Meade Infinity 102, Instruction Manual

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INTRODUCTION

Your telescope is an excellent beginner’s 

instrument, and is designed to observe 

objects in the sky and also on land.  It can 

be your personal window on the universe or 

allows you to intimately study the behavior of 

nesting birds on a distant hillside.

The telescope is shipped with the following 

parts:

•  Optical tube

•  Alt-azimuth mount with slow motion con-

trols

•  Stainless Steel tripod with accessory tray

•  Three 1.25” eyepieces:

 MA26mm, MA9mm, MA6.3mm 

•  90 degree erect-image diagonal prism

•  2X Barlow

•  Red-dot viewfinder with bracket

The Infinity series of telescopes come in sev-

eral sizes (apertures) of optical tubes. The  

heart of the optical tubes is the front lens. It 

collects and focuses the incoming light from 

distant objects.

The lens diameter is one of the most 

important pieces of information about the 

telescope. The size of the objective lens 

determines how much detail you will be able 

to see in your telescope. 

Each optical tube also has a focal length 

which is the distance the light travels inside 

the optical tube before it comes to focus.

The focal length information is also important 

and will help later on to calculate magnifica-

tion.

Setting up your telescope involves these 

simple steps:

•  Setting up your tripod

•  Attach the accessory tray

•  Attach the slow motion controls

•  Attach the optical tube to the mount

•  Attach the viewfinder

•  Attach the diagonal prism and eyepiece

•  Align the viewfinder

Study the picture on the next page and 

become acquainted with the parts of your 

telescope. Then proceed to “Setting up your 

tripod.”