Fig. 6
Changing e
yepiec
es changes the
pow
er or magnific
ation of y
our
te
lesc
ope.
By the way, y
ou might hav
e notic
ed
something s
tr
ange when y
ou l
ook
ed thr
ough
your e
yepiec
e. Although the image is right-
side up, it is r
e
ve
rsed. That means r
e
ading
wor
d
s c
an be a pr
obl
em. But it has no aff
ect
on as
tr
onomic
al objects. If y
ou wish t
o
hav
e
a full
y c
orr
ect
ed image, check out Meade’
s
optional Er
ecting Prism in the Optional
Ac
c
e
s
sory section.
Barl
o
w
l
ens
: Y
ou c
an also change
magnific
ation by using a Barl
o
w
. Remo
ve
the
e
yepiec
e fr
om the diagonal mirr
or and slide
in the Barl
o
w
. And then plac
e the e
yepiec
e
int
o the Barl
o
w
. Tight
en the thumbscr
e
ws t
o
secur
e the Barl
o
w
l
ens and the e
yepiec
e in
plac
e. The Barl
o
w
l
ens included with y
our
te
lesc
ope doubl
es the pow
er of y
our
te
lesc
ope. See
Fig. 6
.
Meade off
er
s a c
ompl
et
e line of e
yepiec
es
for y
our t
e
lesc
ope. Mos
t as
tr
onomer
s hav
e
four or fiv
e l
o
w-pow
er and high pow
e
r
e
yepiec
es t
o
view diff
er
ent objects and t
o
c
ope with diff
e
rent viewing c
onditions.
Objects mo
v
e
in the e
y
epiec
e
: If y
ou ar
e
observing an as
tr
onomic
al object (the Moon,
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AR CHARTS
St
ar charts and planispher
es ar
e useful f
or a v
ariety of
reasons. In particular, the
y ar
e a gr
eat aid in planning a
night of c
e
le
s
tial viewing.
A wide v
ariety of s
tar charts ar
e av
ailabl
e in books, in
magazines, on the int
ernet and on CD
Roms. Meade
off
er
s Aut
o
s
tar Suit
e
™
softwar
e. Cont
act y
our l
o
c
a
l
Meade deal
er or Meade’
s Cus
tomer Servic
e
department
for mor
e inf
ormation.
Astronomy
and
Sky and Telescope
magazines print s
tar
charts each month f
or up-t
o-the-minut
e maps of the
heav
ens.
a planet, s
tar, et
c.) y
ou will notic
e that the
object will begin t
o
mo
ve
sl
o
w
ly
thr
ough the
te
lesc
opic field of view
. This mo
vement is
c
aused by the r
o
tation of the Earth and
mak
es an object mo
ve
thr
ough the t
e
le
-
sc
ope’
s field of view
. T
o
k
eep as
tr
onomic
al
objects c
ent
er
ed in the field, simpl
y mo
ve
the t
e
lesc
ope on one or both of its ax
es—
vertic
all
y and/or horizont
all
y as needed—try
using the t
e
lesc
opes c
oar
se and fine
adjus
tment c
ontr
ols. At higher power
s
,
as
tr
onomic
al objects will seem t
o
mo
ve
thr
ough the field of view of the e
yepiec
e
mor
e r
apidl
y.
Plac
e the object t
o
be view
ed at the edge of
the field and, without t
ouching the t
e
lesc
ope,
wat
ch it drift thr
ough the field t
o
the other
side bef
or
e r
epositioning the t
e
lesc
ope so
that the object t
o
be view
ed is again plac
ed
at the edge of the field, r
eady t
o
be further
observ
ed.
Vibr
ations
: A
void t
ouching the e
yepiec
e
whil
e observing thr
ough the t
e
lesc
ope.
Vibr
ations r
esulting fr
om such c
ont
act will
c
ause the image t
o
mo
ve. A
void observing
sit
es wher
e vibr
ations c
ause image
mo
vement (f
or e
xampl
e, near r
ailr
oad
e
yepiec
e
barl
o
w
diagonal
mirr
or
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