Celestron 11065, 91525, 11055 instruction manual Epoch Star Name Constellation, Magnitude

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LIST OF BRIGHT STARS

The following is a list of bright stars that can be used to align the R.A. setting circle. All coordinates are in epoch 2000.0.

		Epoch 2000.0
Star Name	Constellation	R.A.		DEC	Magnitude
		H M S		° ‘ “
Sirius	CMa	06 45 09	-16 42 58		-1.47
Canopus	Car	06 23 57	-52 41 44		-0.72
Arcturus	Boo	14 15 40	+19	10 57	-0.72
Rigel Kent.	Cen	14 39 37	-60 50 02		+0.01
Vega	Lyr	18 36 56	+38	47 01	+0.04
Capella	Aur	05 16 41	+45	59 53	+0.05
Rigel	Ori	05 14 32	-08 12 06		+0.14
Procyon	CMi	07 38 18	+05	13 30	+0.37
Betelgeuse	Ori	05 55 10	+07	24 26	+0.41
Achernar	Eri	01 37 43	-57 14 12		+0.60
Hadar	Cen	14 03 49	-60 22 22		+0.63
Altair	Aqi	19 50 47	+08	52 06	+0.77
Aldebaran	Tau	04 35 55	+16	30 33	+0.86
Spica	Vir	13 25 12	-11 09 41		+0.91
Antares	Sco	16 29 24	-26 25 55		+0.92
Fomalhaut	PsA	22 57 39	-29 37 20		+1.15
Pollux	Gem	07 45 19	+28	01 34	+1.16
Deneb	Cyg	20 41 26	+45	16 49	+1.28
Beta Crucis	Cru	12 47 43	-59 41 19		+1.28
Regulus	Leo	10 08 22	+11	58 02	+1.36

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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 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 ConstellationAtlases Astronomy TextsGeneral Observational Astronomy Visual ObservationCelestron ONE Year Warranty