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TELESTAR INSTRUCTION MANUAL60mm | 2.4" Altazimuth Refracting Telescope RB-

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INTRODUCTION

Your telescope is an excellent beginnersinstrument, and is designed to observeobjects in the sky and also on land. It can beyour personal window on the universe orallows you to intimately study the behavior of

nesting birds on a distant hillside.

The telescope is shipped with the followingparts: Optical tube Aluminum tripod with an accessory tray Two 1.25" eyepieces: MA25mm (28X),

MH9mm (78X) 2x 1.25" Barlow lens Diagonal mirror Red dot viewfinder with bracket

Telescope mount

The tube has a focal length of 700mm, andits objective lens has a diameter of 60mm.The lens diameter is one of the mostimportant pieces of information about thetelescope. The size of the objective lensdetermines how much detail you will be ableto see in your telescope. The focal length willhelp later on to calculate magnification.

Setting up your telescope involves thesesimple steps: Assemble your tripod Attach the accessory tray Attach the optical tube to the mount

Attach the red dot viewfinder Attach the diagonal mirror and eyepiece Align the red dot viewfinder

Study the the picture on the next page andbecome acquainted with the parts of yourtelescope. Then proceed to Assembleyour Tripod.



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FIGURE 1 Figure 1: Telestar RB-60 Altazimuth Refracting TelescopeInset A: Red Dot Viewfinder AssemblyInset B: Tripod Legs and Accessory TrayInset C: Altaz or Altazimuth Mount

1. Eyepiece2. Red dot viewfinder (see Inset A)

3. Red dot viewfinder alignment screws(see Inset A)

4. Optical tube assembly5. Vertical locking lever6. Horizontal lock knob7. Tripod legs8. Leg brace supports (See Inset C)9. Leg brace (See Inset C)10. Mount base attachment knobs11. Optical tube lock knobs12. Horizontal slow motion control (See Inset B)13. Diagonal mirror14. Objective lens cell

15. Focuser drawtube16. Vertical slow motion control (See Inset B)17. Accessory tray (Inset C)18. Red dot viewfinder bracket (see Inset A)19. Adjustable sliding leg extension (see Inset C)20. Tripod leg lock (see Inset C)21. Dew shield/lens shade22. Front lens cap (removed)23. Focusing knob24. Mount base attachment25. Quickrelease (Inset A)

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ASSEMBLE YOUR TRIPOD

The tripod is the basic support for yourtelescope. Adjust the height of the tripod sothat you can view comfortably.1. Unlock the leg lock (20).

2. Slide the leg in or out to the desired

length.3. Tighten the leg lock to secure the leg

in place.

4. Repeat for the other two legs.

5. Next, spread the legs out evenly apart.

ATTACH THE ACCESSORY TRAY

The tray (17) helps stabilize the tripod andis also a convenient holder of eyepiece andother Meade accessories, such as theBarlow lens.1. Place the accessory tray over the center

hub of the leg brace supports.

2. Rotate the tray, until the corners of thetray "click" into place.

ATTACH THE MOUNT TO THE TRIPOD

1. Slide the centerpost of the mount into

the center hole on topof the tripod.

2. Tighten the lockknob (10) underneaththe top of the tripodto firm feel. Noticethat the lock knob isalready attached tothe tripod.

ATTACH THE OPTICAL TUBE TO THE MOUNT

The optical tube gathers distant light whichis focused in the eyepiece.1. Remove the two lock knobs from the

optical tube. (Fig. 3)

2. Slide the two bolts through the holes inthe mounting bracket.

3. Thread a lock knob onto each of themounting screws and tighten to afirm feel.

ATTACH THE RED DOT VI

It can be difficult locatingsky using the eyepiece. Thviewfinder has a red dot "you more easily locate ancelestial target.Slide the red dot viewfindmounting bracket until it

Note that the red dot viewrelease control. To detach

press the bracket quick rslide the bracket out.

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2. Look through the red dot viewfinder. Turnone or more of the viewfinders alignmentscrews (3) until the red dot is preciselyover the same object as you centered inthe eyepiece.

3. Check this alignment at night on acelestial object, such as the Moon ora bright star, and use the viewfindersalignment screws to make anynecessary refinements.

