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WARNING! Never use a Meade ® Telescope to look at the Sun! Looking at or near the Sun will cause instant and irreversible damage to youreye. Eye damage is often painless, so there is no warning to the observer that damage has occurred until it is too late. Do not point the telescope at or near the S...

Page 3 - INTRODUCTION

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: Meade 70-RB Altazimuth Refracting Telescope; Red Dot Viewfinder Assembly

FIGURE 1 Figure 1: Meade 70-RB Altazimuth Refracting Telescope Inset A: Red Dot Viewfinder Assembly Inset B: Tripod Legs and Accessory Tray Inset C: Altaz or Azimuth Mount 1. Eyepiece 2. Red dot viewfinder (see Inset A) 3. Red dot viewfinder alignment screws (see Inset A) 4. Optical tube assembly 5....

Page 5 - ASSEMBLE YOUR TRIPOD; length; ATTACH THE OPTICAL TUBE TO THE MOUNT; Slide the altitude rod into the hole in the; ATTACH THE RED DOT VIEWFINDER

Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. ASSEMBLE YOUR TRIPOD The tripod is the basic support for yourtelescope. Its height may be adjusted so that you can view comfortabl...

Page 6 - TO MOVE THE TELESCOPE; Slightly loosen the horizontal lock knob; ALIGN THE RED DOT VIEWFINDER; Look through the red dot viewfinder. Turn; THE MOST IMPORTANT RULE

Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. alignment screws to make any necessaryrefinements. TO MOVE THE TELESCOPE Your telescope is altazimuth mounted.Altazimuth is just a...

Page 7 - OBSERVING

Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. stars and planets. Read aboutastronomers of old. Many of them hadtelescope no bigger than the one you are using right now. Galileo...

Page 11 - SOME OBSERVING TIPS; eyepiece

Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. will see that the moons are in a differentposition every night. As you get better atdrawing, try more challenging sights, like acr...

Page 13 - SPECIFICATIONS

Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. Surf the Web and visit your local library:The internet contains a huge amount ofastronomical information, both for childrenand adu...

Page 14 - It’s worth repeating; TAKING CARE OF YOUR TELESCOPE

Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. Look at the specifications. You willsee that the focal length of yourscope is 700mm. Let’s say that youhave obtained a 13mm eyepie...

Page 16 - MEADE CONSUMER SOLUTIONS

Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. MEADE CONSUMER SOLUTIONS If you have a question concerningyour telescope, call MeadeInstruments Consumer SolutionsDepartment at (8...

Page 20 - Meade Instruments Corporation

Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. www .meade.com Meade Instruments Corporation 6001 Oak Canyon, Irvine, California 92618 1-800 626-3233