Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION | 4 |
Warning | 4 |
ASSEMBLY | 8 |
Setting up the Tripod | 8 |
Attaching the Equatorial Mount | 9 |
Attaching the Center Leg Brace | 10 |
Installing the Counterweight Bar | 10 |
Installing the Counterweights | 11 |
Attaching the Slow Motion Control Knobs (Cables) | 11 |
Attaching the Telescope Tube to the Mount | 12 |
Installing the Finderscope | 13 |
Installing the Visual Back | 13 |
Installing the Star Diagonal | 14 |
Installing the Eyepieces | 14 |
Moving the Telescope Manually | 15 |
Balancing the Mount in R.A | 15 |
Balancing the Mount in DEC | 16 |
Adjusting the Mount | 16 |
Adjusting the Mount in Altitude | 17 |
Adjusting the Mount in Azimuth | 17 |
TELESCOPE BASICS | 18 |
Image Orientation | 20 |
Focusing | 20 |
Aligning the Finderscope | 21 |
Calculating Magnification | 21 |
Determining Field of View | 22 |
General Observing Hints | 22 |
ASTRONOMY BASICS | 23 |
The Celestial Coordinate System | 23 |
Motion of the Stars | 24 |
Latitude Scale | 25 |
Pointing at Polaris | 25 |
Finding the North Celestial Pole | 26 |
Polar Alignment in the Southern Hemisphere | 27 |
Pointing at Sigma Octantis | 28 |
Finding the South Celestial Pole (SCP) | 28 |
Declination Drift Method of Polar Alignment | 29 |
Aligning the R.A. Setting Circle | 30 |
Using the R.A. Vernier Scale | 31 |
CELESTIAL OBSERVING | 32 |
Observing the Moon | 32 |
Lunar Observing Hints | 32 |
Observing the Planets | 32 |
Observing the Sun | 33 |
Solar Observing Hints | 33 |
Observing Deep Sky Objects | 33 |
Seeing Conditions | 33 |
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