Celestron 11065, 91525, 11055 instruction manual Assembling Your CM-1100

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Transporting Your Celestron CM-1100

Storing Your Celestron CM-1100

Because of the Celestron CM-1100's size and weight, you should ALWAYS remove the telescope from the mount when moving the telescope. To do so:

1.Take the telescope off of the mount and return it to its shipping box.

2.Remove the counterweight from the counterweight bar.

3.Remove the counterweight bar from the mount.

4.Remove the finderscope from the optical tube.

5.Take the equatorial mount off of the central column.

6.Remove the center leg brace from the tripod.

7.Collapse the tripod legs inward, towards each other.

The telescope is now broken down into enough pieces to be easily transported.

When not in use, your Celestron CM-1100 can be left fully assembled and set up. However, all lens and eyepiece covers should be put back in place. This will reduce the amount of dust build-up on all optical surfaces and reduce the number of times you need to clean the instrument. You may want to return everything to its original shipping container and store it there. If this is the case, all optical surfaces should still be covered to prevent dust accumulation.

If you are in the field, and plan on being there for a few days, use a plastic tarp to cover the telescope and mount.

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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 Seeing Conditions Viewing ConditionsTransparency Sky IlluminationCelestial Observing L E S T I a L P H O T O G R a P H Y Full Lunar Phase ISO Crescent QuarterShort Exposure Prime Focus 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 ConfigurationLunar or small planetary nebulae Imaging at f/7 Imaging at f/11Medium size to small galaxies 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 ConstellationVisual Observation Astronomy TextsAtlases General Observational AstronomyCelestron ONE Year Warranty