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- Page 1 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Polaris 60 AZ - AR 3/10/06 11:48 AM Page 1 60AZ-AR POLARIS INSTRUCTION MANUAL 60mm | 2.4" Altazimuth Refracting Telescope...
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- Page 3 INTRODUCTION telescope. The size of the objective lens determines how much detail you will be All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Your telescope is an excellent beginner’s able to see in your telescope. The focal instrument, and is designed to observe length information will help later on to objects in the sky and also on land.
- Page 4 Figure 1: Polaris 60AZ-AR Altazimuth Refracting Telescope All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Inset A: Accessory Tray Mounting Bolt Hole Inset B: Tripod Leg Inset C: Viewfinder Assembly Inset A 1. Eyepiece 2. Red dot veiwfinder (see Inset C) 3.
- Page 5 6. Spread the legs out evenly apart. Meade accessories, such as the Barlow lens. hex nut 7. Set the height of your tripod: 1. Line up the holes at the end of one of the leg brace supports (8) with the holes in a.
- Page 6 3.Place the optical tube (4) between 1. Note the two thumbscrews (25) threaded ALIGN THE RED DOT VIEWFINDER the forks of the mount, oriented as All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com onto two bolts on the optical tube. Perform the first part of this procedure shown in Fig.
- Page 7 (6). Loosening this lock allows the telescope: THE MEADE 4M COMMUNITY telescope to be moved from side to side. 3. Once an object is found, re-tighten the control knobs. You can then use the Have a good time when you’re observing.
- Page 8 Neutral density filters are available from Can you ever have too much power? If the type of especially when you wish to move the Meade as an optional accessory and power you’re referring to is eyepiece magnification, telescope in very small (fine control) steps.
- Page 9 observation of lunar features. Spend several Venus, Earth and Mars comprise the inner are its moons. The four largest nights observing the Moon. Some nights, the planets. Venus and Mars can be easily seen moons are called the Galilean moons, All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Moon is so bright that it makes other objects in your telescope.
- Page 10 Optional color filters help bring out detail Probably the most memorable sight you will and contrast of the planets. Meade offers a see in your telescope is Saturn. Although you line of inexpensive color filters. The color of stars sometimes can tell you...
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Page 11: Some Observing Tips
SURF THE WEB asteroids, planetary nebula and globular kinds of nebula, what are comets, asteroids • The Meade 4M Community: clusters. And if you’re lucky, every so often a and meteors and what is a black hole. The http://www.meade4m.com Sky & Telescope : •... - Page 12 This movement is night of celestial viewing. A wide variety of star charts are available in books, in magazines, on the internet and on CD Roms. Meade offers AutoStar Suite software. Contact your local Meade dealer or Meade’s Customer Service department for more information.
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Page 13: Specifications
Look for star charts—these are available on a monthly basis in Astronomy or shimmers. Keep in mind that a bright, • The Meade 4M Community and Sky and Telescope magazines. clear, but smaller image is more interesting 6001 Oak Canyon, Irvine, CA 92618 •... -
Page 14: Use The Specifications To Calculate The Magnification Of Your Eyepiece
What do the specifications mean? The focal ratio helps determine how fast the length of the telescope by the focal length of photographic speed of a telescope is. The the eyepiece. All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Optical tube focal length is simply a lower the focal ratio number, the faster the measurement of the length of the exposure. -
Page 15: Taking Care Of Your Telescope
Using too high a power eyepiece is one of Dealer or see the Meade catalog for more of 3 parts distilled water to 1 part the most common mistakes made by new information. -
Page 16: Meade Consumer Solutions
11:48 AM Page 16 or lost profit which may result from a breach Meade will repair or replace a product, or of this warranty. Any implied warranties part thereof, found by Meade to be defective, which cannot be disclaimed are hereby provided the defective part is returned to ©2006 MEADE INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION... - Page 17 OBSERVATION LOG All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com OBSERVER: OBJECT NAME: DATE & TIME OBSERVED: CONSTELLATION: EYEPIECE SIZE: SEEING CONDITIONS: EXCELLENT GOOD POOR NOTES: Polaris 60 AZ - AR 3/10/06 11:48 AM Page 17 DRAWING OF IMAGE...
- Page 18 OBSERVATION LOG All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com OBSERVER: OBJECT NAME: DATE & TIME OBSERVED: CONSTELLATION: EYEPIECE SIZE: SEEING CONDITIONS: EXCELLENT GOOD POOR NOTES: Polaris 60 AZ - AR 3/10/06 11:48 AM Page 18 DRAWING OF IMAGE...
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- Page 20 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Polaris 60 AZ - AR 3/10/06 11:48 AM Page 20 1-800 92618 Meade Instruments Corporation 6001 Oak Canyon, Irvine, California...
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