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APPENDIX D Helpful Charts
Warranty
Setup Menu
Diagonal assembly
Mount and Tripod Adjustments
How to
Star testing the collimation
Using the Guided Tour
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Contents
Meade Model 4.5 114mm Equatorial Reflecting Telescope
With Starfinder Electronic Hand Controller
Meade Instruments Corporation
MEADE
How This Manual is Organized
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART ONE The Basics
PART TWO Starfinder Controls and Menus
PART THREE Caring for Your Telescope
Fig. 1 Parts included in the Meade Model 4504 Giftbox
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LESSON 1 Unpacking and Assembly
PART ONE The Basics
Key to Figures 2a, 2b, and 2c
Fig. 2a The Meade Model 4504 4.5 Equatorial Reflecting Telescope
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Fig. 2b The Meade Model 4504 4.5 Equatorial Reflecting Telescope
Fig. 2c The Meade Model 4504 4.5 Equatorial Reflecting Telescope
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How to Assemble Your Telescope
sure that this safety washer/knob always remains in place
Fig. 8 Insert eyepiece into the focuser assembly
Fig. 7 Attach cradle rings to the saddle plate with attachment screws
1. Threaded screw hole saddle plate 2. Saddle plate 3. Cradle ring
4. Threaded screw hole cradle ring 5. Attachment screw
LESSON 2 Balancing the Telescope
LESSON 3 Aligning the Viewfinder
LESSON 4 Observing by Moving the Telescope Manually
Key to Figure
Motor Drive System and Starfinder Handbox Installation
LESSON 5 Observing Using Starfinders Arrow Keys
Observe the World Around You
Activate the Arrow Keys
Slew Speeds
Observe the Moon
LESSON 6 Tracking Objects
To Polar Align the Telescope
Fig. 14 Latitude dial Fig. 15 Dec setting circle
LESSON 7 Using Starfinders GO TO Capabilities
Observe a Star using the Automatic Tracking Feature
Moving Through Starfinder’s Menus
Initializing Starfinder
Location Irvine
Training the Drive
Align Your Telescope Using Starfinder
Check Mount
Which One’s the Alignment Star?
Using the Guided Tour
Go To Saturn
Some Observation Tips
Starfinder Controls
PART TWO Starfinder Controls and Menus
Local Time and Local Sidereal Time LST Timer and Alarm Status
NOTE Pressing MODE while in the Select Item level moves Starfinder to
the topmost screen Select Item Object
Right Ascension and Declination coordinates
8 Speed/? Key Briefly pressing the Speed/? key cycles through the seven slew speeds that move the telescope see “Slew Speeds,” page
How Starfinders Menus Work
Starfinder Navigation Exercise
To Calculate Sunset time
Starfinder Menus
Object Menu
Event Menu
Glossary Menu
Utilities Menu
Setup Menu
Site provides access to the following options
Mount and Tripod Adjustments
Cleaning
PART 3 Caring for Your Telescope
Fig. 23 Diagonal assembly
Spider vane adjustments
Diagonal holder adjustments
Collimation Alignment of the Optics
Primary mirror adjustments
Fig. 25 Correct collimation
Fig. 26 Spider vane misalignment
Fig. 27 Diagonal mirror misalignment
Star testing the collimation
MODEL 4504 TELESCOPE SPECIFICATIONS
STARFINDER SPECIFICATIONS
STARFINDER DIMENSIONS
DC servo motors with encoders, both axes
APPENDIX A Calculating Eyepiece Power
Fig. 30 Insert Barlow into focuser assembly
Terrestrial Viewing
Astronomical Observing
Polar Alignment
Understanding Celestial Movements and Coordinates
Lining Up with the Celestial Pole
Little Dipper Polaris Big Dipper Cassiopeia
Using Setting Circles
Two-Star Polar Alignment
APPENDIX C Using Starfinder to Enter Celestial Coordinates
To GO TO a user-entered object
APPENDIX D Helpful Charts
Latitude Chart for Major Cities of the World
APPENDIX E Basic Astronomy
Starfinder Glossary
Objects in Space
The Moon
Deep-Sky Objects
Planets
Fig. 36 The Pleiades is one of the most beautiful open clusters
A Roadmap to the Stars
Star Locator
Meade Limited Warranty
Meade Instruments Corporation
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