Meade Infinity 70mm User Manual - Page 6

1. Slide the diagonal mirror (13) into the focuser drawtube (15). 4 2. Tighten the drawtube thumbscrew to hold the diagonal mirror securely. 3. Slide the MA 26mm eyepiece (1) into diag- onal mirror. 4. Tighten the diagonal mirror thumbscrew to hold the eyepiece securely. ALIGN THE VIEWFINDER Perform the first part of this procedure during the daytime and the last step at night. 1. Point the telescope at an easy- Fig. 3 place tube between forks lock knob slide rod through hole lock knob to-find land object such as the top of a telephone pole or a distant mountain or tower. Look through the eyepiece in the diagonal mirror and turn the focuser knob (23) until the image is sharply focused. Center the object precisely in the eyepiece's field of view. 2. Turn on the red-dot viewfinder by rotating the large knob under the viewfinder lens clockwise(10). Turn the knob to adjust the intensity of the red dot as desired. 3. Look through the viewfinder. Turn one or both of the viewfinder's alignment screws (3) until the red-dot is precisely over the same object as you centered in the eyepiece. 4. Check this alignment at night on a celestial object, such as the Moon or a bright star, and use the viewfinder's alignment screws to make any necessary refinements. 5. When finished, turn off the viewfinder by turning the large knob under the viewfinder lens counter-clockwise until it clicks. Alt-azimuth is just a complicated way of saying that your telescope moves up and down and from side to side. Other telescopes may be mounted in different ways. 1. Slightly loosen both of the star-shaped altitude control knobs (5) and altitude rod lock knob(11). Loosening these knobs allow you to move the telescope up and down. 2. Slightly loosen the horizontal lock knob (6). Loosening this lock allows the telescope to be moved from side to side. 3. Once an object is found, re-tighten the control knobs. You can then use the slow Fig. 4 viewfinder mounting bolts TO MOVE THE TELESCOPE Your telescope is alt-azimuth mounted. 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.