Meade 70AZ-ADR инструкция обслуживания

© 2005 Instruction Manual Meade 70AZ-ADR 70mm (2.4”) Altazim uth Refracting T elescope (800) 626-3233 www .meade .com[...]

– 2 – W ARNING: NEVER USE A MEADE TELESCOPE T O LOOK A T THE SUN! LOOKING A T OR NEAR THE SUN WILL CA USE INST ANT AND IRREVERSIBLE D AMA GE T O Y OUR EYE. EYE D AMAGE IS OFTEN P AINLESS, SO THERE IS NO W ARNING T O THE OBSER VER THA T D AMA GE HAS OCCURRED UNTIL IT IS T OO LA TE. DO NO T POINT THE TELESCOPE OR ITS VIEWFINDER A T OR NEAR THE SU[...]

– 3 – T ABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Standard Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Unpacking and Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

– 4 – Figure 1: Meade 70AZ-A Altazim uth Refracting T elescope Inset A: T ripod Leg; Inset B: Viewfinder Assembly 1. Eyepiece 14. Objective lens cell 2. Viewfinder 15. F ocuser dra wtube and thumbscrews 3. Viewfinder collimation scre ws 16. V er tical slow motion fine adjustment control cab le 4. Optical tube assemb ly 17. Horizontal slo w moti[...]

– 5 – INTRODUCTION Bef ore you begin, w e urge you to tak e a f ew min utes to completely read this manual so that y ou can get the best use of the equipment. This manual details the set-up , operation, specifications and optional accessories of the Meade 70-AZ-ADR altazimuth refracting telescope. Designed f or both astronomical and terrestrial[...]

– 6 – RED DO T VIEWFINDER ALIGNMENT I t is recommended that you perf or m steps 1 through 5 of this procedure dur ing the da ytime and step 6 at night. 1. Loosen the horizontal and v er tical locks of your telescope , so that the telescope can mov e freely . 2. If you ha v e not already done so , place a low-po wer ( e .g., 25mm or 26mm) ey epi[...]

– 7 – Look f or diff erent f eatures on the Moon. The most ob vious f eatures are craters. In fact y ou can see cr aters within craters . Some craters ha ve bright lines about them. These are called ra ys and are the result of material thrown out of the crater when it was struc k by a colliding object. The dark areas on the Moon are called mar [...]

– 8 – Optional color filters help bring out detail and contrast of the planets. Meade offers a line of ine xpensive color filters . Bey ond the Solar System: Once you ha v e obser ved our o wn system of planets, it’ s time to really tra vel f ar from home and look at stars and other objects. Y ou can obser ve thousands of stars with y our tel[...]

– 9 – thumbscrews to secure the Barlow lens and the e y epiece in place. The Barlow lens included with your telescope doub les the po wer of y our telescope. Meade off ers a complete line of ey epieces f or your telescope . Most astronomers hav e f our or five lo w- po wer and high po wer e yepieces to vie w diff erent objects and to cope with [...]

– 10 – SPECIFICA TIONS Optical tube f ocal length . . . . . 700mm Objectiv e lens diameter . . 70mm (2.4") F ocal ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . f/10 Mounting type . . . . . . . . . . . Altazimuth Viewfinder T ype . . . . . . . . . . . . Red dot What do the specifications mean? Optical tube f ocal length is simply a measuremen[...]

– 11 – T AKING CARE OF Y OUR TELESCOPE Y our telescope is a precision optical instrument designed for a lif etime of re warding vie wing. It will rarely , if ev er , require factory ser vicing or maintenance. Follo w these guidelines to keep y our telescope in the best condition: • A v oid cleaning the telescope’ s lenses. A little dust on [...]

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