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MEADE INSTRUCTION MANUAL
70AZ-AR
70mm | 2.8" Altazimuth Refracting Telescope
www.meade.com
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Tel70AZAR_5 3/28/07 10:09 AM Page 2 WARNING! ® Never use a Meade Telescope to look at the Sun! Looking at or near the Sun will cause instant and irreversible damage to your eye. 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 Sun. Do not look through ™ the telescope or SmartFinder as it is moving. Children should always have adult supervision while observing.
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Tel70AZAR_5 3/28/07 10:09 AM Page 3 determines how much detail you will be INTRODUCTION able to see in your telescope. The focal Your telescope is an excellent beginner’s length information will help later on to 1 instrument, and is designed to observe calculate magnification. objects in the sky and also on land. It can be your personal window on the universe or Setting up your telescope involves these allows you to intimately study the behavior of simple steps: nesting birds on a distant hi
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Tel70AZAR_5 3/28/07 10:09 AM Page 4 Figure 1: Meade 70AZ-AR Altazimuth Refracting Telescope Inset A FIGURE 1 Inset A: Accessory Tray Mounting Bolt Hole 2 Inset B: Tripod Leg Inset C: Viewfinder Assembly 1. Eyepiece 2. Red dot viewfinder (see Inset C) 3. Red dot viewfinder alignment screws (see Inset C) 4. Optical tube assembly 5. Vertical lock knobs 6. Horizontal lock knob 7. Tripod legs Inset B 8. Leg brace supports 9. Leg brace 10. Mount base attachment 11. Tripod attachment bolts and wing
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Tel70AZAR_5 3/28/07 10:09 AM Page 5 Fig. 2 5. Repeat with the two other ASSEMBLE YOUR TRIPOD mount leg braces. The tripod is the basic support for your 6. Thread the accessory tray (26) 3 telescope. Its height may be adjusted so that over the center mounting bolt to you can view comfortably. a firm feel. 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 F Fi ig g. . 1 1. . 2” Screw ATTACH THE OPTICAL TUBE TO T
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Tel70AZAR_5 3/28/07 10:09 AM Page 6 2. Line up the two holes on the red dot through the eyepiece in the diagonal 4. Thread a lock knob (5) through each viewfinder bracket over the two bolts. mirror and turn the focuser knob (23) of the holes in the forks of the mount 4 Slide the bracket over the bolts. See Fig. until the image is sharply focused. Center and tighten to a firm feel. 1, inset C. the object precisely in the eyepiece’s field 3. Replace the thumbscrews onto the bolts of view. ATTAC
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Tel70AZAR_5 3/28/07 10:09 AM Page 7 You will enjoy your telescope even more S SU UN N W WA AR RN NI IN NG G TO MOVE THE TELESCOPE as you learn more about it. But don’t be N NE EV VE ER R U US SE E Y YO OU UR R T TE EL LE ES SC CO OP PE E Your telescope is altazimuth mounted. scared off by difficult terms or 5 Altazimuth is just a complicated way of T TO O L LO OO OK K A AT T T TH HE E S SU UN N! ! complicated procedures. Don’t panic! saying that your telescope moves up Just relax and
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Tel70AZAR_5 3/28/07 10:09 AM Page 8 the object lined up in the viewfinder, look most obvious features are craters. In fact OBSERVING through the optical tube’s eyepiece. If you you can see craters within craters. Some O Ob bs se er rv ve e d du ur ri in ng g t th he e d da ay yt ti im me e: : Try out 6 have aligned your viewfinder, you will see craters have bright lines about them. These your telescope during the daytime at the object in your eyepiece. are called rays and are the
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Tel70AZAR_5 3/28/07 10:09 AM Page 9 Meade as an optional accessory and and are called the inner planets. Mercury, the more details you will be able to see. enhance contrast to improve your Venus, Earth and Mars comprise the inner observation of lunar features. Spend several planets. Venus and Mars can be easily seen One of the most fascinating sights of 7 nights observing the Moon. Some nights, the in your telescope. Jupiter are its moons. The four largest Moon is so bright that it makes othe
