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Summary of Contents for ORION TELESCOPES & BINOCULARS SkyView Pro 9829
- Page 1 INSTRUCTION MANUAL ® Orion ™ SkyView Pro EQ Mount #9829 Customer Support (800)-676-1343 E-mail: support@telescope.com Corporate Offices (831)-763-7000 P.O. Box 1815, Santa Cruz, CA 95061 Providing Exceptional Consumer Optical Products Since 1975 IN 195 Rev. B 03/06...
- Page 2 Declination lock lever (opposite side) Right ascension lock lever (opposite side) Declination slow-motion control-knob Tube ring mounting plate Safety thumbscrew Mounting plate securing knob Right ascension slow-motion Counterweight shaft control knob Counterweights Latitude scale Latitude adjustment L-bolts Counterweight lock knobs Center support shaft Tripod support tray Tripod leg...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
ongratulations on your purchase of a quality Orion mount. Your new SkyView Pro Equatorial Mount was developed to work with many different telescope optical tubes. Designed for astronomical use, this precision 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
Place the knob washer on the center support shaft against the tray, and follow it by threading the securing knob all the way up the center support shaft until it is tight against the tray. The tripod support tray provides additional stability for the tripod, and holds up to five 1.25"... -
Page 5: Setting Up And Using The
Dec. slow-motion control knob Dec. setting circle Dec. lock lever Front opening R.A. set- R.A. lock lever ting-circle R.A. slow-motion control knob Polar axis finder-scope (optional) Latitude scale Latitude adjustment L-bolts Figure 4. The SkyView Pro Equatorial Mount, shown from both sides. 3. - Page 6 Azimuth adjustment knobs Figure 6. For polar alignment, position the tripod so that the "N" label at the base of the mount faces north. The azimuth fine adjustment knobs above it are used to make small adjustments to the mount’s azimuth position. Be certain to loosen the tripod attachment knob on the central support shaft before adjusting these knobs.
- Page 7 Cassiopeia and the Big Dipper in the reticle. They do not appear in scale, but they indicate the general posi- tions of Cassiopeia and the Big Dipper relative to the north celestial pole (which is indicated by the cross at the center of the reticle).
- Page 8 Dec. setting celestial equator, values of the declination setting circle are circle negative. Dec. indicator So, the coordinates for the Orion Nebula listed in a star arrows Dec. setting atlas will look like this: circle R.A. 5h 35.4m Dec. –5° 27' thumbscrew R.A.
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Page 9: Specifications
can’t do it with the counterweights down as pictured in Figure 1. Again, you have to rotate the scope in right ascen- sion so that the counterweight shaft is positioned horizon- tally. Then rotate the scope in declination so it points to where you want it near the horizon. - Page 12 One-Year Limited Warranty This Orion SkyView Pro EQ Mount is warranted against defects in materials or workmanship for a period of one year from the date of purchase. 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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