Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 9822 Orion
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INSTRUCTION MANUAL IN 192 Rev . B 02/09 Providing Exceptional Consumer Optical Products Since 1975 Customer Support (800) 676-1343 E-mail: support@telescope.
Right ascension slow-motion control cable Right ascension lock le v er P olar axis finder scope Latitude scale Latitude adjustment T -bolts 2 Figure 1.
3 T able of Contents 1. Unpacking ........................ 3 2. P ar ts List ......................... 3 3. Assembly ........................ 3 4. Attaching a telescope ............... 4 5. Balancing the telescope ............. 4 6. Setting up and using the equatorial mount .
4 7. Remov e the knurled “toe sa ver” retaining screw on the bot- tom of the counterweight shaft and slide both coun ter- weights onto the shaft. Make sure the counterw eight lock knobs are adequately loosened to allow the counterw eight shaft to pass through the hole.
5 6. P osition the telescope in the mounting rings so it remains hori z on tal whe n you carefully let go with bo th han ds. This is the balance point for the optical tube with respect to the Dec. axis. (Figure 4d) 7. Retighten the tube ring clamps. The telescope is now balanced on both ax es.
6 from drifting out of y our telescope’ s field of vie w while y ou’ re obser ving. This is accomplished by slowly rotating the telescope on its right ascension (R.
7 Aligning the Polar Axis Finder Scope Aligning the polar axis finder scope so that it will accurately point at the true north pole is a two-step procedure. First, the polar axis finder must be rotated in its housing so that the small circle in which Polaris will be placed is in the proper ini- tial position.
8 F or e xample, if it was November 1 at 9 PM, standard time, you would rotate the telescope in R.A. until the line abov e the “21” (9 P .M.) on the R.A. setting circle lines up with the long line between the “10” and “11” on the date circle.
9 circles f or finding objects; the thumbscrew is only needed for polar alignment using the polar axis finder scope. Finding Objects With the Setting Circles Now that both setting circles are calibrated, look up in a star atlas the coordinates of an object you wish to vie w .
10 One-Y ear Limited W arranty This Astro view Equator ial Mount is warranted against def ects in materials or workmanship f or a period of one y ear from the date of purchase. This warr anty is f or the benefit of the original retail purchaser only .
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