Insert The Eyepiece; Balancing The Telescope - Meade POLARIS SERIES Instruction Manual

locking screw (16, Fig 5).
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INSERT THE EYEPIECE

(REFLECTOR MODELS ONLY)
1. Slide the MA25mm eyepiece (19) directly
into eyepiece holder on the focuser (17).
2. Tighten the focuser thumbscrew(s) (18)
Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving.
NEVER USE YOUR TELESCOPE
Fig. 4
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 TELE-
SCOPE OR ITS VIEWFINDER AT OR NEAR
Fig. 5
THE SUN. DO NOT LOOK THROUGH THE
TELESCOPE OR ITS VIEWFINDER AS IT
IS MOVING. CHILDREN SHOULD ALWAYS
HAVE ADULT SUPERVISION WHILE OB-
to hold the eyepiece securely.
(REFRACTOR MODELS ONLY)
1. First, slide the 90 degree erect image
prism (14, Fig 1B) directly into the focuser
draw tube (17).
2. Tighten the focuser thumbscrew(s) (18) to
hold the 90 degree prism securely.
SUN WARNING!
SERVING.
3. Then, slide the MA25mm eyepiece (19)
directly into 90 degree erect image prism (14,
Fig 1B).
4. Tighten the 90 degree erect image prism
thumbscrew (15, Fig 1B) to hold the eyepiece
securely.

BALANCING THE TELESCOPE

In order for the telescope to move smoothly
on its mechanical axes, it must first be
balanced as follows:
Note: If the counterweight is positioned as
recommended previously then the telescope
is already approximately balanced.
1. Loosen the right ascension lock (22). The
telescope mount will turn freely about the
polar axis. Rotate the telescope about the
polar axis so that the counterweight shaft (6)
is parallel to the ground (horizontal).
2. Loosen the counterweight locking knob
(7) and slide the counterweight (5) along the
shaft (6) until the telescope remains in any
given position without tending to drift up or
down around the polar axis (10).
NOTE: Always re-tighten the counterweight