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TELESTAR INSTRUCTION MANUAL
60mm | 2.4" Altazimuth Refracting Telescope
60AZ-A2
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40-04135 8 Page Manual Template 6/29/05 10:54 AM Page 3 telescope. The size of the objective lens INTRODUCTION determines how much detail you will be Your telescope is an excellent beginner’s able to see in your telescope. The focal 1 instrument, and is designed to observe length will help later on to calculate objects in the sky and also on land. It can be magnification. your personal window on the universe or allows you to intimately study the behavior of Setting up your telescope involves
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40-04135 8 Page Manual Template 6/29/05 10:54 AM Page 4 Figure 1: Telestar 60AZ-A2 Altazimuth Refracting Telescope FIGURE 1 Inset A: Accessory Tray Mounting Bolt Hole 2 Inset B: Tripod Leg 2@ Inset C: Viewfinder Assembly 1$ 1. Eyepiece 2. Viewfinder (see Inset C) b c d f e 3. Viewfinder alignment screws (see Inset C) Inset B 4. Optical tube assembly 5. Vertical lock knobs 6. Horizontal lock knob 7. Tripod legs 8. Leg brace supports 2) 9. Leg brace 1* 2! 10. Mount base attachment 11. Tripod at
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40-04135 8 Page Manual Template 6/29/05 10:54 AM Page 5 5. Repeat with the two other leg ASSEMBLE YOUR TRIPOD Fig. 2 braces. The tripod is the basic support for your mount 3 6. Thread the accessory tray (26) over telescope. Its height may be adjusted so that the center mounting bolt to a firm you can view comfortably. N No ot te e: : N Nu um mb be er r i in n b br ra ac ck ke et ts s, , e e. .g g. ., , ( (3 3) ), , r re ef fe er r t to o feel. F Fi ig g. . 1 1. . 2” Screw ATTACH THE O
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40-04135 8 Page Manual Template 6/29/05 10:54 AM Page 6 4.Thread a lock knob (5) through each onto two bolts on the optical tube. pole or a distant mountain or tower. Look of the holes in the forks of the mount Remove the thumbscrews from the tube. through the eyepiece in the diagonal 4 and tighten to a firm feel. 2. Line up the two holes on the viewfinder mirror and turn the focuser knob (23) bracket over the two bolts. Slide the until the image is sharply focused. Center bracket over the bo
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40-04135 8 Page Manual Template 6/29/05 10:54 AM Page 7 You will enjoy your telescope even TO MOVE THE TELESCOPE SUN WARNING more as you learn more about it. But Your telescope is altazimuth mounted. don’t be scared off by difficult terms 5 NEVER USE YOUR TELESCOPE TO LOOK AT Altazimuth is just a complicated way of or complicated procedures. Don’t THE SUN! saying that your telescope moves up and panic! Just relax and enjoy your LOOKING AT OR NEAR THE SUN WILL down and from side to side. Other
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40-04135 8 Page Manual Template 6/29/05 10:54 AM Page 8 rotate to unlock or lock; when locking, only OBSERVING Observe the Moon: When you feel tighten to a “firm feel,” do not overtighten). comfortable with the viewfinder, the Observe during the daytime: Try out 6 eyepieces, the locks and the adjustment your telescope during the daytime at Use the viewfinder: If you have not done so, controls, you will be ready to try out the first. It is easier to learn how it align the viewfinder (2) wit
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40-04135 8 Page Manual Template 6/29/05 10:54 AM Page 9 Spend several nights observing the Moon. Venus, Earth and Mars comprise the inner One of the most fascinating sights of Some nights, the Moon is so bright that it planets. Venus and Mars can be easily seen Jupiter are its moons. The four makes other objects in the sky difficult to in your telescope. largest moons are called the Galilean 7 see. These are nights that are excellent for moons, after the astronomer Galileo, lunar observation.
