Meade LightBridge, Instruction Manual

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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.
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ASSEMBLE THE TUBE
STEP 6:
Move the circular panels. They should move easily
about, without any stiffness. If not, tighten or loosen them using a
screwdriver while holding the attachment nut in place (with your
fingers or a wrench) on the other end of the bolt.
STEP 7:
Turn the base so that it is now resting on the feet.
Place the rear OTA (8) into the base. Make sure that the altitude
bearings fit snugly into the openings on the side panels of the
base. Make sure that the seam of the tube is pointing at the
front panel.
Lift to remove the dust cover from the mirror.
Note: You can thread the Altitude Adjustment Knob into the
protrusion just below the Altitude Bearing (7). Use the Altitude
Adjustment Knob when you add larger eyepieces, cameras or
other accessories to the Meade LightBridge telescope without
causing the tube to slip or drift. To learn how to install the Alti-
tude Adjustment Knob, see page 21.
STEP 8:
Loosen the three bottom truss knobs (6).
Place each truss (5) into a set of slots.
Tighten the truss knobs after all three trusses are in place.
STEP 9:
After all 3 trusses are in place, loosen the knob (4) on
top of each truss.
Place the secondary mirror tube (3) into the slots at the top of
each truss....
STEP 10:
...
and tighten the truss knobs.
Make sure that the seam on the tube is also pointing towards
the front panel (see step 7).
slots
slots
seam
truss
truss
knobs
front
panel
dust
cover