T
O
MO
VE THE TELESCOPE
Your t
e
lesc
ope is alt
azimuth mount
ed.
Alt
azimuth is jus
t a c
omplic
at
ed way of
saying that y
our t
e
lesc
ope mo
ves up and
down and fr
om side t
o
side. Other
te
lesc
opes may be mount
ed in diff
er
ent
ways.
1.
Slightl
y l
oosen one of the s
tar-shaped
altitude c
ontr
ol knobs (5). Loosening
this knob all
o
ws y
ou t
o
mo
ve
the
te
lesc
ope up and down.
2
.
Slightl
y l
oosen the horizont
al l
ock knob
(6). Loosening this l
ock all
o
ws the
te
lesc
ope t
o
be mo
ved fr
om side t
o
side.
3.
Onc
e an object is f
ound, r
e-tight
en the
c
ontr
ol knobs. Y
ou c
an then use the
sl
o
w
motion c
ontr
ol (16) t
o
mak
e
smooth and pr
ecise mo
vements as y
o
u
c
an f
oll
o
w
(or “tr
ack”) an object as it
mo
ves in the e
yepiec
e
.
SUN W
ARNING
NEVER USE Y
OUR TELESCOPE T
O
L
OOK A
T
THE SUN!
L
OOKING A
T
OR NEAR THE SUN WILL
C
AUSE INST
ANT AND IRREVERSIBLE
D
AMA
GE T
O
Y
OUR EYE. EYE D
AMA
GE IS
OFTEN P
AINLES
S, SO THERE IS NO
W
ARNING T
O
THE OBSERVER THA
T
D
AMA
GE HAS OCCURRED UNTIL IT IS T
O
O
LA
TE. DO NO
T POINT THE TELESCOPE OR
ITS VIEWFINDER A
T
OR NEAR THE SUN. DO
NO
T L
O
OK THROUGH THE TELESCOPE OR
ITS VIEWFINDER AS IT IS MO
VING.
CHILDREN SHOULD AL
W
A
YS HA
VE ADUL
T
SUPERVISION WHILE OBSERVING.
THE MOST IMPORT
ANT RULE
W
e
hav
e one v
ery import
ant rul
e that y
o
u
should al
ways f
oll
o
w
when using y
our
te
lesc
ope:
Hav
e F
un!
Hav
e a good time when y
ou’r
e observing. Y
o
u
may not know e
verything that ther
e is t
o
know about a t
e
lesc
ope or what all the
sights in the univ
er
se ar
e, but that’
s OK. Jus
t
point and observ
e at fir
s
t.
You will enjo
y y
our t
e
lesc
ope e
ven
mor
e as y
ou l
earn mor
e about it. But
don’t be sc
ar
ed off by difficult t
erms
or c
omplic
at
ed pr
oc
edur
es. Don’t
panic! Jus
t r
elax and enjo
y y
our
sc
ope.
You will begin t
o
gr
o
w
and l
earn mor
e about
as
tr
onomy the mor
e y
ou observ
e. Go t
o
the
libr
ary and r
ead some books about the s
tar
s
and planets. Read about as
tr
onomer
s of old.
Many of them had t
e
lesc
ope no bigger than
the one y
ou ar
e using right now
. Galil
eo, who
is one of the fir
s
t as
tr
onomer
s t
o
use a
te
lesc
ope, disc
o
ve
red f
our of the moons of
Jupit
er with a t
e
lesc
ope about the same size
as y
our
s (and his didn’t e
ven f
ocus v
ery
w
ell!).
THE MEADE 4M COMMUNITY
Yo
u hav
en’t jus
t bought a t
e
lesc
ope, y
ou hav
e embark
ed
on an as
tr
onomy adv
entur
e that ne
ver ends. Shar
e the
journe
y with other
s by ac
c
epting y
our fr
ee member
ship
in the 4M c
ommunity of as
tr
onomer
s.
Go t
o
www
.Meade4M.or
g t
o
activ
at
e y
our member
ship
today
.
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