Celestron 11055, 91525, 11065 instruction manual

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CELESTRON CI-700 / CM-1100 / CM-1400

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

Models #91525 / #11055 / #11065

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Contents Page E C e l e s t r o n C M- 11 00/1400 B L E O F C O N T E N T S Iv Table of Contents T R O D U C T I O N How to Use This Manual Word of Caution Schmidt-Cassegrain Optical System Unpacking Your Celestron CM-1100 S E M B L I N G Y O U R C M 1 1 0CM-1100 Setting Up the Tripod Central Column Electronics Console Center Leg Brace Attaching the Center Leg Brace Attaching the Central ColumnAttaching the Equatorial Mount Installing Counterweight Installing Counterweight BarAttaching the Optical Tube to the Mount Attaching the Visual Back Installing the Star Diagonal Assembling Your CM-1100 Installing the Finder Installing the Polar Finder Moving the Telescope in R.A. and DEC Adjusting the Mount Balancing the Mount in R.A Balancing the Mount in DEC Assembling Your CM-1100 Technical Specifications Tripod Image Orientation L E S C O P E B a S I C SFocusing General Photography Hints Aligning the Finder Daytime Observing Your First LookNighttime Observing Calculating Magnification Determining Field of View Celestial Coordinate System T R O N O M Y B a S I C SMotion of the Stars Definition Polar AlignmentFinding the Pole Latitude Scales Pointing at Polaris Polar Axis Finder Declination Drift Aligning the R.A. Setting Circle Setting the DEC Circle I N G T H E D R I V E Powering Up the DriveGuide Speed BC Backlash Correction Periodic Error Correc- tionHC/CCD Hand Controller Northern/Southern Hemisphere OperationAutoguiding DEC ReverseObserving the Moon L E S T I a L O B S E R V I N GObserving the Sun Observing Deep-Sky Objects Using Your Setting CirclesStar Hopping Celestial Observing Transparency Viewing ConditionsSky Illumination Seeing ConditionsCelestial Observing L E S T I a L P H O T O G R a P H Y Short Exposure Prime Focus Lunar Phase ISO Crescent QuarterFull Celestial Photography Piggyback Celestial Photography Eyepiece Projection Planet ISO Moon Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn Long Exposure Prime Focus Celestial Photography CCD Imaging Description of F-numbers Fastar ConfigurationMedium size to small galaxies Imaging at f/7 Imaging at f/11Lunar or small planetary nebulae Planetary or Lunar Imaging at f/22L E S C O P E M a I N T E N a N C E Care and Cleaning of the Optics CollimationTelescope Maintenance Telescope Maintenance T I O N a L a C C E S S O R I E S Optional Accessories Optional Accessories Optional Accessories Mag Type Proper Name ConstNGC# Spiral Galaxy Magnitude Epoch Star Name ConstellationAtlases Astronomy TextsGeneral Observational Astronomy Visual ObservationCelestron ONE Year Warranty