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Inset C

Inset B

Figure 1

:  Meade Infinity Alt-azimuth Refracting Telescope

 

Inset A

Accessory Tray Assembly

 

Inset B

Tripod Leg

 

Inset C

Viewfinder Assembly

FIGURE 1

1. Eyepiece

2.  Viewfinder (see Inset C)

3.  Viewfinder alignment screws (2) (see Inset C)

4.  Optical tube assembly

5.  Horizontal lock knob

6.  Dovetail mounting rail

7.  Tripod legs

8.  Accessory tray

9.  Leg brace

10. Red dot viewfinder power switch

11. Azimuth slow motion control knob

12. Altitude slow motion control knob

13. 90 degree erect-image prism

14. Objective lens cell

15. Focuser drawtube and thumbscrews

16. Alt-azimuth mount

17.  Adjustable sliding center leg extension

 

(see Inset B)

18. Tripod leg lock thumbscrew (see Inset B)

19. Dew shield/lens shade

20. Front lens cap (not shown)

21. Focusing knob

22. Viewfinder bracket (see Inset C)

23. Viewfinder bracket locking knob (see Fig. 5)

24. Optical tube attachment knob

25. Focuser lock knob

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Inset A

Содержание Infinity 102

Страница 1: ...MEADE INSTRUCTION MANUAL 80mm 3 1 90mm 3 5 Alt azimuth Refracting Telescope 102mm 4 0 www meade com INFINITY SERIES 80 90 102mm Telescopes...

Страница 2: ...rsible 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 telescope at or near the Sun Do not look th...

Страница 3: ...s It collects and focuses the incoming light from distant objects The lens diameter is one of the most important pieces of information about the telescope The size of the objective lens determines how...

Страница 4: ...y 9 Leg brace 10 Red dot viewfinder power switch 11 Azimuth slow motion control knob 12 Altitude slow motion control knob 13 90 degree erect image prism 14 Objective lens cell 15 Focuser drawtube and...

Страница 5: ...ssory tray over the attachment point as shown in Fig 2 Then rotate the tray until the wings of the tray snap into place on the tripod leg brace supports 9 To remove the tray rotate the tray so it unlo...

Страница 6: ...To install slide the diagonal prism 13 into the focuser draw tube 15 2 Tighten the draw tube thumbscrew to hold the diagonal prism securely 15 3 Next slide the MA 26mm eyepiece 1 into diagonal prism...

Страница 7: ...r clockwise until it clicks TO MOVE THE TELESCOPE Your telescope is alt azimuth mounted Alt azimuth is just a complicated way of say ing that your telescope moves up and down and from side to side Oth...

Страница 8: ...iece 1 as described earlier Look through the viewfinder until you can see the object It will be easier to locate an object using the viewfinder rather than locating with the eyepiece Line up the objec...

Страница 9: ...d Saturn Nine planets maybe more travel in a fairly circular pattern around our Sun Any system of planets orbiting one or more stars is called a solar system Our Sun by the way is a single yellow dwar...

Страница 10: ...in the rings known as the Cassini band Saturn is not the only planet that has rings but it is the only set of rings that can be seen with a small telescope Jupiter s rings cannot be seen from Earth at...

Страница 11: ...hers in your telescope They will appear as small fuzzy clouds Only very large telescope will reveal spiral or elliptical details You will also be able to see some nebulas with your scope Nebula means...

Страница 12: ...elescope Most astron omers have four or five low power and high power eyepieces to view different objects and to cope with different viewing conditions Objects move in the eyepiece If you are observin...

Страница 13: ...t a bright clear but smaller image is more interesting than a larger dimmer fuzzy one Using too high a power eyepiece is one of the most common mistakes made by new astronomers Dress Warm Even on summ...

Страница 14: ...r 80mm 90 or 102mm Other telescopes are 50mm 8 inches 16 inches or even 3 feet in diameter The 12 Hubble Space Telescope s objective lens has a diameter of 2 4 meters that s 7 8 feet across The focal...

Страница 15: ...ng than a larger dimmer fuzzy one Using too high a power eyepiece is one of the most common mistakes made by new astronomers So don t think that higher magnification is necessarily better quite often...

Страница 16: ...TTERY If the viewfinder red dot does not illumi nate verify the viewfinder is on by rotating the knob 10 below the viewfinder lens clockwise If the red dot does not illumi nate the battery may need re...

Страница 17: ...t CR2032 battery Battery compartment OBSERVING TIPS Try to pick an observing site away from street and house lights and car headlights While this is not always possible the darker the site the better...

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Страница 19: ...DRAWING OF IMAGE photocopy this page OBSERVER OBJECT NAME DATE TIME OBSERVED CONSTELLATION EYEPIECE SIZE SEEING CONDITIONS EXCELLENT GOOD POOR NOTES OBSERVATION LOG...

Страница 20: ...ww w meade com Meade Instruments Corp 27 Hubble Irvine California 92618 1 800 626 3233 2014 Meade Instruments Corp All rights reserved Specifications subject to change without notice...

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