Meade LightBridge 16 inch User Manual - Page 19

Deluxe Model

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16" 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 bear- ings, battery powered fan, with truss tube attachment castings and captive bolts and knobs. All 16 inch models have a triangular ground plate. Truss tubes Silver anodized aluminum with attachment hardware and captive bolts. Machined aluminum altitude Secondary Mirror Support Mirror bearings. 4-vane, steel 16" (406mm) Focal length 1829mm (72") Focal ratio f/4.5 Resolving Power 0.45 arc seconds Limiting visual magnitude 14.5 Focuser 10 to 1 dual-speed 2" Crayford style machined aluminum with 1.25" adapter. Mount Swivel base with Teflon bearings for azimuth. Eyepiece tray For one 2" and three 1.25" eyepieces mounted on one side of the base. Counterweight None Eyepiece Meade 26mm Super Plössl Dust Cover To fit over primary mirror inside of lower tube. Finder Standard red dot Computer Software CD-ROM of Autostar Suite Astronomer's Edition software Assembled OTA weight 74 lbs. Assembled Mount weight 54 lbs. Total Assembled telescope wt. 128 lbs. Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. 19

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Looking at or near the
Sun
will cause
irreversable
damage to your eye. Do not point
this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving.
16" 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 bear-
ings, battery powered fan, with truss tube attachment
castings and captive bolts and knobs.
All 16 inch models have a triangular ground plate.
Truss tubes
Silver anodized aluminum with attachment hardware
and captive bolts.
Machined aluminum altitude
bearings.
Secondary Mirror Support
4-vane, steel
Mirror
16" (406mm)
Focal length
1829mm (72")
Focal ratio
f/4.5
Resolving Power
0.45 arc seconds
Limiting visual magnitude
14.5
Focuser
10 to 1 dual-speed 2" Crayford style machined
aluminum with 1.25” adapter.
Mount
Swivel base with Teflon bearings for azimuth.
Eyepiece tray
For one 2” and three 1.25” eyepieces mounted on
one side of the base.
Counterweight
None
Eyepiece
Meade 26mm Super Plössl
Dust Cover
To fit over primary mirror inside of lower tube.
Finder
Standard red dot
Computer Software
CD-ROM of Autostar Suite Astronomer's Edition
software
Assembled OTA weight
74 lbs.
Assembled Mount weight
54 lbs.
Total Assembled telescope wt.
128 lbs.