Meade Instruments 114 EQ-DS - Manual (Page 4)

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1. Tripod legs
2. Equatorial mount
3. R.A. flexible cable control
4. Dec. flexible cable control
5. Counterweights
6. Counterweight shaft
7. Counterweight locks
8. Safety washer/thumbscrew
9. Latitude lock (reverse side, see inset)
10. Polar axis
11. Latitude adjustment knob
12. Optical tube assembly
13. Optical tube saddle plate
14. Cradle rings
15. Cradle ring lock knobs
16. Viewfinder bracket mounting bolts
17. Focuser
18. Focuser thumbscrew
19. Eyepiece
20. Viewfinder bracket
21. Declination axis
22. R.A. lock (reverse side, see inset)
23. Dec. lock
24. 5 x 24 viewfinder
25. Telescope front dust cover
26. Viewfinder bracket thumbscrews
27. R.A. setting circle
28. Dec. setting circle
29. Latitude dial
30. Azimuth lock
31. Focus knobs
32. Optional motor drive gear (option not
available with this model)
33. Azimuth base
34. Viewfinder focuser
35. Azimuth circle
36. Cradle ring attachment lock knob
37. Cradle ring attachment
38. Tripod leg Phillips-head fastener screws
39. Tripod-to-mount wingnuts
40. Accessory shelf
41. Eyepiece holder slots
42. Tripod leg brace supports
43. Tripod leg lock knobs
44. Optional motor clutch
45. Optional motor mount shaft (option not
available with this model)
Key to Fig. 1