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Your First Look
WARNING!
22 + Getting Started
With the telescope fully assembled and all the accessories attached you are
ready for your first look. Your first look should be done in the daytime
when it will be easier to locate the locking clamps and slow motion adjust-
ment knobs. This will help to familiarize you with your telescope, thus
making it easier to use at night.
Daytime Observing
To use your C4.5 in the daytime:
NEVER POINT YOUR TELESCOPE AT THE SUN UNLESS YOU HAVE
THE PROPER SOLAR FILTER. PERMANENT AND IRREVERSIBLE EYE
DAMAGE MA Y RESULT AS WELL AS DAMAGE TO YOUR TELE-
SCOPE. ALSO, NEVER LEAVE YOUR TELESCOPE UNATTENDED
DURING A DAYTIME OBSERVING SESSION, ESPECIALLY WHEN
CHILDREN ARE PRESENT.
1.
Finda
distant object that is fairly conspicuous.
2. Insert a low power eyepiece (one with a large focal length) into the
telescope.
3.
Release the R.A. and DEC clamps and point the telescope at the object
you selected.
4. Locate the object in your finder.
5. Lock the R.A. and DEC clamps.
6. Use the slow motion knobs to center the object in the field of the finder.
7. Once centered, look through the main optics and the object will be there
(if you aligned the finder first).
Try using different eyepieces to see how the field changes with various
magnifications. Keep in mind that the image viewed through your C4.5 is
inverted. As a result, it is not as desirable for terrestrial viewing. This type
of viewing session is primarily to familiarize yourself with the basic opera-
tion of your C4.5 before using it under dark skies.
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