Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product STARMAX 90 EQ Orion
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INSTRUCTION MANUAL IN 162 Rev . C 06/08 Providing Exceptional Consumer Optical Products Since 1975 Customer Support (800)-676-1343 E-mail: support@telescope.com Corporate Offices (831)‑763‑7000 89 Hangar Wa y , W atsonville CA 95076 OrionT elescopes.
2 Figure 1. Orion StarMax 90mm EQ Mounting bloc k Counterweight shaft Right Ascension slow‑motion control Counterweight Counterweight loc k knob T ripod leg Finder scope brac ket Finder scope Eyepie.
3 1. Unpacking The entire telescope system will arr ive in one box. Be careful unpacking the bo x. W e recommend keeping the or iginal ship‑ ping container .
4 1 Soft carr y case 3 Assembly tools (small wrench, Phillips head screwdriver , tr iangular assembly tool) 3 Leg attachment screws 3 Leg lock knobs 3.
5 the latitude lock t‑bolt, and turn the latitude adjustment t‑bolt until the pointer and the “40” line up . Then retighten the lat itude lock t‑bolt. The declination (Dec.) and r ight ascension (R.A.) axes may need re‑positioning (rotation) as well.
6 2. Now loosen the counterweight lock knob and slide the weight along the shaft until it e xactly counterbalances the tele‑ scope (Figure 3a). That’ s the point at which the shaft remains horizontal e ven when you let go of the telescope with both hands (Figure 3b).
7 to compensate f or that motion, allowing you to easily “track" the mov ement of astronomical objects, thereby keeping them from drifting out of the telescope’ s field of view while you’ re obser ving. This is accomplished by slowly rotating the telescope on its right ascension (R.
8 T racking Celestial Objects When you observe a celestial object through the telescope, you’ll see it drift slowly across the field of view . T o keep it in the field, if your equatorial mount is polar aligned, just tur n the R.A. slow‑motion control cable clockwise.
9 Similarly , to point the telescope directly south, the counter ‑ weight shaft should again be horizontal. Then you simply rotate the scope on the Dec.
10 adapte d, m ore stars will glimmer into vie w and you’l l be ab le to see f ainter details in objects you view in y our telescope. T o see what you’ re doing in the darkness, use a red ‑filtered flashlight rather than a white light. Red light does not spoil your ey es’ dark adaptation like white light does.
11 C. The Planets The planets don’t stay put like the stars, so to find them you should refer to Sky Calendar at our website (www .telescope. com), or to char ts pub lished monthly in Astronomy , Sky & T eles cope , or ot he r a s t ro n o my m a g az i n es .
12 F rench astronomer Charles Messier , which represent some of the best and brightest deep‑sky objects. Determine in which constellation the object lies. Now , find the constellation in the sky . If you do not recognize the constella‑ tions on sight, consult a planisphere.
13 the finder scope caps on if you lea ve it attached to the optical tube. Cleaning the T ube Y our StarMax 90mm EQ telescope requires ver y little mechanical maintenance. The optical tube is aluminum and has a smooth painted finish that is fairly scratch‑resistant.
14 One-Y ear Limited W arranty This Orion StarMax 90mm EQ ™ is warranted against defects in mater ials or wor kmanship f or a period of one y ear from the date of purchase.
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