Meade Telescopes instruction manual Specifications

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Attach eyepiece tray to side or back base panels.

SPECIFICATIONS

 

8" Deluxe Model

Open truss design. Upper cage metal tube

OTA

 

containing spider and secondary mirror holder,

 

focuser with attachment points for truss tubes.

 

Lower metal tube containing mirror cell, altitude

 

bearings, battery powered fan, with truss tube

Truss tubes

attachment castings and captive bolts and knobs.

Silver anodized aluminum with attachment hardware

 

and captive bolts. Machined aluminum altitude

Secondary Mirror Support

bearings.

4-vane, steel

Mirror

8"

Focal length

1219mm (48")

Focal ratio

f/6

Resolving Power

0.74 arc seconds

Limiting visual magnitude

13.5

Focuser

2" Crayford style machined aluminum with 1.25”

Mount

adapter.

Swivel base with Teflon bearings for azimuth.

Base bearings

Three roller bearing plates

Eyepiece tray

For one 2” and three 1.25” eyepieces mounted on

Eyepiece

one side of the base.

Meade 26mm QX Wide Angle Eyepiece.

Dust Cover

To fit over primary mirror inside of lower tube.

Finder

Deluxe red dot

Computer Software

CD-ROM of Autostar Suite Astronomer's Edition

Assembled OTA weight

software

24 lbs.

Assembled Mount weight

20 lbs.

Total Assembled telescope wt. 44 lbs.

10" Standard Model

Open truss design. Upper cage metal tube

OTA

 

containing spider and secondary mirror holder,

 

focuser with attachment points for truss tubes.

 

Lower metal tube containing mirror cell, altitude

 

bearings, battery powered fan, with truss tube

Truss tubes

attachment castings and captive bolts and knobs.

Silver anodized aluminum with attachment hardware

 

and captive bolts. Machined aluminum altitude

Secondary Mirror Support

bearings.

4-vane, steel

Mirror

10"

Focal length

1270mm (50")

Focal ratio

f/5

Resolving Power

0.56 arc seconds

Limiting visual magnitude

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Focuser

2" Crayford style machined aluminum with 1.25”

Mount

adapter.

Swivel base with Teflon bearings for azimuth.

Base bearings

Three roller bearing plates

Eyepiece tray

For one 2” and three 1.25” eyepieces mounted on

Eyepiece

one side of the base.

Meade 26mm QX Wide Angle Eyepiece.

Dust Cover

To fit over primary mirror inside of lower tube.

Finder

Deluxe red dot

Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point

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this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving.

 

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Contents 10, 12, 16 LightBridge Truss Tube Dobsonian Telescopes Page Contents 1% B Assembly Assemble the Base Assemble the Tube Insert Eyepiece and Attach RED DOT Finder Page D e f g Page Deluxe red dot finder Observing Power = 1219mm ÷ 26mm = 47mmPage Page Page To the optics Specifications Total Assembled telescope wt Deluxe Model Coating technology. Series 4000 Nebular Filters Appendix a Altitude Adjustment Knob Page Page Meade Limited Warranty