Celestron 44302-A Instruction Manual page 5

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1. Carefully remove the microscope and stand from the box and set them on
a table, desk, or other flat surface.
2. Remove the plastic bags covering the microscope and stand.
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Viewing Objects and Slides — You can view coins,
stamps, currency, gems, plants, foods, circuit boards,
specimen slides, and many other things. You need
to read the information about focusing, power, and
illumination below before proceeding.
Focusing & Changing Power (Magnification) —
When the microscope is placed directly over the
object or slide; use the focus knob to obtain a sharp
focus. The focus knob takes some getting used to –
rotate past the focus and then back as you will see
how to obtain the best focus position. After some
usage the sharp focus position will be easy to find.
1. Always start with the lowest power (10 to 40x)
which is obtained when the focus knob is turned
to the left as shown above.
2. When the microscope is positioned directly on or over an object, then this
will be 40x. If you hold the microscope slightly above the object the power
will decrease gradually to 10x as you move further away (up to about 1" or
25 mm). You will have to refocus at each position.
3. For high power, you will move the focus knob almost all the way to the
right which will give you 150x. At the high power, your views will be greatly
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