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APPENDIX A: EQUATORIAL WEDGE
IMPORTANT NOTICE! Never
use a telescope or spotting
scope to look at the Sun!
Observing the Sun, even for
the shortest fraction of a
second, will cause irreversible damage
to your eye as well as physical damage
to the telescope or spotting scope itself.
There are two equatorial wedges used on Meade LX200 telescopes.
Please read the section, below, that applies to your telescope.
[ toc ] 1. 8" Equatorial Wedge (For 7" and 8" LX200)
The Equatorial Wedge permits use of the 8" LX200 telescope in an
astronomical, or "equatorial," mode. The wedge fits onto the field
tripod, described below, and accepts the base of the 7" or 8" LX200
fork mount. See Fig. 8.
NOTE: The Meade equatorial wedge is designed solely for use in conjunction with the Meade field tripod.
The wedge should never be used without the field tripod, e.g. by placing the wedge alone on a table top
and then mounting the telescope on the wedge. The 7" or 8" LX200, placed onto the equatorial wedge
alone without the field tripod attached to the wedge may become seriously imbalanced, to the point where
the telescope may actually tip over.
The equatorial wedge for the 7" and 8" LX200 telescope is of modern design, with several important
features incorporated to simplify and facilitate telescope operation. After using the wedge, you will find that
the functional design features included are of very significant value in routine telescope operations.
Features included are:
1. Attachment of the wedge to the field tripod by means of only one manual knob.
2. Quick azimuth adjustment by loosening the manual knob as described above.
3. Bubble level for rapid tripod/wedge leveling.
4. Etched latitude scale for fast adjustment of the latitude angle.
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