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EI-5248
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  • Page 1 ® EI-5248 Ages 8+ Grades 3+...
  • Page 2 CAUTION: Never look directly at the sun, with or without your telescope. Never aim your telescope at the sun, or anywhere near the sun. Instant and irreversible eye damage can occur, including blindness. Do not let children use the telescope without adult supervision any time the sun is above the horizon.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Introduction ................ Getting Started ..............Let’s Look at Your Vega 600 ..........Assembly Diagram .............. Assembling Your Telescope ..........The Finder Scope ..............Installing Your Finder Scope .......... Aligning Your Finder Scope .......... Using Your Telescope ............

  • Page 4: Introduction

    Introduction Your Vega 600 is a refractor telescope. Refractors were the first types of telescopes invented. A refractor telescope collects light through a large objective lens and directs it through the telescope to the eyepiece for magnification. Your telescope will enable you to see many interesting...

  • Page 5: Let's Look At Your Vega 600

    Let’s Look at Your Vega 600 Familiarize yourself with the parts of your telescope and their purpose. (inside) Azimuth control Altitude control 1. Optical tube: Holds and protects the telescope’s main, or objective, lens. 2. Objective lens: Gathers light from a distant object and brings that light, or image, to a point or focus.

  • Page 6: Assembly Diagram

    Assembly Diagram A. Optical tube F. Eyepiece J. Azimuth lock screw B. Objective lens G. Diagonal mirror K. Tripod height (inside) adjusters C. Dust cap H. Focuser/Focus knob L. Tripod legs D. Dew shield I. Altitude lock bolt and nut E.

  • Page 7: Assembling Your Telescope

    Assembling Your Telescope Use the diagram on page 4 and the directions below to assemble your telescope. 1. Gently pull the aluminum tripod legs (L) apart as far as they will go until the center leg braces sit flat, in a horizontal position. (See Figure 1.) Figure 1 2.
  • Page 8 5. One of the prongs has a cutout that is the exact size and shape as the altitude lock nut. Place the nut in this cutout and hold it in place. Insert the altitude lock bolt from the other side and turn it clockwise to screw it into the nut.

  • Page 9: The Finder Scope

    The Finder Scope The finder scope is a small telescope that sits on your optical tube. It magnifies objects five times and has a light collecting objective lens that is 24mm in diameter. The viewing field of the finder scope is much wider than that of your telescope so it is easier to locate a particular object with the finder scope.

  • Page 10: Aligning Your Finder Scope

    Aligning Your Finder Scope To work effectively, your finder scope must be aligned with your telescope. This is most easily done during the daytime with your low power (20mm) eyepiece in place. 1. Remove the black plastic dust cap (C) from the objective lens (B) at the front of the telescope and look through your telescope to locate an easily recognizable object as far away as you can—at least 300 feet away.

  • Page 11: Choosing An Eyepiece For Viewing

    See page 10 for directions for using your erecting eyepiece. Choosing an Eyepiece for Viewing Your Vega 600 comes with two different eyepieces—a 20mm eyepiece and a 9mm eyepiece. The eyepieces offer you a range of viewing powers or magnifications. Eyepieces are measured and labeled in “mm”...

  • Page 12: Using Your Telescope For Terrestrial Viewing

    Using Your Telescope for Terrestrial Viewing To view terrestrial (land) subjects, your telescope comes with an erecting eyepiece, or image erector. This special component orients objects so that you can view them as you would with your naked eye. Follow these directions to use the erecting eyepiece: 1.

  • Page 13: Frequently Asked Questions

    Frequently Asked Questions 1. Why is the image in my telescope eyepiece upside-down and/or backwards? If you have inserted your eyepiece directly into the telescope’s focusing tube, you will see an image that is upside-down and backwards. If you have inserted the diagonal mirror into the focusing tube and then placed the eyepiece into the diagonal mirror, your image will be right-side up, but it will still appear backwards or reversed.

  • Page 14: Observing The Night Sky

    Observing the Night Sky Your telescope can bring you the moon and stars—and some planets, too. Planets The planets are our solar system companions. They range in size from Pluto, a rocky planet smaller than our moon, to Jupiter, a giant gas ball that could hold 1,000 Earths.
  • Page 15 Here are a few interesting lunar features to look for: Mare Crisium Mare Crisium (“Sea of Crises“) is actually a huge plain formed when great lava flows cooled and hardened on the moon’s surface. Crater Copernicus Crater Copernicus is a bright crater with a huge encircling ring of debris that was thrown out of the crater when it was formed by an impacting meteor more than 100 million years ago.

  • Page 16: Learning More About Astronomy

    “astrolinks“ section to many other outstanding sites Caring for Your Telescope Take good care of your Vega 600 and it will provide you with many hours of viewing excitement. Storage Your telescope should be stored, fully assembled, in a clean, dry, and dust-free environment.

  • Page 17: Optics

    Optics Optical components of a telescope will get dirty over time. However, a considerable amount of dirt or dust must be present on the optical surface before you will notice the effect visually. Follow these suggestions to maintain your telescope’s optics in the best possible condition: 1.
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