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- Page 1 Manual orion ® astroView ™ Equatorial Mount #9822 AstroView Equatorial Mount customer support (800) 676-1343 E-mail: support@telescope.com corporate offices (831) 763-7000 89 Hangar Way, Watsonville, ca 95076 Providing Exceptional Consumer Optical Products Since 1975 IN 192 Rev. B 02/09...
- Page 2 Declination slow-motion control cable Right ascension slow-motion control cable Declination lock lever Right ascension lock lever Polar axis finder scope Large counterweight Latitude scale Small counterweight Counterweight lock knobs Latitude adjustment T-bolts Counterweight shaft “Toe saver” Tripod leg Accessory tray bracket Leg lock knob Accessory tray Figure 1.
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Orion mount. Your new AstroView Equatorial Mount was developed to work with many different telescope optical tubes. Designed for astronomical use, this preci- sion mount allows convenient “tracking” of celestial objects as they move slowly across the sky, so they remain within your eyepiece’s field of view. -
Page 4: Attaching A Telescope
Orion sells a variety of telescope tube rings, please visit our website at telescope.com for details. To 7. Remove the knurled “toe saver” retaining screw on the bot-... -
Page 5: Setting Up And Using The Equatorial Mount
Figure 4a Figure 4b Figure 4c Figure 4d Figure 4a, b, c, d. Proper operation of the equatorial mount requires that the telescope tube be balanced on both the R.A. and Dec. axes. (a) With the R.A. lock lever released, slide the counterweight along the counterweight shaft until it just counterbalances the tube. (b) When you let go with both hands, the tube should not drift up or down. - Page 6 Little Dipper (in Ursa Minor) N.C.P. Big Dipper (in Ursa Major) Polaris Cassiopeia Azimuth fine adjustment knobs Figure 6. To find Polaris in the night sky, look north and find the Big Dipper. Extend an imaginary line from the two "Pointer Stars" in the bowl of the Big Dipper.
- Page 7 aligning the Polar axis Finder scope the housing to redirect the crosshairs of the polar finder to the apparent center of this circular path. Repeat this proce- Aligning the polar axis finder scope so that it will accurately dure until the position that the crosshairs point to does not point at the true north pole is a two-step procedure.
- Page 8 Dec. setting circle are negative. use of the r.a. and Dec. So, the coordinates for the Orion Nebula listed in a star atlas slow-Motion control cables will look like this: The R.A. and Dec. slow-motion control cables allow fine R.A.
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Page 9: Specifications
Figure 8a Figure 8b Figure 8c Figure 8d Figure 8a,b,c,d. This illustration shows the telescope pointed in the four cardinal directions: (a) North, (b) South, (c) East, (d) West. Note that the tripod and mount have not been moved; only the telescope tube has move on the R.A. and Dec. axis. circles for finding objects;... - Page 10 This warranty is for the benefit of the original retail purchaser only. During this warranty period Orion Telescopes & Binoculars will repair or replace, at Orion’s option, any warranted instrument that proves to be defective, provided it is returned postage paid to: Orion Warranty Repair, 89 Hangar Way, Watsonville, CA 95076.
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