TO MOVE THE TELESCOPE

Your RB-60 telescope is altazimuthmounted. Altazimuth is just a complicatedway of saying that your telescope movesup and down and from side to side.Other telescopes may be mounted indifferent ways.

1. Slightly loosen the vertical locking lever(5). Loosening this lever allows you tomove the telescope up and down.

2. Slightly loosen the horizontal lock knob(6). Loosening this lock allows thetelescope to be moved from side to side.

3. Once an object is found, re-tighten theknob. You can then use the slow motioncontrols to make smooth and precise

ATTACH THE DIAGONAL MIRRORAND EYEPIECE

The diagonal mirror reflects the lightfrom the optical tube to a morecomfortable viewing position forthe eyepiece.

1. Slide the diagonal mirror into the focuserdrawtube.

2. Tighten the drawtube thumbscrew to holdthe diagonal mirror securely.

3. Slide the 25mm eyepiece into diagonalmirror.

4. Tighten the diagonal mirror thumbscrewto hold the eyepiece securely.

ALIGN THE RED DOT VIEWFINDER

Perform the first part of this procedureduring 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 telephonepole or a distant mountain or tower. Lookthrough the eyepiece in the diagonalmirror and turn the focuser knob (23)until the image is sharply focused. Centerthe object precisely in the eyepieces fieldof view.

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You will enjoy your telescope even moreas you learn more about it. But dont bescared off by difficult terms orcomplicated procedures. Dont panic!Just relax and enjoy your scope.

You will begin to grow and learn more

about astronomy the more you observe.Go to the library and read some booksabout the stars and planets. Read aboutastronomers of old. Many of them hadtelescope no bigger than the one youare using right now. Galileo, who is oneof the first astronomers to use atelescope, discovered four of the moonsof Jupiter with a telescope about thesame size as yours (and his didnt evenfocus very well!).

OBSERVINGObserve during the daytime: Try out yourtelescope during the daytime at first. It iseasier to learn how it operates and how toobserve when it is light.

Pick out an easy object to observe:A distant mountain, a large tree, alighthouse or skyscraper make excellenttargets. Point the optical tube so it linesup with your object.

Unlock the lock knobs: To move thetelescope, you will need to unlock thehorizontal lock knob (6) and vertical

locking lever(5) (just rotate to unlock orlock; when locking, only tighten to a firmfeel, do not overtighten).

Use the red dot viewfinder: If you have notdone so, align the viewfinder (2) with thetelescopes eyepiece (1) as described earlier.

Look through the viewfinder until you cansee the object. It will be easier to locatean object using the viewfinder rather than

locating with the eyepieceup the object with the viewred dot.

Look through the eyepiechave the object lined up ilook through the optical t

you have aligned your viewyou see the object in your

Focus: Look through thepractice focusing on the ohave chosen.

Try out the slow motion acontrols: To move the teside to side, first unlock tThen rotate the horizontacontrol wheel to move theside to side.

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SUN WARNING

NEVER USE YOUR TELESCOPE

TO LOOK AT THE SUN!

LOOKING AT OR NEAR THE SUN WILL CAUSEINSTANT AND IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE TO

YOUR EYE. EYE DAMAGE IS OFTEN PAINLESS,

SO THERE IS NO WARNING TO THE OBSERVERTHAT DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED UNTIL IT IS

TOO LATE. DO NOT POINT THE TELESCOPE ORITS VIEWFINDER AT OR NEAR THE SUN. DO

NOT LOOK THROUGH THE TELESCOPE OR ITSVIEWFINDER AS IT IS MOVING. CHILDREN

SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE ADULT SUPERVISIONWHILE OBSERVING.


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To move the telescope up and down,unlock the altitude lock. Then rotatethe altitude control wheel to move thetelescope up or down.

Observe the Moon: When you feel

comfortable with the viewfinder, theeyepieces, the locks and the adjustmentcontrols, you will be ready to try out thetelescope at night. The Moon is the bestobject to observe the first time you goout at night. Pick a night when the Moonis a crescent. No shadows are seenduring a full Moon, making it appear flatand uninteresting.

