Celestron THE POWERSEEKER 76 Reflector, Assembling Your Telescope, Attaching the Accessories

THE POWERSEEKER 76 Reflector

The PowerSeeker is a Newtonian reflecting telescope that comes on an altazimuth mount. This section instructs you on the proper assembly and use of your PowerSeeker telescope, which is shipped in one box, containing all the parts you need to assemble it. Unpack and lay out all of the parts in a large, clear area where you’ll have room to work.

Keeping track of the parts, use the list below and the telescope diagram to confirm you have, and can identify each part.

PowerSeeker 76

1.5x24 Finderscope

2.Finderscope Bracket

3.Altitude Slow Motion Adjustment

4.Telescope Optical Tube

5.Collimation Screws (not shown)

6.Altazimuth Mount

7.Altitude Locking Screw

8.Tripod Leg Extension Screws

9.Accessory Tray

10.Tripod Leg

11.Azimuth Lock

12.Altitude Slow Motion Rod

13.Rack and Pinion Focuser

14.Focus Knob

Assembling Your Telescope

To set up the tripod, locate the altazimuth mount (6), the tripod legs (10) and the tripod bolt pack.

1.Secure the center leg brace to the inside of each tripod leg (10) using the screws and nuts provided.

2.Connect all three tripod legs to the tripod head with the wing nut and screws as shown in Fig 2a.

3.Extend the inner portion of each of the three tripod legs to the desired height. Tighten the thumb screw on the side of each tripod leg to secure them in place. See Figure 1

4.Attach the accessory tray (9) to the tripod by threading the screw on the bottom of the tray into the hole in the center of the tripod center support bracket. See Figure 3.

5.After all the screws have been hand-tightened, you are ready to attach the telescope tube to the mount. Place the telescope tube inside the altazimuth mount (6) so that the Altitude Slow Motion Rod (12) is on the same side as the locking screw (7) (Figure 2). Insert the altitude mount locking screws through the mount and thread them into the metal brackets attached to the tube. Before tightening the mount screws, attach the end of the slow motion rod (12) with the knurled adjustment ring to the side of the telescope tube and insert the rod through the eyebolt attached to the altazimuth mount. See Figure 2.

Attaching the Accessories

Your telescope comes with the following optical accessories:

•20mm eyepiece 1¼"

•4mm eyepiece 1¼ "

•3x Barlow Lens 1¼"

1.Remove the caps from the focuser (13).

2.Remove caps from the eyepiece and place it into the focuser (Figure 4). Lock it into place with the thumb screw.

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