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Coronado SolarMax II series Manual

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  • Page 1 SolarMax II Series ® H-a Telescopes With RichView Tuning ™...
  • Page 2 With Coronado and the development of the SolarMax II, Meade is the clear leader in solar day time observing as well. Whether you are imaging deep sky objects with your Meade astronomical telescope and...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents ® About Coronado ............4 Filter Safety .

  • Page 4: About Coronado

    Coronado product, doing so will void your warranty and could compromise your safety. Before each use make sure your fi lter does not appear damaged in any way, if you have any doubts please call our customer support. Meade is obsessed with safety and you should be too.

  • Page 5: Pst ® Personal Solar Telescope

    Personal Solar Telescope Congratulations on your purchase! Meade Instruments has shipped Meade also makes a dovetail mounting block (product #DT-LXD75) your Coronado PST dedicated H-a telescope fully assembled and compatible with the LXD75 mount and many other mounts on the ready for use.

  • Page 6: Pst ® Personal Solar Telescope

    In most instances the fi lter adjustment will not be the front of the telescope with the T-Max wheel to achieve the required – the PST is delivered properly tuned by Meade engineers. brightest image while eliminating any refl ections. Finally, adjust...
  • Page 7 fi lter elements attached and secured. Most standard photographic mounts and mounting hardware Finding the Sun - Meade has included the Coronado Sol Ranger can be used to provide a safe, stable, and reliable set up. This Sun fi nder. This fi nder scope sits on top of the clamshell and allows is also compatible with piggyback mounting systems.

  • Page 8: Solarmax Ii 60 Telescope

    The SolarMax II 60 telescope can be double stacked by adding an additional SolarMax II Etalon with TMax (Product #SME60). Contact your Coronado dealer or Meade Instruments directly for pricing. Blocking Filters - The SolarMax II 60 telescope is available with a BF5, BF10 or BF15.

  • Page 9: Solarmax ® Ii 90 Telescope

    fi lter elements attached and secured. manufactures and sells separately one mount suitable for the Finding the Sun - Meade has included the Coronado Sol Ranger SolarMax II 90: The LXD75 German equatorial computer controlled Sun fi nder. This fi nder scope sits on top of the clamshell and allows mount.

  • Page 10: Solarmax Ii 90 Telescope

    fi nger and rotating in either direction. double stacked by adding an additional SolarMax II Etalon with TMax (Product #SME90). Contact your Coronado dealer or Meade Tuning SolarMax II 90 with RichView Tuning System - Because Instruments directly for pricing.

  • Page 11: Solarmax Ii 40Mm, 60Mm And 90Mm Filter Sets

    If you have a 2” focuser you will need a reducer to 1.25”. Meade manufactures a Zero Length Adaptor for this purpose that does not add travel to the focuser, call us for details.
  • Page 12 Double Stacking - This greatly increases contrast by narrowing the bandpass to <0.5Å and gives a spectacular 3D effect showing increased surface detail. The SolarMax II fi lters can be double stacked by adding an additional SolarMax II Etalon with TMax of the same aperture. Contact your Coronado dealer or Meade Instruments directly for pricing.

  • Page 13: Cleaning

    Cleaning Should your fi lter get a build up of loose dirt particles on any surface use a static free lens brush to gently “sweep” it clean. Fingerprints and other residue can be cleaned using a high grade optical solution applied to an optical tissue.

  • Page 14: Defi Nition Of Terms

    Defi nition of Terms Prominences — H-a emissions projecting beyond the limb of the sun, consisting of complex clouds or streamers of ionized hydrogen above or in the Chromosphere. Filaments - Prominences seen against the face of the sun, appearing as long narrow dark streamers or diffuse dark areas.

  • Page 15: Solar Facts

    Solar Facts The Sun is on average 93 million miles (150 million km) away from Earth and 900,000 miles (1.4 million km) across. The Earth is about 8,000 miles (13,000 km) across. Think of the Sun as a basketball and Earth as pin head and you have the proper proportions. It takes a little over 8 minutes for light from the Sun to reach Earth.

  • Page 16: Troubleshooting

    However, by far the easiest way of lining up the sun is to use one of our Sol Ranger™ Sun fi nders. Using a mount with a Meade Autostar can be helpful in locating the Sun, especially when used in conjunction with the Sol Ranger.

  • Page 17: Warranty

    VIEWING CHECKLIST SO AS TO AVOID ACCIDENTAL MISUSE OF THE PRODUCT, WHICH MAY RESULT IN PERSONAL INJURY. Date shipped: ________________________ Serial number: ________________________________________ Complete this form; make a copy for your records and mail to Meade Instruments Corp. 27 Hubble, Irvine, CA 92618 Serial number:...

  • Page 18: Observation Notes

    Observation Notes Pages 18 and 19 are left blank.
  • Page 20 © 2010 Meade Instruments Corp. reserves the right to change product specifi cations or to discontinue products without notice. 11/2010 REV 1 C901 901...

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