Meade Telescopes Manual Do Utilizador

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.

SPECIFICATIONS

8" 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

bearings, battery powered fan, with truss tube

attachment castings and captive bolts and knobs.

Truss tubes

Silver anodized aluminum with attachment hardware

and captive bolts. Machined aluminum altitude

bearings.

Secondary Mirror Support

4-vane, steel

Mirror

Focal length

1219mm (48")

Focal ratio

f/6

Resolving Power

0.74 arc seconds

Limiting visual magnitude

13.5

Focuser

2" Crayford style machined aluminum with 1.25”

adapter.

Mount

Swivel base with Teflon bearings for azimuth.

Base bearings

Three roller bearing plates

Eyepiece tray

For one 2” and three 1.25” eyepieces mounted on

one side of the base.

Eyepiece

Meade 26mm QX Wide Angle Eyepiece.

Dust Cover

To fit over primary mirror inside of lower tube.

Finder

Deluxe red dot

Computer Software

CD-ROM of Autostar Suite Astronomer's Edition

software

Assembled OTA weight

24 lbs.

Assembled Mount weight

20 lbs.

Total Assembled telescope wt. 44 lbs.

10" Standard Model

OTA