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PRO 120 EQ instruction manual
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Specs
Install
Warranty
Maintenance
Setting Up and Using the Equatorial Mount
Understanding the Setting Circles
How to
Using Your Telescope
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Contents
Orion SkyView Pro 120 EQ
#9867 Equatorial Refractor Telescope
Customer Support
E-mail support@telescope.com
Objective lens Optical tube Tube rings
1. Unpacking
Table of Contents
2. Parts List
3. Assembly
thumbscrews
Finder scope bracket
Nylon
alignment
Installing the Finder Scope
4. Balancing the Telescope
Inserting the Diagonal and Eyepiece
Viewing with Eyeglasses
5. Using Your Telescope
Focusing the Telescope
Focusing the finder scope
1000mm÷25mm=
6. Setting Up and Using the Equatorial Mount
Magnification & Eyepieces
Magnification = Telescope Focal Length mm Eyepiece Focal Length mm
Declination
Axis
Polar Alignment
Using the Polar Axis Finder Scope
Polar Alignment Using an Optional Polar Axis Finder Scope
Alignment of the Polar Axis Finder Scope
Tracking Celestial Objects
Additional Note Regarding Focusing the Polar Axis Finder Scope
Understanding the Setting Circles
Use of the Right Ascension and Declination Slow- Motion Control Knobs
Finding Objects With the Setting Circles
R.A. setting circle
Calibrating the Declination Setting Circle
Calibrating the Right Ascension Setting Circle
C. Cooling the Telescope
7. Astronomical Observing
A. Site Selection
B. Seeing and Transparency
Eyepiece Selection
D. Let Your Eyes Dark-Adapt
A. The Moon
B. The Sun
Deep-Sky Objects
C. The Planets
D. The Stars
How to Find Deep-sky Objects Starhopping
“Piggyback Photography”
8. Astrophotography
Moon Photography
Planetary Photography
9. Collimating Aligning the Optics
10. Care and Maintenance
Cleaning Lenses
11. Specifications
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Orion Telescopes & Binoculars
Post Office Box 1815, Santa Cruz, CA
One-Year Limited Warranty