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cassini CQR-800 Operating Instructions Manual

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  • Page 1 HQR-800...
  • Page 2 CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR PURCHASE OF THE CASSINI CQR-800 TELESCOPE. THIS TELESCOPE HAS BEEN PRODUCED TO PRECISE SPECIFICATIONS. PRIOR TO USING YOUR NEW CASSINI TELESCOPE, PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING SETUP AND USAGE INSTRUCTIONS. IT IS IMPORTANT TO PROPERLY ASSEMBLE YOUR TELESCOPE IN ORDER TO ALLOW IT TO FUNCTION PROPERLY.
  • Page 3 ACCESSORIES MARS-EYE ELECTRONIC FINDER: USED TO LOCATE OBJECTS PRIOR TO USING MAIN TELESCOPE. PLEASE NOTE YOU MUST ALIGN THE FINDER WITH THE MAIN TUBE PRIOR TO INITIAL ASTRONOMICAL OR TERRESTRIAL USE. 3X BARLOW: USED TO INCREASE THE POWER OF ANY GIVEN EYEPIECE BY 300%.
  • Page 4 FROM ANY LOCATION YOU CAN SEE THE SKY AT IT APPEARS AT ANY TIME OF DAY, OR EVEN IN THE FUTURE, YOU CAN LEARN ASTRONOMICAL FACTS WITH NARRATED PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE. CQR-800 TELESCOPE ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS CAUTION: NEVER POINT YOUR TELESCOPE AT THE SUN. VIEWING THE SUN WITH THIS...
  • Page 5 5. LOOSEN SCREWS ON MARS-EYE FINDER AND SLIDE ONTO BRACKET. TIGHTEN ATTACHMENT SCREWS . ( PLEASE SEE FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS ON MARS-EYE FINDER). BALANCE MARK 6A. TO BALANCE TUBE LIFT UP ON QUICK-RELEASE LATCH. WHEN BALANCED PUSH DOWN TO CLOSE LATCH. 6B.
  • Page 6 CASSINI CQR-800 TO SKY MARS-EYE FINDER FRONT QUICK-RELEASE LATCH IMAGE STABILIZING BACK ELECTRONIC FOCUSER ALTITUDE SLOW-MOTION KNOB COUNTER BALANCE LOCKING KNOB WEIGHT ASSY EYEPIECES TRIPOD CASSINI CASSINI 20MM ACCESSORY TRAY TRIPOD LOCKING KNOB ADJUSTABLE RUBBER FEET 1.5X ERECTING WIRELESS CONTROL BOX...
  • Page 7 HOW TO USE EYEPIECES & ACCESSORIES PLEASE CONSIDER USING YOUR ACCESSORIES IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER. BY DOING THIS YOU WILL BETTER UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT EACH INDIVIDUAL ACCESSORY HAS ON THE FUNCTION OF YOUR TELESCOPE. 1. FOCUSING TUBE - TURN FOCUSING KNOB (LEFT SIDE) TOWARD THE TELESCOPE UNTIL IT WILL GO NO FURTHER.
  • Page 8 MARS-EYE ELECTRONIC FINDER MOUNTING & ALIGNMENT TO MOUNT: 1) REMOVE MARS-EYE ELECTRONIC FINDER FROM BOX. 2) LOOSEN THUMB SCREWS ON SIDE OF FINDER AND SLIDE FINDER ONTO DOVETAIL MOUNT LOCATED AT TOP OF MAIN TELESCOPE TUBE. 3) TIGHTEN THUMB SCREWS. TO CHECK ALIGNMENT WITH MAIN TELESCOPE:(IMPORTANT!) 1) THE MARS-EYE ELECTRONIC FINDER IS NOT PRE-SET AT FACTORY.
  • Page 9: Using The Barlow Lens

    USING THE BARLOW LENS AS STATED EARLIER IN THE INSTRUCTIONS, THE BARLOW LENS INCREASES THE POWER OF THE EYEPIECES BY 3 TIMES. TO USE SIMPLY INSERT THE BARLOW LENS INTO THE MAIN FOCUSING TUBE AND THEN PUT THE DESIRED EYEPIECE INTO THE RECEIVING END OF THE BARLOW LENS PLEASE REMEMBER, THE HIGHER THE POWER YOU USE THE DARKER THE IMAGE WILL APPEAR.
  • Page 10 HOW TO USE THE CASSINI IMAGE STABILIZING ELECTRONIC FOCUSER 1. PUT THREE AAA BATTERIES INTO BATTERY HOLDER. 2. INSERT BATTERY HOLDER INTO ELECTRIC FOCUSER COMPARTMENT. 3. CLOSE THE COVER 4. A. TIGHTEN THE RIGHT CLUTCH KNOB TO USE THE FOCUSER ELECTRONICALLY.
  • Page 11 7. USE WIRELESS CONTROL BOX TO CONTROL THE ELECTRIC FOCUSER. (MUST AIM TOWARD IR RECEIVER, MAKE SURE THERE IS NOTHING BLOCKING THE INFRA RED BEAM FROM THE HANDBOX TO THE SENSOR) IR RECEIVER CAUTION: PLEASE REPLACE THE BATTERIES WHEN YOU SEE THE INDICATOR LIGHT OF ELECTRIC FOCUSER FLASHING CONTINUOUSLY, OR WHEN THE FOCUSING BECOMES IRREGULAR.
  • Page 12 CASSINI CQR-800 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS...