Meade Starfinder 12.5 Instruction Manual page 2

WARNING!
Never use the Starfinder Dobsonian 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. 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
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Fig. 1: The Meade Starfinder Dobsonian Telescope.