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B1& 1# 1^ 1 – Meade Instruments LightBridge Truss Tube User Manual

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Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point
this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving.

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Tube Assembly

1. Eyepiece

2. Focuser assembly

3. Front OTA (optical tube

assembly)

4. Top truss lock knobs (3)

5. Trusses (3)

6. Bottom truss lock knobs (3)

7. Altitude bearing

8. Rear OTA

Base Assembly

9. Side base panels (2)

10. Front base panel

11. Circular base plates (2)

12. Feet (3)
Inset A

13. a) Focus knob

b) Fine focus knob (16" models

only)

14. Focus lock & tension adjustment

knobs

15. 1.25" & 2"eyepiece holder

16. Draw tube

17. Thumbscrew

Inset B

18. Fan

19. Fan battery

pack (inset)

20. Collimation

adjustment

screw (3)

21. Collimation

Lock screw (3)

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Inset A: Focuser assembly.

Fig. 1 Telescope features.

Inset B: Base of mirror tube (see page 9 for 16" base information).

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