Look for different features on the Moon. Themost obvious features are craters. In factyou can see craters within craters. Somecraters have bright lines about them. Theseare called rays and are the result of materialthrown out of the crater when it was struckby a colliding object. The dark areas on the

Moon are called maria and are composed oflava from the period when the Moon still hadvolcanic activity. You can also see mountainranges and fault lines on the Moon.

Use a neutral density filter (often called amoon filter) when observing the Moon.Neutral density filters are available fromMeade as an optional accessory andenhance contrast to improve yourobservation of lunar features.

Spend several nights observing the Moon.Some nights, the Moon is so bright that itmakes other objects in the sky difficult tosee. These are nights that are excellent forlunar observation.

Observe the Solar System: After observingthe Moon, you are ready to step up to thenext level of observation, the planets. Thereare four planets that you can easily observe

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TOO MUCH POWER?

Can you ever have too much power? If the type ofpower youre referring to is eyepiece magnification,yes you can! The most common mistake of thebeginning observer is to overpower a telescopeby using high magnifications which the telescopesaperture and atmospheric conditions cannotreasonably support. Keep in mind that a smaller,but bright and well-resolved image is far superiorto one that is larger, but dim and poorly resolved.Powers above 400x should be employed only underthe steadiest atmospheric conditions.

in your telescope: Venusand Saturn.

Nine planets (maybe morcircular pattern around oof planets orbiting one orcalled a solar system. Ouis a single, yellow dwarf sfar as stars go and is a m

Beyond the planets are clplanetoids and other debrthe birth of our sun. Recehave found large objects they may increase the nuour solar system.

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and are called the inner pVenus, Earth and Mars coplanets. Venus and Mars in your telescope.

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When Mars is close to the Earth, you can seesome details on Mars, and sometimes evenMars polar caps. But quite often, Mars isfurther away and just appears as a red dotwith some dark lines crisscrossing it.

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto

comprise the outer planets. These planets,except for Pluto, are made mostly of gasesand are sometimes called gas giants. If theyhad grown much bigger, they may havebecome stars. Pluto is made mostly of ice.

Jupiter is quite interesting to observe. Youcan see bands across the face of Jupiter. Themore time you spend observing these bands,the more detail you will be able to see.

One of the most fascinating sights of Jupiterare its moons. The four largest moons arecalled the Galilean moons, after theastronomer Galileo, who observed them forthe first time. If youve never watched theGalilean moons in your telescope before,youre missing a real treat! Each night, themoons appear in different positions aroundthe Jovian sky. This is sometimes called theGalilean dance. On any given night, youmight be able to see the shadow of a moon

on the face of Jupiter, see one moon eclipseanother or even see a moon emerge frombehind Jupiters giant disk. Drawing thepositions of the moons each night is anexcellent exercise for novice astronomers.

Any small telescope can see the fourGalilean moons of Jupiter (Fig. 5), plus a fewothers, but how many moons does Jupiteractually have? No one knows for sure! Norare we sure how many Saturn has either. Atlast count, Jupiter had over 60 moons, andheld a small lead over Saturn. Most of thesemoons are very small and can only be seenwith very large telescopes.

Probably the most memoyou will see in your telescSaturn. Although you maymany features on the surSaturn, its ring structure your breath away. You wilto see a black opening in

as the Cassini band.

Saturn is not the only plabut it is the only set of rinseen with a small telescocannot be seen from EartVoyager spacecraft discovit passed Jupiter and look

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interesting. But look again. There is muchinformation that is revealed in stars.

The first thing you will notice is that not allstars are the same colors. See if you can findblue, orange, yellow, white and red stars.The color of stars sometimes can tell you

about the age of a star and the temperaturethat they burn at.

Other stars to look for are multiple stars.Very often, you can find double (or binary)stars, stars that are very close together.These stars orbit each other. What doyou notice about these stars? Are theydifferent colors? Does one seem brighterthan the other?

Almost all the stars you can see in the skyare part of our galaxy. A galaxy is a largegrouping of stars, containing millions oreven billions of stars. Some galaxies form aspiral (like our galaxy, the Milky Way) andother galaxies look more like a large footballand are called elliptical galaxies. There aremany galaxies that are irregularly shapedand are thought to have been pulled apartbecause they passed too close toor eventhrougha larger galaxy.

