Meade Telescopes Telescope User Manual


 
17
Looking a
t or near the
Sun will cause irreversable dama
ge to your eye.
Do not point
this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving.
SPECIFICATIONS
8" Deluxe Model
OTA Open truss design. Upper cage metal tube
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
attachment castings and captive bolts and knobs.
Truss tubes Silver anodized aluminum with attachment hardware
and captive bolts. Machined aluminum altitude
bearings.
Secondary Mirror Support 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”
adapter
.
Mount 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
one side of the base.
Eyepiece 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
software
Assembled OTA weight 24 lbs.
Assembled Mount weight 20 lbs.
Total Assembled telescope wt. 44 lbs.
10" Standard Model
OTA Open truss design. Upper cage metal tube
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
attachment castings and captive bolts and knobs.
Truss tubes Silver anodized aluminum with attachment hardware
and captive bolts. Machined aluminum altitude
bearings.
Secondary Mirror Support 4-vane, steel
Mirror
10"
Focal length
1270mm (50")
Focal ratio f/5
Resolving Power 0.56 arc seconds
Limiting visual magnitude 14
Focuser
2" Crayford style machined aluminum with 1.25”
adapter.
Mount 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
one side of the base.
Eyepiece Meade 26mm QX Wide Angle Eyepiece.
Dust Cover To fit over primary mirror inside of lower tube.
Finder
Deluxe red dot
Attach eyepiece tray to side or
back base panels.