Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 9800 Orion
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INSTRUCTION MANUAL IN 198 Rev . B 4/04 Providing Exceptional Consumer Optical Products Since 1975 Customer Support (800) 676-1343 E-mail: support@telescope.
2 2 Optical tube Finder scope Finder scope brac kets Correct image diagonal F ocus wheel Altitude tension discs (2) Altitude lock le ver (opposite side) Azimuth loc k knob Eyepiece T ripod leg Leg chain Leg chain plate T ripod leg lock Figure 1.
3 T able of Contents 1. Unpacking ........................ 3 2. P ar ts List ......................... 3 3. Assembly ........................ 3 4. Getting Star ted .................... 4 5. T errestrial Viewing .................. 6 6. Astronomical Viewing .
4 3. Tighten the acorn nuts with the wrench. Be very careful when doing this so as not to scrape or strip the nuts . Do not ov er tighten the nuts. 4. Attach the finder scope brack ets to the optical tube with the brass thumbscre ws (Figure 4).
5 5 Focusing the T elescope With the 25mm ey epiece securely inser ted into the correct- image diagonal, aim the optical tube so the front (open) end is pointing in the general direction of an object at least 1/4 mile aw ay . With y our fingers, slowly rotate the f ocus wheel until the object comes into shar p f ocus.
6 Y our Aristocrat 60mm comes with a 25mm focal length Plössl ey epiece that provides 36x magnification. The Aristocrat can accept any 1.25" e yepiece (the most common ey epiece bar - rell diameter). Orion also makes se veral br ass eyepieces that will provide diff erent magnifications for y our Aristocrat 60mm.
7 B. The Planets The planets don’t sta y put like the stars, so to find them y ou should ref er to Sky Calendar at our website (telescope.com), or to char ts published monthly in Astronomy , Sky & T elescope , or other astronomy magazines . V enus , Mars, Jupiter , and Saturn are the br ightest objects in the sky after the Sun and the Moon.
8 8. Specifications Mount: Brass, altazim uth Optical tube: Brass, coated to pre vent rust and tarnish Objective lens diameter: 60mm Objective lens: Achromatic, fully coated F ocal length: 900mm F ocal ratio: f/15 F ocuser : Br ass rack-and-pinion, accepts 1.
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