Meade Instruments RB-60 - Manual (Page 6)

alignment screws to make any
necessary refinements.
TO MOVE THE TELESCOPE
Your telescope is altazimuth mounted.
Altazimuth is just a complicated way of saying
that your telescope moves up and down and
from side to side. Other telescopes may be
mounted in different ways.
1. Slightly loosen the vertical locking lever
(5). Loosening this lever allows you to
move the telescope up and down.
2. Slightly loosen the horizontal lock knob (6).
Loosening this lock allows the telescope to
be moved from side to side.
3. Once an object is found, re-tighten the
knob. You can then use the slow motion
controls to make smooth and precise
movements as you follow (or “track”) an
object as it moves in the eyepiece.
You will enjoy your telescope even more as
you learn more about it. But don’t be scared
off by difficult terms or complicated
procedures. Don’t panic! Just relax and enjoy
your scope.
2. Tighten the drawtube thumbscrew to
hold the diagonal mirror securely.
3. Slide the MA 25mm eyepiece (1) into
diagonal mirror (13).
4. Tighten the diagonal mirror thumbscrew
(26) to hold the eyepiece securely.
ALIGN THE RED DOT VIEWFINDER
Perform the first part of this procedure
during the daytime and the last step at night.
1. Point the telescope at an easy-to-find
land object such as the top of a telephone
pole or a distant mountain or tower. Look
through the eyepiece in the diagonal
mirror and turn the focuser knob (23)
until the image is sharply focused. Center
the object precisely in the eyepiece’s field
of view.
2. Look through the red dot viewfinder. Turn
one or more of the viewfinder’s alignment
screws (3) until the red dot is precisely
over the same object as you centered in
the eyepiece.
3. Check this alignment at night on a
celestial object, such as the Moon or
a bright star, and use the viewfinder’s
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THE MOST IMPORTANT RULE
We have one very important rule that
you should always follow when using
your telescope:
Have Fun!
Have a good time when you’re observing. You
may not know everything that there is to
know about a telescope or what all the
sights in the universe are, but that’s OK. Just
point and observe at first.
You will begin to grow and learn more about
astronomy the more you observe. Go to the
Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible 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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