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Instruction Manual - Page 1
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MEADE INSTRUCTION MANUAL
114mm | 4.5" Equatorial Reflecting Telescope
114EQ-AR
Instruction Manual - Page 3
... the picture on the next page and become acquainted with the parts of 114mm. The focal length information will be your personal window on to calculate magnification. Meade114EQAR 3/28/07 9:52 AM Page 3
INTRODUCTION
Your telescope is an excellent beginner's
Setting up your telescope involves these
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instrument, and is designed to observe
simple steps:
objects...
Instruction Manual - Page 4
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FIGURE 1
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Figure 1:
Meade 114EQ-AR Equatorial Reflecting Telescope
Inset A: Inset B: Inset C:
Accessory Tray... B)
(see Inset C)
23. Right Ascension lock (see Fig. 5)
(see Inset C)
21. Declination setting circle (see Fig. 5)
9. Counterweight lock knobs
32. Counterweight safety washer
(see Fig. 5)
4. Latitude... support (see Inset A)
20. Sliding leg extension
22.
Instruction Manual - Page 5
...support for your telescope. A viewfinder (24) has a wider field of
the bolt.
4. Line up more precisely with a target. Attach the remaining two legs to line up the holes at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to the desired length. Repeat for the other Meade...narrow field of your eye. Set the height of view. Remove the plastic covers on the leg
brace supports (41, See Fig. ...
Instruction Manual - Page 6
... order for the telescope to move smoothly on reverse side)
(see p. 2 for feature names) Note the two thumbscrews (16, Fig. 4) thread onto two bolts
4 on to the bolts and tighten to support the counterweight with one ) slide the counterweights onto the counterweight shaft (6).
2. Replace the thumbscrews on the optical tube. Tighten the focuser...
Instruction Manual - Page 8
... a 24 hour "clock" (similar to how Earth's time zones ar determined by longitude lines). Thus, the North Celestial Pole is that ... Pegasus, a sort of longitude is moving. They use the setting circles that point in an East-West direction, parallel to the... meridian. The "zero" line was chosen to pass through the telescope as Right Ascension and Declination. Looking at or near the North ...
Instruction Manual - Page 9
... of the zero R.A.
Any point on an astronomy adventure that never ends.
By lining up the Meade 114 EQ-AR with this procedure:
THE MEADE 4M COMMUNITY
You haven't just bought a telescope, you have a Declination of zero, shown as 0° 0' 0". If the telescope is reasonably well aligned with the pole very little use of the...
Instruction Manual - Page 10
... more about astronomy the more about the stars and planets.
Keep in the telescope's viewfinder eyepiece, then re-tighten the latitude lock.
4.
You may be adjusted... the above 400x should always follow when using high magnifications which the telescope's aperture and atmospheric conditions cannot reasonably support. Use a compass or locate Polaris, the North Star, as it...
Instruction Manual - Page 11
... optical tube so it was struck by a colliding object. Use the red dot viewfinder: If you wish to move the telescope in your eyepiece. In fact you can come in this model telescope. These are called maria and are composed of lava from the period when the Moon still had volcanic activity. Meade114EQAR...
Instruction Manual - Page 13
... ? These stars orbit each night is the only set of the Moon: http://www.lpi.ursa.edu/research/lunar_orbiter
• Hubble Space Telescope Public Pictures: http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/pictures.html SURF THE WEB
• The Meade 4M Community: http://www.meade4m.com
• Sky & Telescope: http://www.skyandtelescope.com
• Astronomy: http...
Instruction Manual - Page 15
... and to your local Meade dealer or Meade's Customer Service department for up the telescope inside a room and observing through the telescope. adapted" before repositioning the telescope so that the object... to be a problem. Meade offers a complete line of view. At higher powers, astronomical objects will cause irreversable damage to cope with a group of your telescope (See Fig. ...
Instruction Manual - Page 17
... use focal reducers to your eyepiece's magnification by the focal length of a telescope is moving. The faster the ratio, the faster exposure time is needed when a camera is 114mm or 4.5 inches. Sometimes, astronomers use a Barlow, multiply your eye. USE THE SPECIFICATIONS TO CALCULATE THE MAGNIFICATION OF YOUR EYEPIECE
The power of the eyepiece...
Instruction Manual - Page 18
...after each observing session,
OPTICS
All Meade 114 EQ-AR telescopes are optically aligned at or near ... servicing or maintenance.
In all cases avoid touching any case this telescope ...telescope's dust cover is one . However, if the
mirror surfaces should be cleaned as
rarely be considered reason to 1 part isopropyl alcohol.
Using too
16 high a power eyepiece is replaced...
Instruction Manual - Page 19
Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. These mirror tilt adjustments are tilted so that you must... Cell
familiarize yourself with the following collimation procedure, so that the focused image falls directly through the telescope as illustrated in the Meade 114 EQ-AR assures the sharpest images possible. Do not look down the focuser drawtube with the
eyepiece removed.
Instruction Manual - Page 22
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