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- Page 1 MEADE INSTRUCTION MANUAL 60mm | 2.4” Alt-azimuth Refracting Telescope INFINITY SERIES 70mm | 2.8” Alt-azimuth Refracting Telescope 60 & 70mm Telescopes...
- 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 INTRODUCTION determines how much detail you will be able to see in your telescope. The focal Your telescope is an excellent beginner’s length information will help later on to instrument, and is designed to observe calculate magnification. objects in the sky and also on land. It can be your personal window on the universe or Setting up your telescope involves these allows you to intimately study the behavior of...
- Page 4 FIGURE 1 Figure 1: Meade 60 & 70mm Alt-azimuth Refracting Telescope Inset A Inset A: Accessory Tray Assembly Inset B: Tripod Leg Inset C: Viewfinder Assembly 1. Eyepiece 2. Viewfinder (see Inset C) 3. Viewfinder alignment screws (2) (see Inset C) 4.
- Page 5 The tray helps stabilize the tripod and is also ATTACH THE VIEWFINDER a convenient holder of eyepieces and other Meade accessories, such as the Barlow lens. An eyepiece (1) has a narrow field of view. 1. Place the triangular accessory tray(26) A viewfinder (2) has a wider field of view, onto the leg braces(9).
- Page 6 to-find land object such as the top of a Alt-azimuth is just a complicated way of 1. Slide the diagonal mirror (13) into the focuser drawtube (15). telephone pole or a distant mountain or saying that your telescope moves up 2.
- Page 7 “firm feel,” do not over tighten). You will begin to grow and learn more about THE MEADE 4M COMMUNITY Have a good time when you’re observing. astronomy the more you observe. Browse the You may not know everything that there is to internet or go to the library and read some You haven’t just bought a telescope, you have em-...
- Page 8 with the viewfinder, the eyepieces, the locks that it makes other objects in the sky difficult Use the viewfinder: If you have not and the adjustment controls, you will be to see. These are nights that are excellent done so, align the viewfinder (2) ready to try out the telescope at night.
- Page 9 a solar system. Our Sun, by the way, is a of the moons each night is an excellent single, yellow dwarf star. It is average as far Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto exercise for novice astronomers. as stars go and is a middle aged star. comprise the outer planets.
- Page 10 Optional color filters help bring out detail and surface of Saturn, its ring structure will contrast of the planets. Meade offers a line steal your breath away. You will prob- of inexpensive color filters.
- Page 11 And if you’re lucky, every so often a kinds of nebula, what are comets, asteroids • The Meade 4M Community: http://www.meade4m.com bright comet appears in the sky, presenting and meteors and what is a black hole. The •...
- Page 12 Meade offers a complete line of eye- placed at the edge of the field, ready to be inside and outside air. Also, it is a good idea pieces and Barlows for your telescope. further observed. to allow your telescope to reach the ambient...
- Page 13 Focal ratio f/10 Mounting type Alt-azimuth But it is still possible to observe even in a • The Meade 4M Community Viewfinder Red-dot city. 27 Hubble, Irvine, CA 92618 • Astronomical League Surf the Web and visit your local library:...
- Page 14 exposure. f/5 is faster than f/10. The USE THE SPECIFICATIONS TO CALCU- and your new eyepiece magnifies objects 55 faster the ratio, the faster exposure time LATE THE MAGNIFICATION OF YOUR times. is needed when a camera is hooked up EYEPIECE to the telescope.
- Page 15 Telescope and Astronomy print schedules for many biodegradable dishwashing soap per pint popular Star Parties around the United States and accommodate 1.25” eyepieces, Meade of solution. Use soft, white facial tissues Canada. Series 4000 Super Plössl eyepieces, and make short, gentle strokes.
- Page 16 Contact your Meade Dealer or see the Meade catalog for more information. Visit us on the web at www.meade.com. MEADE CONSUMER SOLUTIONS If you have a question concerning your telescope, call Meade Instruments Consumer Solutions De- partment at (800) 626-3233.
- Page 17 This warranty supersedes all previous Goods Authorization (RGA) number must Meade product warranties. be obtained from Meade by writing, or by calling (800) 626-3233. Each returned part or product must include a written statement detailing the nature of the claimed defect, as well as the owner’s name, address, and...
- Page 18 OBSERVATION LOG OBSERVER: OBJECT NAME: DATE & TIME OBSERVED: CONSTELLATION: EYEPIECE SIZE: SEEING CONDITIONS: EXCELLENT GOOD POOR NOTES: DRAWING OF IMAGE photocopy this page...
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