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Instruction Manual

20" MAX-ACF Advanced Coma-Free Telescope on MAX Robotic

German Equatorial Mount

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Contents

MEADE.COM Page Contents Components of MAX Telescope Features Pedestal Assembly Pedestal Wedge Assembly Right Ascension Housing Assembly RA Assembly Declination Housing Assembly DEC Assembly Counterweights COUNTER- WeightsTripod MAX Tripod MaleTHE OTA Optical Tube Assembly Control Panels and Ports RA Assembly Control Panel Saddle Control Panel Tour the Cosmos with Just the Push of a Button Autostar II FeaturesLibrary # of Objects Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving Pedestal Assembly and Adjusting Latitude Position Tripod Assembly If you need to set for low range or high range Latitude Adjustment Assembly Requires TWO People to Lift RA Assembly DEC Saddle Assembly Attach Counterweight Assembly 21 B Attach Optical Tube to the DEC Saddle Attach LOW Latitude Counterweights When end Align the Viewfinder with the OTA Electrical Connections Home Position and Balancing the OTA To Balance the RA Assembly Balance the DEC Axis This Procedure Getting Started Mounting and Focusing the Viewfinder for the First TimeAlign the Viewfinder Focusing the Telescope To sync on a focus preset To select a previously defined focus presetSlew Speeds To exit the focus operation at any time To prepare your telescope for Automatic Alignment Aligning for the First Time Collimation How to Drift Align Max Northern HemisphereTest your Collimation OTA align bolt. Misaligned 1, 2, Aligned Follow these steps for collimation of the optical system Parking the Scope Calibrate Home Autostar II Navigation Exercise Basic AutostarTo Calculate Sunset time Navigating Autostar Example of Locating a menu Autostar IIs Menus To slew the telescope to catalog objects Object Menu Glossary Menu Event MenuUtilities Menu Enter Setup Menu Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving Setup Menu Daylight SAVING, above Hot Button Menus To Add a Site to the user-defined site list Adding Observing SitesTo Edit a Site To GO to a user-entered object Creating User Objects Identify Observing Satellites Displayed information Example Browse Initialize Autostar Alternate Polar AlignmentsTwo-Star Polar Alignment Easy Polar Alignment Update Menu Option Periodic Error CorrectionTrain Menu Option Erase Menu Option Meade Series 4000 Eyepieces Optional Accessories Rear cells of Meade Schmidt-Cassegrain models Deep Sky Imager Maintenance Telescope Specifications Autostar II Handbox Specifications Advanced Autostar II System SpecificationsMeade Consumer Solutions Latitude Chart for Major Cities of the World Appendix a Latitude ChartCity State/Prov./Country Latitude City Country Latitude Appendix B the Moon To observe the Apollo 15 landing site using the Moon option Operation IntroductionTraining Permanently Mounted Scopes UpdateOther Menus Options Save As and Load Off Appendix D How to Read the Latitude Scale Page Meade Limited Warranty