Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 6002 iOptron
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900X70 Refractor T elescope Instruction Manual For products #6001 & #6002 www .iOptron.com.
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Having trouble setting up or making it work? Email us at 900X70 @ioptron.com W e’ll be glad to help! 3 1. T elescope Assembly 1.1. 900X70 Assembly T erms Figure 1. 900X70 (1). Accessory holder tray (2). Aluminum tripod (3). Leg lock brackets (4). T ripod base (5).
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Having trouble setting up or making it work? Email us at 900X70 @ioptron.com W e’ll be glad to help! 5 1.2. T elescope Assembly The numbers in brackets refer to the keys shown in Figures 1 & 2. 1. Unpack and identify the component s of your telescope using the list shown in previo us p age.
Having trouble setting up or making it work? Email us at 900X70 @ioptron.com W e’ll be glad to help! 6 9. Assemble the right ascension (R.A.) cont rol cable (27, short cable) and declination (Dec) co ntrol cable (28). These cabl es are locked into position by firmly tightening the screws at the end of each cable.
Having trouble setting up or making it work? Email us at 900X70 @ioptron.com W e’ll be glad to help! 7 2. Underst anding Celestial Motion and Coordinates Understanding where to locate celestial object s and how these objects mov e through the sky is fundamental to fully appreciating astronomy as a hobby .
Having trouble setting up or making it work? Email us at 900X70 @ioptron.com W e’ll be glad to help! 8 constellation of Pegasus. The coordina tes of the Right Ascension range f rom 0h 0mn 0s to 24h 0mn 0s (not inclusive). Therefore, there are 2 4 primary R.
Having trouble setting up or making it work? Email us at 900X70 @ioptron.com W e’ll be glad to help! 9 loosen the Dec. lock knob (12). The telescope should no w be able to move fr eely on the Dec.
Having trouble setting up or making it work? Email us at 900X70 @ioptron.com W e’ll be glad to help! 10 4. Using the T elescope With the telescope aligned on the pole, you are now ready to sta rt your observations.
Having trouble setting up or making it work? Email us at 900X70 @ioptron.com W e’ll be glad to help! 11 The mount’s R.A. setting circle (16) is scaled in hours, from 1 through 24, with small marks in between representing 6-minute increm ents. The numbers closest to the R.
Having trouble setting up or making it work? Email us at 900X70 @ioptron.com W e’ll be glad to help! 12 A Barlow lens is used to increase the magnification of each eyepiece. First insert the Barlo w 3X lens in the telescope’ s eyepi ece holde r , then the eyepiece itself.
Having trouble setting up or making it work? Email us at 900X70 @ioptron.com W e’ll be glad to help! 13 6. T echnical Specifications Optical tube Aluminum Optical Design Achromatic Refractor Objective lens Air-spa ced, fully coated Clear Aperture 70 mm Focal Length 900mm Focal Ratio f/12.
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