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Tel70AZAR_5 3/28/07 10:09 AM Page 10 Fig. 5 behind Jupiter’s giant disk. Drawing the may not see many features on the surface of positions of the moons each night is an Saturn, its ring structure will steal your excellent exercise for novice 8 breath away. You will probably be able to see astronomers. a black opening in the rings, known as the Cassini band. Any small telescope can see the four Galilean moons of Jupiter (Fig. 5), plus a few Saturn is not the only planet that has rings, others,
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Tel70AZAR_5 3/28/07 10:09 AM Page 11 different colors? Does one seem brighter being born. Some nebulas are the remains crater system on the moon or even a than the other? of stars exploding. These explosions are nebula. called supernovas. 9 Almost all the stars you can see in the sky Go your library or check out the are part of our galaxy. A galaxy is a large When you become an advanced observer you internet for more information about grouping of stars, containing millions or can look for oth
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Tel70AZAR_5 3/28/07 10:09 AM Page 12 Fig. 6 using the 25mm low-power eyepiece. objects centered in the field, simply move The 25mm eyepiece delivers a bright, the telescope on one or both of its axes— eyepiece 10 wide field of view and is the best to use vertically and/or horizontally as needed—try for most viewing conditions. Use the using the telescopes coarse and fine high-power 9mm eyepiece to view details adjustment controls. At higher powers, barlow when observing the Moon and planets.
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Tel70AZAR_5 3/28/07 10:09 AM Page 13 telescope so that the object to be viewed is to temperature differences between inside animals, such as skunks, snakes, etc., again placed at the edge of the field, ready to and outside air. Also, it is a good idea to may appear? Are there viewing be further observed. allow your telescope to reach the ambient obstructions such as tall trees, street 11 (surrounding) outside temperature before lights, headlights and so forth? The Vibrations: Avoid touchin
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Tel70AZAR_5 3/28/07 10:09 AM Page 14 Astronomy and Sky and Telescope measurement of the length of the optical or “alt”), and side to side, (azimuth or “az”). magazines. tube. In other words, this is the distance Other mounting configurations are 12 light travels in the telescope before being available for other telescopes, such as HAVE A GOOD TIME, brought to focus in you eyepiece. Your tube equatorial mounting. ASTRONOMY IS FUN! is 700mm long. USE THE SPECIFICATIONS TO CALCULATE Objective
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Tel70AZAR_5 3/28/07 10:09 AM Page 15 Let’s say that you have obtained a 13mm interesting than a larger, dimmer, fuzzy one. of 3 parts distilled water to 1 part eyepiece. You can tell that what the focal Using too high a power eyepiece is one of isopropyl alcohol. You may also add 13 length of your eyepiece is as it is always the most common mistakes made by new 1 drop of biodegradable dishwashing printed on the side of an eyepiece. Divide: astronomers. So don’t think that higher soap per pint
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Tel70AZAR_5 3/28/07 10:09 AM Page 16 during terrestrial observing #126 Barlow lens (1.25 0.0.) doubles the 14 magnification of any eyepiece. Additional Eyepieces (1.25" barrel diameter): For higher or lower magnifications with the telescopes that accommodate 1.25" eyepieces, Meade Series 4000 Super Plössl eyepieces, available in a wide variety of sizes, provide a high level of image resolution and color correction at an economical price. Contact your Meade Dealer or see the Meade catalog for
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Tel70AZAR_5 3/28/07 10:09 AM Page 17 MEADE CONSUMER SOLUTIONS provided the defective part is returned to breach of this warranty. Any implied Meade, freight-prepaid, with proof of warranties which cannot be disclaimed If you have a question concerning your 15 purchase. This warranty applies to the are hereby limited to a term of one year telescope, call Meade Instruments original purchaser only and is non- from the date of original retail Consumer Solutions Department at transferable. Meade
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Tel70AZAR_5 3/28/07 10:09 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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Tel70AZAR_5 3/28/07 10:09 AM Page 20 Meade Instruments Corporation 1-800 6001 Oak Canyon, Irvine, California 92618 626-3233 www.meade.com
