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INSTRUCTION MANUAL
Optical Tube: 70mm/900mm
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FOR 709EQ
Equatorial Mount: EQ
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Dust Cap (not shown)
Remove before Viewing
Objective Lens
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Sun Shade
Telescope Main Body
Finderscope
Finderscope Bracket
Alignment Screws
Eyepiece
Diagonal
Focus Tube
Focus Knob
Dec. Flexible Control
Cable
Altitude Adjustable T-Bolt
R.A. Flexible Control Cable
Counterweight
Counterweight Thumb
screw
Counterweight Rod
Hour Axis Scale
R.A. Lock Knob
Dec. Scale
Dec. Lock Knob
Tube Ring
Accessory Tray
Tripod Leg
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- Page 1 INSTRUCTION MANUAL FOR 709EQ Equatorial Mount: EQ Optical Tube: 70mm/900mm Dust Cap (not shown) Remove before Viewing Objective Lens (not shown) Sun Shade Telescope Main Body Finderscope Finderscope Bracket Alignment Screws Eyepiece Diagonal Focus Tube Focus Knob Dec. Flexible Control...
- Page 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Assembling Your Telescope Tripod Set up Telescope Assembly Finderscope Assembly Eyepiece Assembly Operating Your Telescope Aligning the Finderscope Balancing Telescope Using the Equatorial Mount (EQ) Using the Oculars Proper Care for Your Telescope Suggested Reading Follow the instructions for your specific Never use your telescope to look directly at the sun.
- Page 3 RIPOD SET UP ATTACHING MOUNT TO TRIPOD (1) 1) Locate Tripod legs and EQ mount/tripod head. 2) Fasten tripod legs to the bottom of the mount using bolts and wingnuts already attached to the top of each tripod leg. Align the tripod legs so that the hinge for the accessory tray faces inwards.
- Page 4 ATTACHING THE TUBE RINGS TO MOUNT(5) ELESCOPE 1) Remove the telescope tube from its plastic packaging. ASSEMBLY 2) Remove the tube rings from telescope by releasing their thumb nuts and opening their hinges. 3) Using the bolts provided, fasten the tube rings to the mount with the 10mm wench provided.
- Page 5 OPERATING YOUR TELESCOPE 1) Focus the telescope eyepiece on a distant object. Fig.a 2) Once the object has been centered in the telescope view, ensure the locking screws are tightened. 3) Use the three alignment screws to center the finderscope crosshairs on the object seen in the telescope view (Fig.a).
- Page 6 OPERATING YOUR TELESCOPE Fig.c The equatorial mount has controls for both conventional Altitude adjustment altitude (up-down) and azimuthal(left-right) directions of (up-down) motion. These two directions are recommended for large direction changes and for terrestial viewing. Use the large knurled knob near the base of the mount for azimuthal adjustments, and the altitude adjustment T-bolts for altitude Azimuth adjustment adjustments.
- Page 7 SUGGESTED READING Beginner's Guide to Amateur Astronomy: Astrophotography for the Amateur by Michael Covington (Cambridge University Press, An Owner's Manual for the Night Sky by David J. Cambridge, UK, 2nd edition,1999). Eicher and, Michael Emmerich (Kalmbach Publishing Co., Books Division, Waukesha, WI, 1993). Splendors of the Universe: A Practical Guide to Photographing the Night Sky by Terence Dickinson NightWatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the...
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