Meade II 60mm User Manual - Page 7

SolarMax II 60 Dedicated H-a Telescope Congratulations on your purchase! Meade Instruments has shipped your Coronado SolarMax II telescope fully assembled and ready for use. Be sure to read the safety and cleaning instructions on page 4 and 13 before using your SolarMax II telescope. You can refer to the diagrams below for questions regarding the components of your system. Please read these instructions in full before setting up your new SolarMax II telescope and contact customer service if you have any questions. Mounting - The clamshell mounting ring your SolarMax II telescope has been shipped with is compatible with any 1/4 20 thread. Most standard photographic mounts and mounting hardware can be used to provide a safe, stable, and reliable set up. This is also compatible with piggyback mounting systems. Meade manufactures and sells separately two mounts suitable for the SolarMax II 60: The DSM altazimuth computer controlled mount and the LXD75 German equatorial computer controlled mount. Meade also makes a dovetail mounting block (product #DT-LXD75) compatible with the LXD75 mount and many other mounts on the market. Draw Tube - - The SolarMax II series telescope has a very fine adjustment helical focuser that rotates around the OTA in order to achieve focus. This focuser also has a drawtube that will need to be slid in or out for "rough focus". To do this locate and loosen the 2 nylon set screws located in-between the helical focuser and before the larger silver compression screw, do not adjust the silver compression screw as this is used to secure the blocking filter in place. Once the nylon set screws are loose the drawtube will easily slide in and out of the focuser but cannot be completely removed. Most eyepieces will come to focus when the drawtube is nearly fully extended but some variations in eyepieces may require different positioning of the drawtube. Secure the drawtube in its new position by retightening the nylon set screws. The drawtube should be fully inserted for storage. All adjustable screws are meant to be finger tight - do not over tighten. WARNING! Do not insert your eyepiece into the blocking filter until you have confirmed that the telescope is securely mounted and all filter elements attached and secured. Finding the Sun - Meade has included the Coronado Sol Ranger Sun finder. This finder scope sits on top of the clamshell and allows a small, harmless, ball of light to be projected on to the opaque glass at its back end. By standing back from the Sol Ranger you can easily place this ball of light in the center of the glass and the telescope should be aligned with the Sun - Do not put your eye up to the opaque glass. Helical Focuser - Once you have the Sun in the FOV and the draw tubes extended, insert the eyepiece into the eyepiece retainer and tighten the thumbscrew to secure it. Adjust the helical focuser by holding between the thumb and fore finger and rotating in either direction. Tuning SolarMax II 60 with RichView Tuning System - Because different features on the Sun are moving toward or away from the Earth, their light is Doppler shifted off the hydrogen-alpha line RichView™ tuning lever for internal Etalon SolarMax II 60 7