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40-04135 8 Page Manual Template 6/29/05 10:54 AM Page 10 Any small telescope can see the four a black opening in the rings, known as the Fig. 5 Galilean moons of Jupiter (Fig. 5), Cassini band. 8 plus a few others, but how many moons does Jupiter actually have? Saturn is not the only planet that has rings, No one knows for sure! Nor are we but it is the only set of rings that can be sure how many Saturn has either. At last seen with a small telescope. Jupiter’s rings count, Jupiter had over 6
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40-04135 8 Page Manual Template 6/29/05 10:54 AM Page 11 grouping of stars, containing millions or asteroids, planetary nebula and globular kinds of nebula, what are comets, even billions of stars. Some galaxies form a clusters. And if you’re lucky, every so often a asteroids and meteors and what is a spiral (like our galaxy, the Milky Way) and bright comet appears in the sky, presenting black hole. The more you learn about 9 other galaxies look more like a large football an unforgettable sig
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40-04135 8 Page Manual Template 6/29/05 10:54 AM Page 12 Changing eyepieces changes the a planet, star, etc.) you will notice that the Fig. 6 power or magnification of your object will begin to move slowly through the 10 telescope. telescopic field of view. This movement is eyepiece caused by the rotation of the Earth and By the way, you might have noticed makes an object move through the tele- something strange when you looked through scope’s field of view. To keep astronomical barlow your e
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40-04135 8 Page Manual Template 6/29/05 10:54 AM Page 13 tracks). Viewing from the upper floors of a (change your eyepiece) if your image is fuzzy and adults. Check out astronomy building may also cause image movement. or shimmers. Keep in mind that a bright, books from your library. Look for star clear, but smaller image is more interesting charts—these are available on a 11 Let your eyes “dark-adapt”: Allow five or than a larger, dimmer, fuzzy one. Using too monthly basis in Astronomy and S
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40-04135 8 Page Manual Template 6/29/05 10:54 AM Page 14 The focal ratio helps determine how fast the length of the telescope by the focal length of What do the specifications mean? photographic speed of a telescope is. The the eyepiece. Optical tube focal length is simply a 12 lower the focal ratio number, the faster the measurement of the length of the exposure. f/5 is faster than f/10. The faster Focal Length of the Telescope optical tube. In other words, this is the ratio, the faster expo
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40-04135 8 Page Manual Template 6/29/05 10:54 AM Page 15 Eyepiece’s magnification x 2 loss of image quality. Additional Eyepieces (1.25" barrel = • When absolutely necessary, dust on the diameter): For higher or lower Magnification with a 2X Barlow lens 13 magnifications with the telescopes front lens should be removed with very that accommodate 1.25" eyepieces, gentle strokes of a camel hair brush or Your 25mm low-power eyepiece magnifies Meade 3-element Modified Achro- blown off with an ea
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40-04135 8 Page Manual Template 6/29/05 10:54 AM Page 16 Contact your Meade Dealer or see the of original purchase in the U.S.A. Meade will or lost profit which may result from a breach Meade catalog for more information. repair or replace a product, or part thereof, of this warranty. Any implied warranties 14 Visit us on the web at: found by Meade to be defective, provided the which cannot be disclaimed are hereby www.meade.com. defective part is returned to Meade, freight- limited to a term
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40-04135 8 Page Manual Template 6/29/05 10:54 AM Page 17 OBSERVATION LOG OBSERVER: OBJECT NAME: DATE & TIME OBSERVED: CONSTELLATION: EYEPIECE SIZE: SEEING CONDITIONS: EXCELLENT GOOD POOR NOTES: DRAWING OF IMAGE (SAVE ORIGINAL - BE SURE TO MAKE COPIES)
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40-04135 8 Page Manual Template 6/29/05 10:55 AM Page 18 OBSERVATION LOG OBSERVER: OBJECT NAME: DATE & TIME OBSERVED: CONSTELLATION: EYEPIECE SIZE: SEEING CONDITIONS: EXCELLENT GOOD POOR NOTES: DRAWING OF IMAGE
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40-04135 8 Page Manual Template 6/29/05 10:55 AM Page 20 Meade Instruments Corporation 1-800 6001 Oak Canyon, Irvine, California 92618 626-3233 www.meade.com
