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Secondary
mirror holder
Altazimuth
tabletop base
Figure 1a:
The SkyScanner 100 TableTop Telescope
Congratulations on your purchase of a TableTop
telescope. The TableTop will provide years of enjoy-
ment of many night-sky treasures including breath-
taking views of the Moon, planets, and even some
bright deep sky objects. The Maksutov-Cassegrain
and refractor models are also suitable for exploring
terrestrial vistas.
Your new TableTop is easy to setup and use. It will arrive
almost fully assembled out of the box! Only the visual acces-
sories need to be installed. These include the EZ Finder II
Reflex Sight, the eyepiece, and in the case of the GoScope
80 and StarMax 90, the diagonal.
The following instructions will help you to get the maximum
performance from your new telescope, please read them
thoroughly.
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Focuser
Telescope
securing knob
20mm
eyepiece
Focus knobs
EZ Finder II
Reflex Sight
TableTop Parts
All TableTop Models:
25mm (20mm for #9541 and #9549) eyepiece: The eyepiece
is the part of the telescope that you actually look through to
see things. The focal length of the eyepiece and the telescope
determines the magnifying power. Magnification is discussed
in more detail in the Using Your Telescope section
10mm eyepiece: The higher-power eyepiece that comes with
the TableTop. Eyepieces are discussed in the Magnification
section.
EZ Finder II reflex sight: This is a special "finder" that helps
you aim the telescope and locate objects in the sky for view-
ing. The EZ Finder II generates a red LED "dot" that shows
where your telescope is aimed. The use of the EZ Finder II is
discussed in the Getting Started section.
Optical tube: This is the main component of the telescope.
Altitude tension adjustment knob: By tightening and loos-
ening this knob, you can change the amount tension in the
altitude (up/down) motion of the telescope.
Optical tube
Primary
mirror cell
Photo tripod
adapter
(refer to Figure 1a-d):
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