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Page 3 - INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION Your telescope is an excellent beginner’sinstrument, and is designed to observeobjects in the sky. It can be your personalwindow on the universe. The telescope is shipped with the followingparts:• Optical tube• Aluminum tripod with an accessory tray• Two 1.25" eyepieces: MA25mm (28X...

Page 4 - FIGURE 1; Figure 1; : Meade 114EQ-AR Equatorial Reflecting Telescope; Inset A; Accessory Tray; Inset B; Red Dot Viewfinder Assembly.; Inset C; Tripod Leg

FIGURE 1 2 Inset C Inset B Inset A 1. Tripod legs 2. Equatorial Mount 3. Right ascension control cable 4. Declination control cable 5. Counterweights 6. Counterweight shaft 7. Counterweight lock knobs 8. Counterweight safety washer 9. Latitude adjustment lock 10. Polar axis (see Fig. 5)11. Latitude ...

Page 10 - Determine the latitude of your observing; THE MOST IMPORTANT RULE; Polaris

1. Release the Azimuth lock (30)of theAzimuth base, so that the entiretelescope-with-mounting may berotated in a horizontal direction. Rotate the telescope until it points due North.Use a compass or locate Polaris, theNorth Star, as an accurate reference toNorth (See Fig. 7). 2. Level the mount with...

Page 12 - Observe the Solar System

Use a neutral density filter (often calleda “moon filter”) when observing theMoon. Neutral density filters areavailable from Meade as an optional accessory and enhance contrast to improveyour observation of lunar features. Spend several nights observing the Moon.Some nights, the Moon is so bright th...

Page 13 - What’s Next? Beyond the Solar System

One of the most fascinating sights of Jupiterare its moons. The four largest moons arecalled the Galilean moons, after theastronomer Galileo, who observed them forthe first time. If you’ve never watched theGalilean moons in your telescope before,you’re missing a real treat! Each night, themoons appe...

Page 14 - : Always begin your observations

colors, how stars and planets are formed,red shift, the big bang, what are the differentkinds of nebula, what are comets, asteroidsand meteors and what is a black hole. Themore you learn about astronomy, the morefun, and the more rewarding your telescopewill become. SOME OBSERVING TIPS Eyepieces : A...

Page 15 - : Avoid touching the eyepiece; Viewing through windows

Moon and planets. If the image becomefuzzy, switch back down to a lower power.Changing eyepieces changes the power ormagnification of your telescope. By the way, you might have noticedsomething strange when you looked throughyour eyepiece. The image is upside down andreversed. That means reading wor...

Page 16 - : Planets and other

fuzzy one. Using too high a power eyepiece isone of the most common mistakes made bynew astronomers. Dress Warm : Even on summer nights, the air can feel cool or cold as the night wearson. It is important to dress warm or to havea sweater, jacket, gloves, etc., nearby. Know your observing site : If ...

Page 17 - It’s worth repeating

tube. In other words, this is the distancelight travels in the telescope before beingbrought to focus in you eyepiece. Your tube is900mm long. Primary diameter is how big the mirror is onyour scope. Telescopes are always describedby how large their primary mirror is. Yourtelescope is 114mm or 4.5 in...

Page 18 - TAKING CARE OF YOUR TELESCOPE; • As with any quality instrument, lens or; CAUTION; : Do not use scented

interesting than a larger,dimmer, fuzzy one. Using toohigh a power eyepiece is one of the most common mistakes made by new astronomers. So don’t think that higher magnificationis necessarily better—quite often the best view is with lowermagnification value! TAKING CARE OF YOUR TELESCOPE Your telesco...

Page 20 - • Bring the star image slowly out of focus

must be unthreaded slightly to thepoint of where you can tilt the diagonalholder from side-to-side by graspingthe diagonal holder with your hand and tilt until you see the primary mirror becomeas centered in the reflection of the diagonalmirror as possible. Once you are at the bestposition, thread i...

Page 21 - OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES; For higher or lower

image will move across the eyepiece field.Choose one of the 3 primary mirror tiltscrews and slightly move the shadow tothe center of the disk. Then slightly movethe telescope using the flexible cablecontrols to center the star disk image inthe center of the eyepiece. • If any further adjustments are...

Page 22 - efective part is returned to

MEADE CONSUMER SOLUTIONS If you have a question concerning yourtelescope, call Meade InstrumentsConsumer Solutions Department at (800) 626-3233. Consumer SolutionsDepartment hours are 8:00AM to 5:00PM,Pacific Time, Monday through Friday. Writeor call the Meade Consumer SolutionsDepartment first, bef...

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