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- Page 1 STAR Program (Sharing Telescopes and Astronomical Resources) Please read this BEFORE Orion StarBlast 4.5” Telescope using telescope. Instruction Manual www.cornerstonesofscience.org PO Box 955 14 Maine St., Suite 215 Brunswick, ME 04011...
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Page 2: Telescope Parts
This telescope was modified by Warning The Southern Maine Astronomers The SMA is a state chartered nonprofit educational organization, promoting public Never look directly at the Sun awareness of astronomy. We hold public star parties, demonstrations, presentations and through your telescope or its finder discussions, all free of charge. -
Page 3: Getting Started
Getting Started Getting Started Now that you have the telescope at home, Try out the telescope during the day: please get familiar with the different parts and DO NOT LOOK AT THE SUN! You will functions shown on page 3. The brief explana- permanently damage your eyes. -
Page 4: Operating The Ez Finder
Getting Started Focusing may be difficult when viewing at night to the upright part of the base), to find the right using high power, if the air is turbulent. Zoom level of tension. down for a clear, sharp image. Better to be small Rotate the telescope on the base to the north and clearly see Saturn’s rings than a fuzzy ball. - Page 5 Getting Started left or right to place the red dot in line with the object. Check the eyepiece to keep the object centered. Turn the EZ Elevation adjustment up or down to place the red dot on the object. Re-check the eyepiece for the centered object and fine adjust the red dot on the object.
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Page 6: Observing The Night Sky
How to Stargaze Observing the Night Sky When in view, planets will look small, but you Each session with your telescope will be a might be able to see a bright Venus, cloud learning experience. It will get easier to use bands on Jupiter, the rings of Saturn, a dusty and stellar objects will become easier to find. - Page 7 How to Stargaze Stargazing Checklist Wait for a night that is clear and dark as Plan a break for food and drink, indoors, you can see more stars when the Moon is not away from the telescope shining brightly. Get away from streetlights. If you go to www.southernmaineastronomers.
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Page 8: Objects To Observe
How to Stargaze Objects to Observe The Moon map below is oriented as you would see it in the eyepiece…upside down and flipped. The Moon is one of the easiest and most interesting targets to view with your telescope. Lunar craters, seas, and even mountain ranges can all be clearly seen from a distance of 238,000 miles! With its ever-changing phases, you’ll get a... - Page 9 How to Stargaze With the right atmospheric conditions, you can see all of these objects with this telescope! The collage on page 16 shows some of what that might be mistaken for comets. The list of you can view in this telescope at different times 110 Messier objects includes some of the of the year.
- Page 10 How to Stargaze Conditions for Observing atmospheric turbulence causes objects viewed through the telescope to look fuzzy and hard to Seeing and Transparency: Atmospheric focus. If you cannot focus on a star or anything conditions vary significantly from night to night, else, pack up and go have a cup of hot chocolate, caused mostly by the jet stream flowing west tea or coffee and watch Cosmos.
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Page 11: Additional Information
Resources Astronomy Clubs in Maine Additional Information Acadia Astronomical Society: www.cornerstonesofscience.org/videos acadiaastronomicalsociety@gmail.com www.spaceweather.com Astronomical Society of Northern New www.kidsastronomy.com England (Kennebunk area): www.asnne.org www.eyesonthesky.com Celestial Observers Guild (Skowhegan area): www.cogastronomy.org and www.facebook.com/pages/Celestial- Books Observers-Guild/189330281140020 Nightwatch, by Terrence Dickinson Central Maine Astronomers (Mid-coast and Central Maine): www.maineastro.com Constellations of the Night Sky, by Bruce LaFontaine, a Dover Coloring Book...
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