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Meade Instruments ETX 90EC User Manual

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(on left
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(on both sides)

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Eyepiece

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Viewfinder:
ETX-90EC: 8 x 21mm Erect-Image Viewfinder
ETX-125EC: 8 x 25mm Right-Angle Viewfinder

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Eyepiece holder thumbscrew

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90° eyepiece holder

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Optical tube: ETX-90EC: 90mm clear aperture

ETX-125EC: 127mm clear aperture

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Vertical (or Declination) lock

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Fork-mount attachment screws

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Fork arm

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Focus knob

10. Horizontal (or Right Ascension) lock

11. Computer control panel

12. Drive base

13. Hole cover for optional tripod legs (2)

14. Right Ascension (R.A.) setting circle

15. 1/4-20 photo tripod adapter block

16.Flip-mirror control knobs

17. Photo port

18. Declination (Dec.) setting circle (on left fork arm)

19. Viewfinder alignment screws

20. Viewfinder bracket

21. Electronic controller with attached coil cord

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Fig. 1: The ETX-90EC Astro Telescope.

Features of the ETX-90EC
and ETX-125EC are identical,
with the exception of the siz e
of optical tube and the type
of viewfinder included as
standard equipment.

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