User manual MEADE 4504

[. . . ] Instruction Manual Meade Model 4504 4. 5" (114mm) Equatorial Reflecting Telescope With Starfinder Electronic Hand Controller ENTER MODE GO TO SPEED ? MEADE STARFINDER Meade Instruments Corporation WARNING NEVER USE A MEADE® 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 VIEWFINDER AT OR NEAR THE SUN. [. . . ] Options within the menu are displayed, one at a time, on the second line. Press the Scroll keys to move through the options. Press and hold a Scroll key to move quickly through the options. The Scroll keys also scroll through the letters of the alphabet and numerical digits. NOTE: The Scroll Down key and the Down Arrow key move forward through the alphabet & digits (A to Z, 0-9) and the Scroll Up key and the Up Arrow key move backward (Z to A, 9-0). Press and hold the Up Arrow key to speed up the rate at which a message scrolls across the display. Press and hold the Down Arrow key to slow down the scrolling speed. When the display is scrolling at a speed that is comfortable for reading, release the Scroll key. page 24 8 Speed/?key cycles through the seven slew speeds that move the telescope (see "Slew Speeds, " page 14). key longer (one to two seconds) accesses the Help function. key also accesses the "Help" file. "Help" provides on-screen information on how to accomplish whatever task is currently active. key and then follow the prompts on the display to access details of Starfinder functions in the Help feature. The Help system is essentially an on-screen instruction manual. If you have a question about a Starfinder operation (i. e. , INITIALIZATION, ALIGNMENT, etc. ), hold down the Speed/?key and follow the directions that scroll on the second line of the LCD screen. When a word appears in [brackets], press ENTER to access the word in the Starfinder Glossary. A definition or more detailed information is displayed. Press MODE to return to the scrolling Starfinder Help display. When satisfied with the Help provided, press MODE to return to the original screen and continue with the chosen procedure. 9 Coil Cord: To operate, the Starfinder coil cord must be plugged into the HBX port (9, Fig. 11) of the Dec motor box. page 25 OBJECT Select from over 1400 database objects and press GO TO to move the telescope automatically to the object and place it in the telescopic field of view. SETUP Quick, easy alignment permits all telescope operations with only a 2-minute setup. [. . . ] The Orion Nebula is located South of the belt and is one of the most observed deep-sky objects by amateur astronomers. Rigel Orion Betelgeuse Andromeda Gemini Pollux Castor Pegasus "Summer Triangle" Deneb Polaris "Sickle" Regulus Cygnus Leo "Big Dipper" Vega Altair Lyra Boötes Arcturus Aquila Spica Antares Virgo Scorpius Fig. 37: Roadmap to the stars. Extending from the "pointer stars" of the Big Dipper's cup is Polaris, the North Star. Extending from Polaris is the Great Square shared by the constellations Pegasus and Andromeda. The Summer Triangle is a notable region in the sky to the left of the handle of the Big Dipper. [. . . ]