RA Assembly, Assembly Requires TWO People to Lift | Meade MAX-ACF

Latitude

Adjust

Knob

Fine tune the latitude adjustment using the Latitude

9Adjust knob. See APPENDIX D if you need help reading

B the latitude scale.

Is your telescope pointing North? Is your telescope level?

Make sure you are pointing North and are level before proceeding.

THE RA ASSEMBLY

Turn the Dec Lock knobs on the RA assembly until there is NO a gap in the clamps.

10

no gap

Slide the RA assembly onto the Pedestal dovetail.

CAUTION: MAKE SURE THAT YOUR FINGERS ARE CLEAR OF THE TRACK BEFORE YOU SLIDE THE RA ASSEMBLY INTO THE PEDESTAL TRACK. THE RA

11 ASSEMBLY REQUIRES TWO PEOPLE TO LIFT.

12 Tighten the RA lock knob on the pedestal assembly to help secure the RA assembly in place.

16	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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Meade MAX-ACF instruction manual RA Assembly, Assembly Requires TWO People to Lift

Contents

MEADE.COM Page Contents Telescope Features Components of MAX Pedestal Wedge Assembly Pedestal Assembly RA Assembly Right Ascension Housing Assembly DEC Assembly Declination Housing Assembly COUNTER- Weights CounterweightsTripod MAX Tripod Optical Tube Assembly MaleTHE OTA RA Assembly Control Panel Saddle Control Panel Control Panels and Ports 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 Tripod Assembly Pedestal Assembly and Adjusting Latitude Position Latitude Adjustment If you need to set for low range or high range RA Assembly Assembly Requires TWO People to Lift DEC Saddle Assembly Attach Counterweight Assembly 21 B Attach LOW Latitude Counterweights Attach Optical Tube to the DEC Saddle When end Electrical Connections Align the Viewfinder with the OTA To Balance the RA Assembly Home Position and Balancing the OTA This Procedure Balance the DEC Axis Getting Started Mounting and Focusing the Viewfinder for the First TimeAlign the Viewfinder Focusing the Telescope To select a previously defined focus preset To sync on a focus presetSlew Speeds To exit the focus operation at any time Aligning for the First Time To prepare your telescope for Automatic Alignment Collimation How to Drift Align Max Northern HemisphereTest your Collimation Follow these steps for collimation of the optical system OTA align bolt. Misaligned 1, 2, Aligned Calibrate Home Parking the Scope Autostar II Navigation Exercise Basic AutostarTo Calculate Sunset time Example of Locating a menu Navigating Autostar Autostar IIs Menus Object Menu To slew the telescope to catalog objects 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 Creating User Objects To GO to a user-entered object Observing Satellites Identify Browse Displayed information Example Alternate Polar Alignments Initialize AutostarTwo-Star Polar Alignment Easy Polar Alignment Periodic Error Correction Update Menu OptionTrain Menu Option Erase Menu Option Optional Accessories Meade Series 4000 Eyepieces Rear cells of Meade Schmidt-Cassegrain models Deep Sky Imager Maintenance Telescope Specifications Autostar II Handbox Specifications Advanced Autostar II System SpecificationsMeade Consumer Solutions Appendix a Latitude Chart Latitude Chart for Major Cities of the WorldCity State/Prov./Country Latitude City Country Latitude To observe the Apollo 15 landing site using the Moon option Appendix B the Moon Operation IntroductionTraining Update Permanently Mounted ScopesOther Menus Options Save As and Load Off Appendix D How to Read the Latitude Scale Page Meade Limited Warranty