Celestron 91525, 11055, 11065 instruction manual Optional Accessories

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in the main telescope.

Flashlight (#93592) - The LED flashlight uses a red LED to allow reading star maps without ruining your night vision. The LED flashlight is small, only 6 inches long, and weighs in at a mere 3 ounces.

Flashlight, Night Vision (#93588) - Celestron’s premium model for as- tronomy, using two red LEDs to preserve night vision. The brightness is adjustable and it operates on a single 9 Volt battery.

Light Pollution Reduction (LPR) Filters - These filters are designed to enhance your views of deep-sky astronomical objects when viewed from urban areas. LPR Filters selectively reduce the transmission of certain wavelengths of light, specifically those produced by artificial lights. This includes mercury and high and low pressure sodium vapor lights. In addition, they also block unwanted natural light (sky glow) caused by neutral oxygen emission in our atmosphere. Celestron offers a model for 1-l/4" eyepieces (#94126A) and a model that attaches to the rear cell ahead of the star diagonal and visual back (#94127A).

Micro Guide Eyepiece (#94171) - This multipurpose illuminated 12.5mm reticle can be used for guiding deep-sky astrophotos, measuring position angles, angular separations, and more. The laser etched reticle provides razor sharp lines and the variable brightness illuminator is completely cordless.

Piggyback Mount (#93598) - The best way to enter the realm of deep-sky photography is via the piggyback method. Piggyback photography allows you to record constellations and large scale nebulae that don’t fit in the field of your telescope. The piggyback mount allows you to attach a camera to the top of the telescope. This way, the camera can photograph with its normal or wide angle lens while you guide through the telescope. The piggyback mount attaches to the rear cell of the telescope next to the finder.

Polarizing Filter Set (#93608) - The polarizing filter set limits the transmis- sion of light to a specific plane, thus increasing contrast between various objects. This is used primarily for terrestrial, lunar, and planetary observing.

Radial Guider (#94176) - The Celestron Radial Guider is specifically designed for use in prime focus, deep-sky astrophotography and takes the place of the T-Adapter. This device allows you to photograph and guide simultaneously through the optical tube assembly of your telescope. This type of guiding produces the best results since what you see through the guiding eyepiece is exactly reproduced on the processed film. The Radial guider is a “T”-shaped assembly that attaches to the rear cell of the telescope. As light from the telescope enters the guider, most passes straight through to the camera. A small portion, however, is diverted by a prism at an adjustable angle up to the guiding eyepiece. This guider has two features not found on other off-axis guiders; first, the prism and eyepiece housing rotate independently of the camera orientation making the acquisition of a guide star quite easy. Second, the prism angle is tunable allowing you to look at guide stars on-axis. This accessory works especially well with the Reducer/Corrector.

Reducer/Corrector (#94175) - This lens reduces the focal length of the telescope by 37%, making your CM-1100 a l,764mm f/6.3 instrument. In addition, this unique lens also corrects inherent aberrations to produce crisp images all the way across the field. It also increases the field of view signifi- cantly and is ideal for wide-field, deep-sky viewing. It is perfect for beginning

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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 S E M B L I N G Y O U R C M 1 1 0 Unpacking Your Celestron CM-1100CM-1100 Setting Up the Tripod Attaching the Center Leg Brace Attaching the Central Column Central Column Electronics Console Center Leg BraceAttaching the Equatorial Mount Installing Counterweight Bar Installing CounterweightAttaching 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 L E S C O P E B a S I C S Image OrientationFocusing General Photography Hints Aligning the Finder Your First Look Daytime ObservingNighttime Observing Calculating Magnification Determining Field of View T R O N O M Y B a S I C S Celestial Coordinate SystemMotion of the Stars Polar Alignment DefinitionFinding the Pole Latitude Scales Pointing at Polaris Polar Axis Finder Declination Drift Aligning the R.A. Setting Circle Setting the DEC Circle Powering Up the Drive I N G T H E D R I V EGuide Speed Periodic Error Correc- tion BC Backlash CorrectionHC/CCD Northern/Southern Hemisphere Operation Hand ControllerDEC Reverse AutoguidingL E S T I a L O B S E R V I N G Observing the MoonObserving the Sun Using Your Setting Circles Observing Deep-Sky ObjectsStar Hopping Celestial Observing Viewing Conditions TransparencySky Illumination Seeing ConditionsCelestial Observing L E S T I a L P H O T O G R a P H Y Lunar Phase ISO Crescent Quarter Short Exposure Prime FocusFull Celestial Photography Piggyback Celestial Photography Eyepiece Projection Planet ISO Moon Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn Long Exposure Prime Focus Celestial Photography CCD Imaging Fastar Configuration Description of F-numbersImaging at f/7 Imaging at f/11 Medium size to small galaxiesLunar or small planetary nebulae Imaging at f/22 Planetary or LunarCare and Cleaning of the Optics Collimation L E S C O P E M a I N T E N a N C ETelescope 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 Const Mag Type Proper NameNGC# Spiral Galaxy Epoch Star Name Constellation MagnitudeAstronomy Texts AtlasesGeneral Observational Astronomy Visual ObservationCelestron ONE Year Warranty