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Meade Instruments 4504 User Manual

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Fig. 2a: The Meade Model 4504 4.5" Equatorial Reflecting Telescope.

1. Equatorial mount

2. Optical tube assembly

3. Cradle rings

4. Viewfinder bracket

5. Viewfinder rubber eyepiece

6. 5 x 24 viewfinder

7. Viewfinder bracket thumbscrews

8. Telescope front dust cover

9. Dec setting circle

10. Counterweight

11. Counterweight shaft

12. Safety washer/thumbscrew

13. Counterweight lock

14. Latitude dial

15. R.A. setting circle

Key to Figures 2a, 2b, and 2c

16. Latitude adjustment knob

17. Focuser, Focus knobs

18. Eyepiece thumbscrew

19. Eyepiece

20. Cradle ring lock knobs

21. Optical tube saddle plate

22. Dec motor drive assembly

23. Latitude lock

24. Azimuth lock

25. R.A. motor drive assembly

26. R.A. lock

27. Dec lock

28. Tripod legs brace support

29. Tripod legs lock knobs

30. Accessory shelf