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Page 3 - INTRODUCTION; eyepiece

1 INTRODUCTION Your telescope is an excellent beginner’sinstrument, and is designed to observeobjects in the sky and also on land. It can beyour personal window on the universe orallows you to intimately study the behavior ofnesting birds on a distant hillside. The telescope is shipped with the foll...

Page 4 - FIGURE 1; Figure 1: Polaris 60AZ-AR Altazimuth Refracting Telescope; Accessory Tray Mounting Bolt Hole

FIGURE 1 Figure 1: Polaris 60AZ-AR Altazimuth Refracting Telescope Inset A: Accessory Tray Mounting Bolt Hole Inset B: Tripod Leg Inset C: Viewfinder Assembly 1. Eyepiece 2. Red dot veiwfinder (see Inset C) 3. Red dot viewfinder alignment screws (see Inset C) 4. Optical tube assembly 5. Vertical loc...

Page 6 - ATTACH THE RED DOT VIEWFINDER; place tube between; ALIGN THE RED DOT VIEWFINDER

Fig. 4 1. Note the two thumbscrews (25) threaded onto two bolts on the optical tube.Remove the thumbscrews from the tube. 2. Line up the two holes on the red dot viewfinder bracket over the two bolts.Slide the bracket over the bolts. See Fig. 1, inset C . 3. Replace the thumbscrews onto the bolts an...

Page 7 - Check this alignment at night on a; TO MOVE THE TELESCOPE; Slightly loosen the horizontal lock knob; THE MOST IMPORTANT RULE

3. Check this alignment at night on a celestial object, such as the Moon or abright star, and use the red dotviewfinder’s alignment screws to makeany necessary refinements. TO MOVE THE TELESCOPE Your telescope is altazimuth mounted.Altazimuth is just a complicated way ofsaying that your telescope mo...

Page 8 - OBSERVING

OBSERVING Observe during the daytime: Try outyour telescope during the daytime atfirst. It is easier to learn how itoperates and how to observe when it is light. Pick out an easy object to observe: Adistant mountain, a large tree, a lighthouseor skyscraper make excellent targets. Pointthe optical tu...

Page 11 - SOME OBSERVING TIPS

spiral (like our galaxy, the Milky Way) andother galaxies look more like a large footballand are called elliptical galaxies. There aremany galaxies that are irregularly shapedand are thought to have been pulled apartbecause they passed too close to—or eventhrough—a larger galaxy. You may be able to ...

Page 13 - SPECIFICATIONS

Let your eyes “dark-adapt:” Allow five orten minutes for your eyes to become “darkadapted” before observing. Use a red-filtered flashlight to protect your night visionwhen reading star maps, or inspecting thetelescope. Do not use use a regular flash-light or turn on other lights when observingwith a...

Page 14 - What do the specifications mean?

The focal ratio helps determine how fast thephotographic speed of a telescope is. Thelower the focal ratio number, the faster theexposure. f/5 is faster than f/10. The fasterthe ratio, the faster exposure time is neededwhen a camera is hooked up to thetelescope. Your telescope has slower focalratio ...

Page 16 - mu

MEADE CONSUMER SOLUTIONS If you have a question concerningyour telescope, call MeadeInstruments Consumer SolutionsDepartment at (800) 626-3233. Consumer Solutions hours are 8:00AM to5:00PM, Pacific Time, Monday throughFriday. Write or call the Meade ConsumerSolutions Department first, before returni...

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