You may be able to see thgalaxy and several othersThey will appear as smallvery large telescope will relliptical details.

You will also be able to se

with your scope. Nebula mnebulas are clouds of gassee in the Northern HemOrion nebula during the wTriffid nebula during the slarge clouds of gas in whibeing born. Some nebulaof stars exploding. These called supernovas.

When you become an advcan look for other types oasteroids, planetary nebuclusters. And if youre lucbright comet appears in tan unforgettable sight.

The more you learn abousky, the more you will leathe sights you see in youra notebook and write dowyou make each night. Notthe date.

turns out, only with the sunlightshining through them, can the ringsbe seen. Uranus and Neptune alsohave faint rings.

Optional color filters help bring out detailand contrast of the planets. Meade offers a

line of inexpensive color filters.

Whats Next? Beyond the Solar System:Once you have observed our own system ofplanets, its time to really travel far fromhome and look at stars and other objects.

You can observe thousands of stars withyour telescope. At first, you may think starsare just pinpoints of light and arent very

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Use a compass to make a circle, or tracearound the lid of a jar. Draw what you see inyour eyepiece inside the circle. The bestexercise for drawing is to observe the moonsof Jupiter every night or so. Try to makeJupiter and the moons approximately thesame size as they look in your eyepiece. You

will see that the moons are in a differentposition every night. As you get better atdrawing, try more challenging sights, like acrater system on the moon or even a nebula.

Go your library or check out the internet formore information about astronomy. Learnabout the basics: light years, orbits, starcolors, how stars and planets are formed,red shift, the big bang, what are the differentkinds of nebula, what are comets, asteroidsand meteors and what is a black hole. Themore you learn about astronomy, the morefun, and the more rewarding your telescopewill become.

SOME OBSERVING TIPS

Eyepieces: Always begin your observationsusing the 25mm low-power eyepiece. The25mm eyepiece delivers a bright, wide fieldof view and is the best to use for most

viewing conditions. Use the high-power 9mmeyepiece to view details when observing theMoon and planets. If the image becomefuzzy, switch back down to a lower power.Changing eyepieces changes the power ormagnification of your telescope.

By the way, you might have noticedsomething strange when you looked throughyour eyepiece. Although the image is right-side up, it is reversed. That means readingwords can be a problem. But it has no affecton astronomical objects. If you wish to havea fully corrected image, check out Meadesoptional Erecting Prism in the OptionalAccessory section.

Barlow lens: You can alsmagnification by using yoRemove the eyepiece fromdiagonal mirror and slideBarlow. And then place thinto the Barlow. Tighten tsecure the Barlow lens a

place. The Barlow lens intelescope doubles the powtelescope. (Fig. 6).

Meade offers a complete for your telescope. Most afour or five low-power aneyepieces to view differencope with different viewin

Objects move in the eyepobserving an astronomicaa planet, star, etc.) you wobject will begin to move telescopic field of view. Tcaused by the rotation of makes an object move thrscopes field of view. To kobjects centered in the fiethe telescope on one or bvertically and/or horizont

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using the telescopes coarse and fineadjustment controls. At higherpowers, astronomical objects willseem to move through the field ofview of the eyepiece more rapidly.

Place the object to be viewed at the edge of

the field and, without touching the telescope,watch it drift through the field to the otherside before repositioning the telescopeso that the object to be viewed is againplaced at the edge of the field, ready to befurther observed.

Vibrations: Avoid touching the eyepiecewhile observing through the telescope.Vibrations resulting from such contact will

cause the image to move. Avoid observingsites where vibrations cause imagemovement (for example, near railroadtracks). Viewing from the upper floors of abuilding may also cause image movement.

Let your eyes dark-adapt: Allow five or

ten minutes for your eyes to become darkadapted before observing. Use a red-filtered flashlight to protect your night visionwhen reading star maps, or inspecting thetelescope. Do not use use a regular flash-light or turn on other lights when observingwith a group of other astronomers. You canmake your own red filtered flashlight bytaping red cellophane over a flashlight lens.

Viewing through windows: Avoid setting upthe telescope inside a room and observingthrough an opened or closed window pane.Images may appear blurred or distorted dueto temperature differences between insideand outside air. Also, it is a good idea toallow your telescope to reach the ambient(surrounding) outside temperature beforestarting an observing session.

