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SKY-WATCHER 1501EQ5 Instruction Manual

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INSTRUCTION MANUAL
Optical Tube: 150mm/1000mm Equatorial Mount: EQ5
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FOR 1501EQ5
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Dust Cap (not shown)
Remove before Viewing
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Focus Tube
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Finderscope
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Finderscope Bracket
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Finderscope Adjustment
Screws
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Eyepiece
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Focus Knob
Piggyback Bracket
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Telescope Main Body
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Mounting Plate
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R.A. Control Knob
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Polorscope Holder
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Altitude Adjustment T-bolts
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Azimuth Adjustment Knob
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Counterweight
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Counterweight Thumb
Screw
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Counterweight Knob
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R.A. Lock Level
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Dec. Lock Level
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Dec. Control Knob
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Tube Rings
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Accessory Tray
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Tripod Leg

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  • Page 1 INSTRUCTION MANUAL FOR 1501EQ5 Optical Tube: 150mm/1000mm Equatorial Mount: EQ5 Dust Cap (not shown) Remove before Viewing Focus Tube Finderscope Finderscope Bracket Finderscope Adjustment Screws Eyepiece Focus Knob Piggyback Bracket Telescope Main Body Mounting Plate R.A. Control Knob Polorscope Holder...
  • Page 2 Highest Practical 300x If you are interested in submitting telephotographs taken with Power Fainest Steller Sky-Watcher telescopes, or articles concerning any Sky-Watcher 13.6 Magnitude products, please call us at 604-241-7027. Resolving Power (arc sec.) Finderscope 6x30 1.25"...
  • Page 3 SETTING UP TRIPOD (1), (2) RIPOD 1) Locate equatorial mount/tripod head. 2) Locate and loosen the knurled knob at bottom SET UP of the mount to seperate the tripod head. 3) Lie tripod head on its side. Fasten the tripod legs to tripod head using the machine screws.
  • Page 4 ATTACHING THE TUBE RINGS TO MOUNT(8) 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. 2) Once the object has been centered in the tele- scope view, ensure all the lock knobs on the mount are tightened. Fig.a 3) Use the alignment screws to center the finder- scope crosshairs on the object seen in the telescope view (Fig.a).
  • Page 6 OPERATING YOUR TELESCOPE Fig.d The equatorial mount has controls for both conventional altitude Altitude adjustment (up-down) and azimuthal (left-right) directions of motion. Use the altitude adjustment T-bolts for altitude adjustments. These allow fine-adjustment for setting the mount to your local latitude. The Azimuth azimuthal axis is changed by the two azimuth adjustment knobs adjustment...
  • 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...