Meade NG70-SM Instruction Manual - Page 3

INTRODUCTION Your telescope is an excellent beginner's Setting up your telescope involves these 1 instrument, and is designed to observe simple steps: objects in the sky and also on land. It can be your personal window on the universe or allows you to intimately study the behavior of nesting birds on a distant hillside. • Assemble your tripod • Adjusting the tripod • Attach the optical tube to the mount • Attach the red dot viewfinder The telescope is shipped with the following • Attach the diagonal mirror and eyepiece parts: • Balancing the optical tube • Optical tube • Align the red dot viewfinder • Steel tube tripod with an accessory tray • Two 1.25" eyepieces: MH25mm (28X), MH9mm (78X) • Diagonal mirror Study the the picture on the next page and become acquainted with the parts of your telescope. Then proceed to "Assemble your Tripod." • Red dot viewfinder with bracket • Telescope mount with slow motion controls The tube has a focal length of 700mm, and its objective lens has a diameter of 70mm. The lens diameter is one of the most important pieces of information about the telescope. The size of the objective lens determines how much detail you will be able to see in your telescope. The focal length will help later on to calculate magnification.