Instruction Manual

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Congratulations on your purchase! Meade Instruments has shipped
your Coronado PST dedicated H-a telescope fully assembled and
ready for use. Be sure to read the safety and cleaning instructions
on page 4 and 13 before using your PST telescope. You can refer
to the diagrams below for questions regarding the components of
your system. Please read these instructions in full before setting up
your new PST telescope and contact customer service if you have
any questions.
Mounting – Meade manufactures and sells separately three (3)
mounts suitable for the PST: the MALTA™ mount (Manual ALTitude
Azmuth), the DSM altazimuth computer controlled mount and the
LXD75 German equatorial computer controlled mount. The threads
on the bottom of the PST are compatible with any ¼ 20 thread.
Most standard photographic mounts and mounting hardware can
be used to provide a safe, stable, and reliable set up. This is also
compatible with piggyback mounting systems.
The Meade MALTA™ mount is a dedicated rugged, portable
altazimuth mount designed for the PST. To use the MALTA mount,
attach it to the PST using the two screws included with the MALTA
mount Then secure the mount head to the base using the tension
screw going through the top down into the base. The individual
legs then thread into their holes. By loosening the tension screw
one can adjust the azimuth or horizontal axis, retighten the tension
screw to freeze that axis. The silver tension screw on the mount
head will adjust the altitude or vertical axis when loosened and
hold the PST fi rm when tightened down.
Meade also makes a dovetail mounting block (product #DT-LXD75)
compatible with the LXD75 mount and many other mounts on the
market.
WARNING!
Do not insert your eyepiece until you have confi rmed that the
telescope is securely mounted and all fi lter elements attached
and secured.
Finding the Sun - The P.S.T.™ has been designed with an internal
Sol Ranger™ Sun spotting device. There is a small pinhole on the
front face of the P.S.T.™ body and a small opaque window on the
top, near the eyepiece holder. When properly aligned on the Sun the
pinhole will let in light that will be projected onto the opaque glass
in the form of a small harmless ball. It is NOT necessary to put your
eye up to the opaque glass. Best alignment will be found when this
ball of light is near center but it is not always dead center. Adding
a SM40/T-Max™ will obstruct the Sol Ranger- Do not put your eye
up to the opaque glass.
Tuning and Focusing the PST - Because different features on
the Sun are moving toward or away from the Earth, their light is
Doppler shifted off the hydrogen-alpha line of 6562.8 Angstroms,
you will need to adjust the tuning slightly to get the best high-
contrast views of the features you want to observe. The PST is
equipped with a tuning mechanism that allows the user to adjust
performance of the solar fi lter. The purpose of this adjustment is to
compensate for possible detuning of the fi lter due to the change
PST
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Personal Solar Telescope
RichView™ tuning ring
for internal Etalon
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Focusing Knob
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Personal Solar Telescope