When to observe: Planets and otherobjects viewed low on the horizon often

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STAR CHARTS

Star charts and planispheres are useful for a variety ofreasons. In particular, they are a great aid in planning anight of celestial viewing.

A wide variety of star charts are available in books, inmagazines, on the internet and on CD Roms. Meadeoffers Autostar Suite software. Contact your localMeade dealer or Meades Customer Service departmentfor more information.

Astronomyand Sky and Telescopemagazines print starcharts each month for up-to-the-minute maps of theheavens.

lack sharpnessthe samobserved higher in the sksharper and have greaterreducing power (change yyour image is fuzzy or shimind that a bright, clear, is more interesting than a

fuzzy one. Using too high one of the most common new astronomers.

Dress Warm: Even on suair can feel cool or cold aon. It is important to dresa sweater, jacket, gloves,

Know your observing siteknow the location where yobserving. Pay attention tground and other obstaclwhere wild animals, suchetc., may appear? Are thobstructions such as tall headlights and so forth? are dark locations, the daDeep space objects are edark skies. But it is still peven in a city.

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Surf the Web and visit your local library:The internet contains a huge amount ofastronomical information, both for childrenand adults. Check out astronomy books fromyour library. Look for star chartsthese areavailable on a monthly basis in Astronomyand Sky and Telescopemagazines.

HAVE A GOOD TIME,

ASTRONOMY IS FUN!

SPECIFICATIONS

Optical tube focal length . . . . . . . . . 700mm

Objective lens diameter . . . . . . 60mm (2.4")

Focal ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . f/11.6

Mounting type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Altazimuth

What do the specifications mean?Optical tube focal length is simply ameasurement of the length of the opticaltube. In other words, this is the distancelight travels in the tele-scope before beingbrought to focus in you eyepiece. Your tube is700mm long.

Objective lens diameter is how big thelens is on your scope. Telescopes are

always described by how large theirobjective lens is. Your telescope is 60mmor 2.4 inches. Other telescopes are 90mm,8 inches, 16 inches, or even 3 feet indiameter. The Hubble Telescopes objectivelens has a diameter of 2.4 meters (thats7.8 feet across!).

reducers to make slow extelescopes have faster foc

Altaz mounting simply metelescope moves up and d(altitude or alt), and sidor az). Other mounting

available for other telescoequatorial mounting.

USE THE SPECIFICATIONTHE MAGNIFICATION OF

The power of a telescope magnifies objects. Your 2magnifies an object 28 timeyepiece magnifies objec

But if you obtain other eye

calculate how much magwith your telescope. Just length of the telescope bythe eyepiece.

Focal Length of th

Focal Length of t=

Magnifica

ASTRONOMY RESOURCES

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Astronomical LeagueExecutive Secretary5675 Real del Norte, Las Cruces, NM 88012

The Astronomical Society of the Pacific390 Ashton Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94112

The Planetary Society65 North Catalina Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91106

International Dark-Sky Association, Inc.3225 N. First Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719-2103

The focal ratio helps determine how fast thephotographic speed of a telescope is. Thelower the focal ratio number, the faster theexposure. f/5 is faster than f/10. The fasterthe ratio, the faster exposure time is neededwhen a camera is hooked up to the tele-scope. Your telescope has slower focal ratioat f/11.6. Sometimes, astronomers use focal



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Look at the specifications. You willsee that the focal length of yourscope is 700mm. Lets say that youhave obtained a 13mm eyepiece. Youcan tell that what the focal length of

your eyepiece is as it is always printed onthe side of an eyepiece. Divide: 700 13,

which equals 53.8. Round this off to thenearest whole number and your neweyepiece magnifies objects 54 times.

If you use your Barlow lens with one of youreyepieces, it doubles the magnification ofyour eyepiece. Other types of Barlows cantriple or further increase the power of aneyepiece. To find out how much your

magnification is when you use a Barlow,multiply your eyepieces magnificationby two.

Eyepieces magnification x 2=

Magnification with a 2X Barlow lens

Your 25mm low-power eyepiece magnifiesan object 28 times. Multiply 28 by 2 and youget 56 times magnification with your Barlow.

