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Celestron PowerSeeker 80 Quick Setup Manual

Celestron powerseeker 80: quick setup

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PowerSeeker 80
Item# 21048
1
Your PowerSeeker 80 includes: optical tube w/ tube
rings & lens shade attached; tripod with center
support bracket; equatorial mount; two eyepieces; a
3x barlow lens, finderscope; 5 lb. counterweight;
counterweight bar; star diagonal; two slow motion
cables; eyepiece accessory tray;The Sky™ CD
software; documentation including owner's manual.
4
All three legs should be the same length to
provide a level platform for the telescope.
7
Locate the equatorial mount and place the
base of the mount through the hole in the
center of the tripod mounting platform.
Item #31132
Celestron Technical Support: 310
2
To set up the tripod, spread the legs outward
until they are fully extended. Extend the center
portion of each of the three tripod legs down 6-
8".
5
Place the accessory tray on top of the tripod's
center leg brace. Thread the tray into the
threaded hole in the center of the leg brace.
8
From underneath the tripod mounting platform,
thread the mounting bolt with washer into the
threaded hole on the bottom of the equatorial
mount.
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3
Use the three tightening screws located at the
bottom of each leg to secure the extended legs
in place.
6
Properly assembled, the accessory tray should
appear as pictured above.
9
Thread the latitude adjustment screw into the
equatorial mount until it is touching the inside
of the mount.
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Summary of Contents for Celestron PowerSeeker 80

  • Page 1 PowerSeeker 80 Item# 21048 Your PowerSeeker 80 includes: optical tube w/ tube rings & lens shade attached; tripod with center support bracket; equatorial mount; two eyepieces; a 3x barlow lens, finderscope; 5 lb. counterweight; counterweight bar; star diagonal; two slow motion cables;...
  • Page 2 Place the tube on the mount by lining up the screws with the mouting holes on the mount. The dec cable should be extending towards the focuser end of the telescope tube. Insert the chrome barrel of the 20mm eyepiece into the focuser and tighten the set screw.

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