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Page 3 - Entering Coordinates for Objects not in Database ..22; CONTENTS; Never use a Meade; Looking at or; Use care to install batteries in the

Telescope and Features.................................................. 4 Telescope and Tripod Features ...................................... 6 Getting Started................................................................ 8 Parts Listing .............................................................

Page 4 - TELESCOPE FEATURES; a battery compartment (

4 TELESCOPE FEATURES Fig. 1 : The NGC telescope. Insets: Tripod leg lock ( 13 ), Alternate tray style ( 14 ). 1^ 1! 1$ 1@ 1) J I H G F E D C B 1& Your telescope may look different from the one depictedabove. Some differences include:• NG models do not include a control panel ( 4, Fig. 1 ) or a b...

Page 6 - Telescope and Tripod Features; Optical Tube Attachment Bracket:; Enter Button; Optical Tube Attachment Knobs:

6 Telescope and Tripod Features b Dust Cap (not shown) : Pull to remove from the dew shield ( 17, Fig. 1 ). NOTE: The dust cap should be replaced after each observing session and the power turned off (NGC models only) to the telescope. Verify that anydew that might have collected during the observin...

Page 8 - Parts Listing; Tripod - Mount assembly; GETTING STARTED; Leg brace

Fig. 5 : Attach tripod legs to the tripod head. 8 Parts Listing • Complete optical tube assembly with dew shield, dust cap, red dot viewfinder, andrack-and-pinion focuser; electronic control panel (NGC models only). • Continuously adjustable aluminum tripod and leg braces. • Accessories: Eyepieces a...

Page 9 - Insert the diagonal mirror and eyepiece:; Attaching and Aligning the Red Dot Viewfinder; Attach the red dot viewfinder bracket:; Choosing an Eyepiece

9 movement of the tube to suit your own preference. See ADJUSTING THE HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL TENSION OF THE OPTICAL TUBE , page 20. 8. Insert the diagonal mirror and eyepiece: Insert the diagonal mirror ( 8, Fig. 1 ) into the focuser drawtube ( 9, Fig. 1 ) and a low-power eyepiece ( e.g., 25mm or 2...

Page 10 - Simple Observations

1 0 located and centered in the eyepiece, you may wish to switch to a higher power eye-piece to enlarge the image as much as practical for prevailing seeing conditions. NOTE: Seeing conditions vary widely from night-to-night and site-to-site. Turbulence in the air, even on an apparently clear night,...

Page 12 - If you wish to try out other Guided Tours, press UP/DOWN to scroll; NOTE; Use the method described in the last section,; Use MODE to leave the Guided Tour menu.; Which One’s the Alignment Star?; and

1 2 Next, move the tube upward or downward until the second displacement numberalso reaches zero. As you near zero, use the vertical slow motion control ( F, Fig. 3 ) to move the optical tube. If you performed the alignment procedure correctly, Saturn will appear in your eyepiece. You may need to ce...

Page 13 - MENUS

1 3 T onight's Best A Star's Lif e Ho w F ar is F a r Star Groups Messier Mar athon Solar System Mercur y Etc. Moon Asteroids Comets Constellations Andromeda Etc. Deep Sky Named Object Galaxies Neb ulae Planetar y Neb . Etc. Star Named SA O Catalog Doub le Etc. User Objects Select Add Delete Edit La...

Page 14 - How to Move through Menu Options; It is helpful to understand that menu selections are set in a loop; Observing Considerations; TIPS for Beginners; No matter

How to Move through Menu Options (NGC Models Only): It is helpful to understand that menu selections are set in a loop . This means that press- ing the DOWN button scrolls down through all the available options within a given cate-gory, then returns to the first option. Pressing the UP key scroll up...

Page 17 - Setup Menu

• Magnification: Scroll through a list of available eyepieces. When an eyepiece is selected, the magnification is calculated. • Suggest: Suggests the best eyepiece for viewing, based on the telescope and the object being viewed. • Focal length: Enter the focal length of you telescope so that the con...

Page 18 - Consult the Meade General Catalog for complete details of; #506 AstroFinderTM Software and Cable Connector Kit:; Electronic EyepieceTM:; ACCESSORIES

OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES 1 8 A wide assortment of professional Meade accessories is available for the NG-Series andNGC-series telescopes. Consult the Meade General Catalog for complete details of these and other accessories. Eyepieces (1.25" barrel diameter): For higher or lower magnifications with ...

Page 19 - General Maintenance; CAUTION; Storage and Transport; Unable to see an image through the eyepiece:; MAINTENANCE AND SERVICING

1 9 General Maintenance Your telescope is a precision optical instrument designed to yield a lifetime of reward-ing applications. Given the care and respect due any precision instrument, your tele-scope will rarely require factory servicing or maintenance. Maintenance guidelinesinclude:1. Avoid clea...

Page 20 - For clear viewing of objects, turn the focus knob (; Meade Customer Service; Telephone; NGC and NG Specifications; 0° diagonal mirror, dew shield; Star Charts; and other star locator soft-

2 0 • If inside a warm house or building, move outside. Interior air conditions may distortterrestrial or celestial images, making it difficult, if not impossible, to obtain a sharpfocus. For optimal viewing, use the telescope outside in the open air instead ofobserving through an open or closed win...

Page 21 - Celestial Coordinates; Declination; Entering Coordinates for Objects not in the Database; APPENDIX A: ADVANCED FEATURES

2 1 Celestial Coordinates A celestial coordinate system was created that maps an imaginary sphere surrounding theEarth upon which all stars appear to be placed. This mapping system is similar to the sys-tem of latitude and longitude on Earth surface maps. In mapping the surface of the Earth, lines o...

Page 22 - Landmarks; To Add a landmark to the database:

2 2 6. "Right Asc.: 00.00.0" displays. Use UP/DOWN and ENTER to enter the digits for theRight Ascension coordinate of your object. 7. "Declination: +00°.00'" displays. Use UP/DOWN and ENTER to enter the digits for theDeclination coordinate of your object. If necessary, use UP/DOWN to...

Page 24 - APPENDIX C: BATTERIES

2 4 Replace the red dot Viewfinder’s battery with a CR2032 lithium battery. The battery is locat-ed on the bottom of the red dot viewfinder. You may need to slide your fingernail or a screw-driver blade underneath the battery and then slide it out. Replace the internal clock’s battery with a CR2023 ...

Page 25 - Sky; BASIC ASTRONOMY

2 5 In the early 17th century, Italian scientist Galileo, using a crude telescope smaller thanyour NG or NGC, turned it to look towards the sky instead of distant trees and moun-tains. What he saw, and what he realized about what he saw, forever changed the waymankind thought of the universe. Imagin...

Page 26 - ). These moons orbit Jupiter so that the number of moons visi-

2 6 Fig. 20: Saturn has the most extensive ring structure in our Solar System. Fig. 21: The Pleiades is one of the most beautiful open clusters. Fig. 19 Jupiter and its four largest moons. The moons can be observed ina different position every night. Venus is about nine-tenths the diameter of Earth....

Page 28 - MEADE LIMITED WARRANTY

14-0060-00 4/05C MEADE LIMITED WARRANTY Every Meade telescope, spotting scope, and telescope accessory is warranted by Meade Instruments Corporation ("Meade")to be free of defects in materials and workmanship for a period of ONE YEAR from the date of original purchase in the U.S.A.and Canada...

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