Its worth repeating: Keep in mind that abright, clear, but smaller image is moreinteresting than a larger, dimmer, fuzzy one.Using too high a power eyepiece is one ofthe most common mistakes made by newastronomers. So dont think that highermagnification is necessarily betterquiteoften the best view is with lowermagnification value!

TAKING CARE OF YOUR TELESCOPE

Your telescope is a precision opticalinstrument designed for a lifetime ofrewarding viewing. It will rarely, if ever,require factory servicing or maintenance.Follow these guidelines to keep yourtelescope in the best condition:

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Avoid cleaning the telelittle dust on the front telescopes correcting loss of image quality.

When absolutely necesfront lens should be regentle strokes of a camblown off with an ear smost pharmacies).

Fingerprints and organfront lens may be remof 3 parts distilled watisopropyl alcohol. You of biodegradable dishwpint of solution. Use sotissues and make shorChange tissues often.

CAUTION: Do not use scetissues or damage could DO NOT use a commercialens cleaner.

OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES

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telescope tube, resulting in a more comfor-table observing position in most cases.

Additional Eyepieces (1.25" barreldiameter): For higher or lowermagnifications with the telescopes thataccommodate 1.25" eyepieces, Meade Series

4000 Super Plssl eyepieces, available in awide variety of sizes, provide a high level ofimage resolution and color correction at aneconomical price. Contact your MeadeDealer or see the Meade catalog for moreinformation. Visit us on the web atwww.meade.com.

JOIN AN ASTRONOMY CLUB, ATTEND A STAR PARTY

One of the best ways to increase your knowledge ofastronomy is to join an astronomy club. Check yourlocal newspaper, school, library, or telescope dealer/store to find out if theres a club in your area.

Many groups also hold regularly scheduled Star Partiesat which you can check out and observe with manydifferent telescopes and other pieces of astronomicalequipment. Magazines such as Sky and TelescopeandAstronomyprint schedules for many popular StarParties around the United States and Canada.



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MEADE CONSUMER SOLUTIONS

If you have a question concerningyour telescope, call MeadeInstruments Consumer SolutionsDepartment at (800) 626-3233.

Consumer Solutions Departmant hours are8:00AM to 5:00PM, Pacific Time, Mondaythrough Friday. Write or call the MeadeConsumer Solutions Department first,before returning the telescope to the factory,giving full particulars as to the nature of theproblem, as well as your name, address, anddaytime telephone number. The greatmajority of servicing issues can be resolvedby telephone, avoiding return of thetelescope to the factory.

MEADE LIMITED WARRANTY

Every Meade telescope and telescopeaccessory is warranted by MeadeInstruments Corporation (Meade) to befree of defects in materials andworkmanship for a period of ONE YEAR fromthe date of original purchase in the U.S.A.Meade will repair or replace a product, orpart thereof, found by Meade to be defective,provided the defective part is returned to

Meade, freight-prepaid, with proof ofpurchase. This warranty applies to theoriginal purchaser only and is non-transferable. Meade products purchasedoutside North America are not included inthis warranty, but are covered underseparate warranties issued by Meade

international distributors.RGA Number Required: Prior to the returnof any product or part, a Return GoodsAuthorization (RGA) number must beobtained from Meade by writing, or bycalling (800) 626-3233. Each returned part orproduct must include a written statementdetailing the nature of the claimed defect, aswell as the owners name, address, andphone number.

This warranty is not valid in cases where theproduct has been abused or mishandled,where unauthorized repairs have beenattempted or performed, or wheredepreciation of the product is due to normalwear-and-tear. Meade specifically disclaimsspecial, indirect, or consequential damagesor lost profit which may result from a breachof this warranty. Any implied warrantieswhich cannot be disclaimed are hereby

limited to a term of one yof original retail purchase

This warranty gives you smay have other rights whto state.

Meade reserves the rightspecifications or to disconwithout notice.

This warranty supersedesMeade product warrantie

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Astronomy:http://www.astronomy.com

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OBSERVER:

OBJECT NAME:

DATE & TIME OBSERVED:

CONSTELLATION:

EYEPIECE SIZE:

SEEING CONDITIONS: EXCELLENT GOOD POOR

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