Meade Instruments TerraStar 60 User Manual

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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. To move the telescope to an object, simply

move the telescope tube in the horizontal
and/or vertical plane until it is centered in
the red dot viewfinder. The object will now
be in the eyepiece of the telescope.

2. Once an object is found, you can then use

the slow motion controls [5,12] to make
smooth and precise movements as you
follow (or “track”) an object as it moves in
the eyepiece.

STORING YOUR TELESCOPE

After you are through with your observing
session, you can quickly breakdown your
telescope and place it securely in its
dedicated carry bag for storage. This padded
bag will protect your telescope, keeping it at
the ready, for your next observing session.

Reference figure 2 for the following steps:

1. Begin by removing the red dot viewfinder,

eyepiece and diagonal mirror.

2. Put eyepieces into their dedicated storage

bottles.

3. Locate and reattach the two protective

dust caps that came with your diagonal
mirror.

4. Place the red dot viewfinder, eyepieces

and diagonal mirror in the provided bag
[31]. Set the bag aside for placement
later into the carry bag.

5. Remove the optical tube assembly from

the mount by removing the two lock
knobs (11) and sliding the optical tube (4)
off. Replace the front dust cap (22) and
rear dust cap. Place the lock knobs into
the storage bag (31) for safekeeping.

6. Retract the drawtube (15) back into the

optical tube (4) by turning the focusing
knob (23) counter-clockwise.

7. Place the optical tube assembly into its

dedicated space [27], slipping the focuser
end first into the pouch sewn into the
storage bag (29). Locate and secure the
front of the optical tube with the hook and
loop strap (28).

8. Remove the accessory tray [17] by twisting

counter-clockwise. Locate and place the
tray into its dedicated pouch [24]. Secure
the tray with the hook and loop closure.

9. Collapse the legs inward and place the

tripod assembly into the dedicated
storage bag cavity [25]. You may need to
turn the telescope mount [16] so that it
lay flat as shown. Secure using the hook
and loop straps (26). Take care not to over
tighten the straps.

N W

NIIN

NEVER USE YOUR TELESCOPE

TO LOOK AT THE SUN!

LOOKING AT OR NEAR THE SUN WILL CAUSE

INSTANT AND IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE TO YOUR

EYE. EYE DAMAGE IS OFTEN PAINLESS, SO THERE

IS NO WARNING TO THE OBSERVER THAT DAMAGE

HAS OCCURRED UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE. DO NOT

POINT THE TELESCOPE OR ITS VIEWFINDER AT OR

NEAR THE SUN. DO NOT LOOK THROUGH THE

TELESCOPE OR ITS VIEWFINDER AS IT IS MOVING.

CHILDREN SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE ADULT

SUPERVISION WHILE OBSERVING.

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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