Page 2 - 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 (28...
Page 3 - FIGURE 1; Figure 1: Meade 80EQ-AR Equatorial Refracting Telescope; Red Dot Viewfinder Assembly
FIGURE 1 Figure 1: Meade 80EQ-AR Equatorial Refracting Telescope Inset A: Red Dot Viewfinder Assembly 2 1. Dust cap (not shown) 2. Dew shield/lens shade 3. Object lens cell 4. Main optical tube (OTA) 5. Declination lock 6. Cradle ring attachment lock knob 7. Cradle ring lock knob (not shown) 8. Crad...
Page 4 - Figure 2: Meade 80EQ-AR Equatorial Refracting Telescope; Accessory Tray; FIGURE 2
1. Adjustable sliding inner leg extension (see Inset C) 2. Sliding leg extension lock (see Inset C) 3. Right ascension lock 4. Right ascension setting circle 5. Counterweight 6. Counterweight shaft 7. Counterweight safety washer 8. Counterweight lock 9. Tripod legs 10. Leg brace11. Leg brace support...
Page 5 - ATTACH THE RED DOT VIEWFINDER
ASSEMBLE YOUR TRIPODThe tripod is the basic support foryour telescope. Its height may beadjusted so that you can viewcomfortably. N No otte e:: N Nu um mb be err iin n b brra ac ck ke etts s,, e e..g g..,, ((3 3)),, rre effe err tto o F Fiig g.. 1 1 u un nlle es ss s n no otte ed d o otth he errw wi...
Page 8 - LINING UP WITH THE CELESTIAL POLE
latitude and longitude, celestial objects mayalso be located using Right Ascension andDeclination. For example: You can locateLos Angeles, California, by its latitude (+34 ° ) and longitude (118 ° ). Similarly, you can locate the Ring Nebula (also known as"M57") by its Right Ascension (18hr)...
Page 9 - THE MEADE 4M COMMUNITY
complete revolution about the pole,circling with the pole at the center.By lining up the telescope's polaraxis with the North Celestial Pole (orfor observers located in Earth's Southern Hemisphere with the SouthCelestial Pole), astronomical objects maybe followed, or "tracked," by moving the...
Page 13 - What’s Next? Beyond the Solar
Optional color filters help bring outdetail and contrast of the planets.Meade offers a line of inexpensivecolor filters. What’s Next? Beyond the Solar System: Once you have observed our own system of planets, it’s time to reallytravel far from home and look at stars and other objects. You can observ...
Page 14 - SOME OBSERVING TIPS; eyepiece
same size as they look in your eyepiece. Youwill see that the moons are in a differentposition every night. As you get better atdrawing, try more challenging sights, like acrater system on the moon or even a nebula. Go your library or check out the internet formore information about astronomy. Learn...
Page 16 - SPECIFICATIONS
Primary mirror diameter is how big themirror is on your scope. Telescopes arealways described by how large their primarymirror is. Your telescope is 114mm or 4.5inches. Other telescopes are 90mm, 8inches, 16 inches, or even 3 feet in diameter.The Hubble Telescope’s objective mirror has a diameter of...
Page 17 - It’s worth repeating; TAKING CARE OF YOUR TELESCOPE; Erecting Prism
Your 25mm low-power eyepiecemagnifies an object 28 times. Multiply 28 by 2 and you get 56 timesmagnification with a Barlow. Eyepiece’s magnification x 2 = Magnification with a 2X Barlow lens It’s worth repeating : Keep in mind that a bright, clear, but smaller image is moreinteresting than a larger,...
Page 22 - Meade Instruments Corporation
www .meade.com Meade Instruments Corporation 6001 Oak Canyon, Irvine, California 92618 1-800 626-3233 Meade80EQ-AR 4/28/06 9:55 AM Page 24