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- Page 1 MEADE INSTRUCTION MANUAL 80mm | 3.1” INFINITY SERIES 90mm | 3.5” Alt-azimuth Refracting Telescope Telescopes 102mm | 4.0” 80, 90, 102mm...
- 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 important pieces of information about the telescope. The size of the objective lens Your telescope is an excellent beginner’s determines how much detail you will be able instrument, and is designed to observe to see in your telescope. objects in the sky and also on land. It can be your personal window on the universe or Each optical tube also has a focal length allows you to intimately study the behavior of...
- Page 4 FIGURE 1 Figure 1: Meade Infinity 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. Optical tube assembly 5.
- Page 5 When viewing the tripod legs and is a convenient place to objects in the night sky, you will notice that hold eyepieces and other Meade accessories the object moves slowly in the eyepiece. This while observing, such as the Barlow lens.
- Page 6 hole near the center of the dovetail rail. image orientation so the image is right side ATTACH THE OPTICAL TUBE TO THE 3. Turn the optical tube attachment knob up, and correct left-to-right. MOUNT (24) counter-clockwise until firm. 1. To install, slide the diagonal prism (13) The optical tube gathers distant light 4.
- Page 7 1. To move the telescope in the horizontal THE MEADE 4M COMMUNITY 5. When finished, turn off the viewfinder direction (azimuth), slightly loosen the by turning the large knob (10) under the horizontal lock knob (5).
- Page 8 observe when it is light. tice focusing on the object you have chosen. Have a good time when you’re observ- Pick out an easy object to observe: A dis- ing. You may not know everything that Try out the coarse and fine adjustment tant mountain, a large tree, a lighthouse or there is to know about a telescope or controls: Practice using the fine adjustment...
- Page 9 first time you go out at night. Pick a night Observe the Solar System: After observing observe Venus going through crescent when the Moon is a crescent. No shadows the Moon, you are ready to step up to the phases. But you cannot see any surface are seen during a full Moon, making it ap- next level of observation, the planets.
- Page 10 Optional color filters help bring out detail and surface of Saturn, its ring structure will steal contrast of the planets. Meade offers a line your breath away. You will probably be able of inexpensive color filters.
- Page 11 The two easiest Very often, you can find double (or binary) to see in the Northern Hemisphere are the • The Meade 4M Community: http://www.meade4m.com stars, stars that are very close together. Orion nebula during the winter and the Triffid •...
- Page 12 Learn so that the object to be viewed is again Meade offers a complete line of eyepieces about the basics: light years, orbits, star and Barlows for your telescope. Most astron-...
- Page 13 It is important to dress warm or to have a group of other astronomers. You can make • The Meade 4M Community sweater, jacket, gloves, etc., nearby. 27 Hubble, Irvine, CA 92618 your own red filtered flashlight by taping red •...
- Page 14 Viewfinder Red-dot Mounting type Alt-azimuth telescope. For example, the Infinity 80 tele- Viewfinder Red-dot scope has fast focal ratio at f/5. Sometimes, What do the specifications mean? astronomers use focal reducers to make...
- Page 15 times. The 9mm eyepiece magnifies objects magnification of your eyepiece. Other types ment designed for a lifetime of reward- 66.7 times. of Barlows can triple or further increase the ing viewing. It will rarely, if ever, require power of an eyepiece. To find out how much factory servicing or maintenance.
- Page 16 • Fingerprints and organic materials on the front lens may be removed with a solution of 3 parts distilled water to 1 part isopropyl alcohol. You may also add 1 drop of biodegradable dishwashing soap per pint of solution. Use soft, white facial tissues and make short, gentle strokes.
- Page 17 Contact your Meade Dealer or see the Meade catalog for more information. Visit us on the web at www.meade.com. Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving.
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- Page 19 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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