Find new sound drivers. View and Download Meade 4500 instruction manual online. 4.5' Equatorial Reflecting Telescope. 4500 Telescope pdf manual download. • Instruction ManualModel 4500: 4.5' Equatorial Reflecting TelescopeMEADEPRODUCTS3090ADVANCEDDIVISIONMeade Instruments CorporationWorld’s Leading Manufacturer of Astronomical Telescopes for the Serious Amateur6001 Oak Canyon, Irvine, California 92618 s (949) 451-1450FAX: (949) 451-1460 s www.meade.com© 1995Rev. • –2–WARNINGNEVER ATTEMPT TO OBSERVE THE SUN THROUGH YOUR MEADETELESCOPE! OBSERVING THE SUN, EVEN FOR THE SHORTESTFRACTION OF A SECOND, WILL CAUSE INSTANT AND IRREVERSIBLEEYE DAMAGE. WHEN OBSERVING DURING THE DAYTIME, DO NOTPOINT THE TELESCOPE EVEN CLOSE TO THE SUN.Meade Limited WarrantyEvery Meade telescope, spotting scope, and binocular is warranted by Meade Instruments Corp. • –3–TABLE OF CONTENTSA. Introducing the Meade Model 4500.............61. This Manual.....................62. Standard Equipment.................6B. Unpacking and Assembly.................61. Balancing the Telescope................72. • –4–Key to Fig. Tripod legs23. Equatorial mount24. 6 x 30 viewfinder3. Flexible cable control25. Telescope front dust cover4. Flexible cable control26. Viewfinder bracket thumbscrews5. Setting circle6. Counterweight shaft28. Setting circle7. Counterweight lock29. Latitude dial8. Safety washer/thumbscrew30. Azimuth lock9. Latitude lock31. Focus knobs10. Polar axis32. Polar shaft acorn cap nut11. • –5–30248MEADE0 4143Fig. 1: Meade Model 4500: 4. Introducing the Meade Model 4500The Model 4500 is an easy-to-operate, high performance 4.5' (114mm) reflecting telescope, intended forastronomical observing. Equipped with a deluxe equatorial mount and aluminum tripod, the telescope’smotion is continuously adjustable for tracking celestial objects. Your telescope comes to you ready foradventure; it will be your companion in a universe of planets, galaxies, and stars. • –7–•Release the latitude lock (9) of the equatorial mount, and tilt the polar axis (10) of the telescope toroughly a 45° angle by turning the latitude adjustment knob (11). With the polar axis thus tilted, firmlyre-tighten the latitude lock.•Loosen the lock knobs (15) of the cradle rings (14) and open the cradle rings to position them over theoptical tube assembly (12). • –8–•With the front of the viewfinder already centered in the front bracket ring, look through the viewfinderand loosen or tighten, as appropriate, one or more of the rear viewfinder bracket ring thumbscrews (26)until the viewfinder’s crosshairs are likewise centered on the object previously centered in the maintelescope.•Check this alignment on a celestial object, such as a bright star or the Moon, and make any refinementsnecessary, using the method outlined above. • –9–(which passes, for example, through the constellations Orion, Virgo and Aquarius) is specified as having0°0'0' Declination. The Declination of the star Polaris, located very near the North Celestial Pole, is +89.2°.The celestial equivalent to Earth longitude is called “Right Ascension,” or “R.A.” and is measured in hours,minutes and seconds from an arbitrarily defined “zero” line of R.A. Passing through the constellationPegasus. • – 10 –•To center an object in the main telescope, loosen the telescope’s R.A. Lock (22) and Dec. Thetelescope can now turn freely on its axes. Use the aligned viewfinder to first sight-in on the object you wishto observe; with the object centered on the viewfinder’s crosshairs, re-tighten the R.A. • – 11 –•The Moon: A veritable treasury of craters, mountain ranges and fault lines. The best contrast for viewingthe Moon is during its crescent phase.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |