•Two Plossl Eyepieces at www.zhumell.com. Please let us know about your experiences •Cooling Fan (10’’ and 12’’ Models) with your Zhumell telescope. We would like to hear your feed- •Allen Wrench (for assembly) back and see your astrophotographs. Enjoy your Zhumell.
PTICAL LARGE BOX 1 - Optical tube with side bearings, Your Zhumell Dobsonian telescope is packed in two boxes. One box finderscope mounting slot, includes the optical tube and accessories; the other box contains the mount Crayford focuser, and two dust and accessories.
6. Screw 3-sided unit onto top base plate. The SSEMBLING YOUR ELESCOPE base plate screw insets (shown) must face SSEMBLY away from the side brace assembly. Note: You will need a user-supplied Phillips screwdriver and a user- 7 . Place bottom base plate supplied adjustable wrench to assemble the telescope.
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PTICAL SSEMBLY SSEMBLING YOUR ELESCOPE 20. After attaching spring assembly SSEMBLY CONTINUED to mount, lift and place optical 13. Screw the handle onto the outside surface of the tube onto base assembly (side front brace. bearings slide into rounded slots). 14.
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SSEMBLING YOUR ELESCOPE SING YOUR ELESCOPE INDERSCOPE SSEMBLY You are now ready to use your telescope. Make certain that you remove the 26. Locate finderscope, finderscope dust cover on the optical tube prior to viewing. bracket, and o-ring. 1.25“ E NSTALLING EMOVING YEPIECES...
OCUSING THE MAGE SING YOUR ELESCOPE Zhumell Dobsonian Telescopes feature a high-quality Crayford focuser which 2“ E NSTALLING EMOVING YEPIECES allows the viewer to achieve a rough focus quickly by pushing or pulling the 1. Loosen the two thumbscrews that focus tube and fine focusing of the image using the focus knobs.
LEANING PTICAL OMPONENTS of your telescope. This procedure is called collimation. Zhumell Dobsonian A telescope is carefully aligned during construction and great care should telescopes come with a 1.25’’ format laser collimator to make aligning be taken to maintain this alignment over the life of the telescope. Cleaning the mirrors in your telescope easier.
Be sure to screw the spring system bolts back Can I use the optical tube from my Dobsonian on any other mounts? into the optical tube so that they do not get lost.
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Please enjoy your Zhumell telescope. If you have any questions, comments, or stories about expe- riences with your Zhumell telescope, we would like to hear them. We are confident that you will be pleased with your new Zhumells and hope to hear from you soon.
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