Meade Instruments StarPro AZ Serie Manual De Instrucciones página 7

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-to-find
land object such as the top of a telephone
pole or a distant mountain or tower. Look
through the eyepiece in and turn the
focuser knob (21) 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 (10) under the
viewfinder lens counter-clockwise until it
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.
SUN WARNING
NEVER USE YOUR TELESCOPE
TO LOOK AT THE SUN!
LOOKING AT OR NEAR THE SUN WILL CAUSE
INSTANT AND IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE TO YOUR
EYE. EYE DAMAGE IS OFTEN PAINLESS, SO
THERE IS NO WARNING TO THE OBSERVER THAT
DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE.
DO NOT POINT THE TELESCOPE OR ITS VIEW-
FINDER AT OR NEAR THE SUN. DO NOT LOOK
THROUGH THE TELESCOPE OR ITS VIEWFINDER
AS IT IS MOVING. CHILDREN SHOULD ALWAYS
HAVE ADULT SUPERVISION WHILE OBSERVING.
clicks.
TO MOVE THE TELESCOPE
Your telescope is alt-azimuth mounted. 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. To move the telescope in the horizontal
direction (azimuth), slightly loosen the
horizontal lock knob (5). Loosening this lock
allows the telescope to be moved from side
to side.
2. To move the telescope in the vertical
direction (altitude), slightly loosen the
vertical lock knob (26) and use the
ota body to make coarse adjustments up
and down.
3. Once an object is found, re-tighten the
horizontal and vertical lock knobs (5 &
6). You can then rotate the slow motion
controls (11 & 12) to make smooth and
precise movements and follow (or "track")
an object horizontally and vertically as it
moves in the eyepiece.
THE MOST IMPORTANT RULE
We have one very important rule that you
should always follow when using your
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