Attaching The Telescope To The Mount - Celestron Firstscope 80 AZ Instruction Manual

Slow
Motion
Shaft
Set
Screw |
Metal
Slow Sleeve
Motion
Cable
Figure 2-2
This illustration shows the
correct orientation of the
metal sleeve relative to the
slow motion shaft.
Attaching the Telescope
to the Mount
You are ready to attach the slow motion control knobs.
1. Retract the set screw on the metal sleeve of the slow motion control knobs until
it no longer extends into the inner diameter. The metal sleeve is on the opposite
end of the cable from the slow motion knob.
2. Slide the end of the metal sleeve over one of the two shafts protruding
from the mount. Make sure that the set screw on the metal sleeve is over the flat
part of the shaft (see figure 2-2).
The shaft on the right side of the telescope platform controls altitude adjust¬
ments while the one on the left controls azimuth adjustments (see figure 2-3).
3. Tighten the set screws to hold the slow motion control cables in place.
The optical tube is held to the mount with two mounting rings. On the bottom of
the mounting rings are square extrusions — one on each ring. This portion of the
ring sits on top of the mounting platform to hold the telescope in place.
1. Slightly loosen the screws that hold the mounting rings on the telescope in
place.
2. Slide the rings apart so that each is at the same distance as the holes in the
mounting platform.
3. Place the telescope tube on the mount and orient it so that the objective lens is
opposite the slow motion control handles.
4. Align the holes on the square extrusions with the holes at the ends of the
mounting platform.
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