF IMAGE...
  • Page 20 1-800 92618 Meade Instruments Corporation 6001 Oak Canyon, Irvine, California...

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