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Manual Meade RB-60

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    TELEST AR INSTRUCTION MANUAL 60mm | 2.4" Altazimuth Refracting T elescope RB-60 www .meade.com Telestar RB-60.qxd 4/11/06 2:04 PM Page 1 ...

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    1 INTRODUCTION Y our telesc ope is an exc ellent beginner’ s instrument, and is designed to observe objects in the sky and also on land. It can be your personal window on the univ erse or allows y ou to intimately study the behavior of nesting bir ds on a distant hillside. The tel escope is shipped with the foll owing parts: • Optical tube • ...

  • Meade RB-60 - page 4

    FIGURE 1 Figur e 1 : T elest ar RB-60 Altazimuth Refracting T elescope Inset A : Red Dot Viewfinder Assembl y Inset B : T ripod Legs and Acces sory T ray Inset C : Altaz or Altazimuth Mount 1. Eyepiece 2. Red dot viewfinder (see Inset A) 3. Red dot viewfinder alignment scr ews (see Inset A) 4. Optical tube assembl y 5. V ertical locking lev er 6. H ...

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    ASSEMBLE YOUR TRIPOD The tripod is the basic support for y our tel escope. Adjust the height of the tripod so that you can view c omfortabl y . 1. Unlock the l eg lock (20). 2. Slide the leg in or out t o the desired length. 3. Tighten the l eg lock to secur e the leg in place. 4. Repeat for the other two l egs. 5. Next, spr ead the legs out ev enl ...

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    2. Look thr ough the red dot viewfinder . T urn one or mor e of the viewfinder’ s alignment scr ews (3) until the red dot is pr ecisely over the same object as y ou center ed in the eyepiec e. 3. Check this alignment at night on a cel estial object, such as the Moon or a bright star, and use the viewfinder’ s alignment scr ews to make any neces ...

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    Y ou will enjoy your tel escope even mor e as you l earn more about it. But don’t be scar ed off by difficult terms or complicat ed procedur es. Don’t panic! Just r elax and enjoy your scope. Y ou will begin to gr ow and learn mor e about astr onomy the more y ou observe. Go to the library and r ead some books about the star s and planets. Read ...

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    T o move the tel escope up and down, unlock the altitude l ock. Then rotat e the altitude contr ol wheel to move the tel escope up or down. Observe the Moon : When you f eel comf ortable with the viewfinder, the eyepiec es, the locks and the adjustment contr ols, you will be r eady to try out the tel escope at night. The Moon is the best object t o ...

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    When Mars is cl ose to the Earth, you can see some details on Mars, and sometimes e ven Mars ’ polar caps. But quite often, Mars is further away and just appears as a r ed dot with some dark lines crisscr ossing it. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto comprise the outer planets. These planets, ex cept for Pluto, ar e made mostl y of gases ...

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    inter esting. But look again. Ther e is much information that is r eveal ed in stars. The first thing y ou will notice is that not all star s ar e the same colors. See if y ou can find blue, orange, yell ow, white and r ed stars. The col or of stars sometimes can tell y ou about the age of a star and the temper ature that they burn at. Other star s ...

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    Use a compas s to make a cir cle, or trace ar ound the lid of a jar . Draw what y ou see in your ey epiece inside the circl e. The best ex ercise f or drawing is to observe the moons of Jupiter ev ery night or so. T ry to make Jupiter and the moons appr oximatel y the same size as they l ook in your eyepiece. Y ou will see that the moons ar e in a ...

  • Meade RB-60 - page 12

    using the tel escopes coarse and fine adjustment contr ols. At higher powers, as tronomical objects will seem to mov e thr ough the field of view of the eyepiec e more rapidl y . Place the object to be vie wed at the edge of the field and, without touching the tel escope, watch it drift thr ough the field to the other side befor e r epositioning th ...

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    Surf the W eb and visit your local library : The internet cont ains a huge amount of astr onomical information, both f or children and adults. Check out astr onomy books from your library . Look for s tar charts—these are availabl e on a monthly basis in Astronomy and Sky and Telescope magazines. HA VE A GOOD TIME, ASTRONOMY IS FUN! SPECIFICA TIO ...

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    Look at the specifications. Y ou will see that the foc al length of your scope is 700mm. Let’ s say that you have obtained a 13mm ey epiece. Y ou can tell that what the f ocal length of your ey epiece is as it is always printed on the side of an eyepiec e. Divide: 700 ÷ 13, which equals 53.8. Round this off to the near est whole number and your ...

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    tel escope tube, resulting in a mor e comfor- tabl e observing position in most cases. Additional Eyepiec es (1.25" barr el diameter): F or higher or lower magnifications with the tel escopes that acc ommodate 1.25" eyepieces, Meade Series 4000 Super Plössl ey epieces, availabl e in a wide variety of sizes, pr ovide a high le vel of imag ...

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    MEADE CONSUMER SOLUTIONS If you have a ques tion conc erning your tel escope, call Meade Instruments Consumer Solutions Department at (800) 626-3233. Consumer Solutions Departmant hours ar e 8:00AM to 5:00PM, Pacific Time, Monday thr ough Friday . Write or call the Meade Consumer Solutions Department first, befor e r eturning the tel escope to the ...

  • Meade RB-60 - page 17

    OBSERVER: OBJEC T NAME: DA TE & TIME OBSERVED: CONSTELLA TION: EYEPIECE SIZE: SEEING CONDITIONS: EXCELLENT GOOD POOR NO TES: DRAWING OF IMA GE (SAVE ORIGINAL - BE SURE T O MAKE COPIES) OBSERV A TION LOG Telestar RB-60.qxd 4/11/06 2:04 PM Page 17 ...

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    OBSERVER: OBJEC T NAME: DA TE & TIME OBSERVED: CONSTELLA TION: EYEPIECE SIZE: SEEING CONDITIONS: EXCELLENT GOOD POOR NO TES: DRAWING OF IMA GE OBSERV A TION LOG Telestar RB-60.qxd 4/11/06 2:04 PM Page 18 ...

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    www .meade.com Meade Instr uments Corporation 6001 Oak Canyon, Ir vine, Califor nia 926 18 1-800 626-3233 Telestar RB-60.qxd 4/11/06 2:04 PM Page 20 ...

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