Assessments - 2, GPA: 4.5
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1 24 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 15 17 18 20 21 22 19 23 Sun! Observing the Sun, even for the shortest fraction of a second, will cause instant and irreversible damage to your eye as well as physical damage to the telescope itself. When observing with the telescope during the daytime, do not point the telescope even close to the Sun. 1 24 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 15 17 18 20 21 22 19 23 3 Captions for Fig. 1 1. Viewfinder 2. Spider vane/diagonal 3. Focuser 4. Main optical tube 5. Polar axis 6. Declination housing 7. Declination lock knob 8. Declination setting circle 9. Counterweights 10. Declination shaft 11. Counterweight safety washer 12. North leg 13. Pier 14. Latitude locking bolt 15. Pier cap 16. Tripod legs 17. Right ascension setting circle 18. Drive motor housing/control panel 19. Primary mirror cell 20. Polar housing 21. Strap mounting blocks 22. Saddle plate 23. Mounting straps 24. Focuser drawtube Contents 16" Starfinder Equatorial Telescope Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Parts Listing and Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Tripod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Attaching the Equatorial Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Adjusting the Latitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Mounting the Counterweights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Attaching the Focuser Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Attaching the Viewfinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Mounting the Primary Mirror Cell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Mounting the Secondary Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Attaching the Mounting Straps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Mounting the Optical Tube. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Balancing the Telescope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 R.A. Encoder Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 On/Off Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Installing the Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 12vDC Outlet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Collimation of the Optical System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Correct Collimation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Spider Vane Adjustments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Secondary Mirror Adjustments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Primary Mirror Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 The Viewfinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Focusing the Viewfinder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Aligning the Viewfinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Using the Viewfinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Magnification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Astronomical Observing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Celestial Coordinates: Declination & Right Ascension. . . 8 Polar Alignment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Calibrating the Declination Circle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 How to Locate Objects in the Night Sky. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Motor Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Southern Hemisphere Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Setting Circles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Observing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Astrophotography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Optional Accessories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Telescope Maintenance and Servicing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Care of Optics and Main Tube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Cleaning the Optics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Cleaning the Optical Tube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Star Testing the Collimation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Telescope Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Slow Blow Fuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Balance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Clutch Pressure Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Worm Block. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Meade Customer Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 ® The name ‘Meade’ and the Meade logo are trademarks registered with the U.S. Patent Office and in princ...