User manual ORION TELESCOPES & BINOCULARS TRANSPORTER MINEQ NEW

[. . . ] INSTRUCTION MANUAL Orion Transporter 70 Min-EQTM ® #9859 Tabletop Equatorial Refracting Telescope Customer Support (800) 676-1343 E-mail: support@telescope. com Corporate Offices (831) 763-7000 Providing Exceptional Consumer Optical Products Since 1975 P. O. Box 1815, Santa Cruz, CA 95061 IN 193 Rev. A 06/02 EZ Finder II reflex sight Eyepiece Declination lock knob Declination setting circle Star diagonal Declination slow motion control cable Counterweight shaft Counterweight Counterweight lock knob R. A. slow motion control cable Azimuth lock knob Latitude adjustment T-bolt Tripod leg Figure 1. [. . . ] Identify a bright star in the sky near the celestial equator (Dec. = 0°) and look up its coordinates in a star atlas. lock knobs on the equatorial mount, so the telescope optical tube can move freely. Point the telescope at the bright star whose coordinates you know. Center the star in the telescope's field of view with the slow-motion control cables. Rotate the setting circle until the metal arrow indicates the R. A. coordinate listed in the star atlas for the object. Finding Objects With the Setting Circles Now that both setting circles are calibrated, look up in a star atlas the coordinates of an object you wish to view. lock knob and rotate the telescope until the Dec. value from the star atlas matches the reading on the Dec. setting circle are positive when the telescope is pointing north of the celestial equator (Dec. = 0°), and negative when the telescope is pointing south of the celestial equator. lock knob and rotate the telescope until the R. A. value from the star atlas matches the reading on 7 Figure 6a Figure 6b Figure 6c Figure 6d Figure 6a, 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 been moved on the R. A. Remember to use the upper set of numbers on the R. A. Most setting circles are not accurate enough to put an object dead-center in the telescope's eyepiece, but they should place the object somewhere within the field of view of the EZ Finder II, assuming the equatorial mount is accurately polar aligned. Use the slow-motion controls to center the object in the EZ Finder II, and it should appear in the telescope's field of view. setting circle must be re-calibrated every time you wish to locate a new object. Do so by calibrating the setting circle for the centered object before moving on to the next one. Beginners occasionally experience some confusion about how to point the telescope overhead or in other directions. [. . . ] Place the slow motion control cables in with the mount. Then, place the padded compartment separator on top of the mount and secure it in place with the velcro to form the top compartment of the carry case. Place the optical tube in the top compartment of the carry case. The star diagonal and eyepieces should go into the carry case's front pocket. 8. [. . . ]