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- Page 1 Library Edition TableTop Telescope Instruction Manual Orion StarMax 90 TableTop Maksutov-Cassigrain Telescope Based on the Orion TableTop Telescopes Instruction Manual Donated by:...
- Page 2 Illustration 1: Telescope Parts - side view right side up terrestrial images, however they will Cautions be mirror images, as will the celestial images. Do not point the telescope at the sun. Looking Telescope parts (see at the Sun with this telescope can cause eye damage and blindness.
- Page 3 telescope to be positioned fore and aft in the mount for balance and stowage. Three indentations on the Dovetail bar are used for this purpose. The telescope tube must be supported by your hand when moving from one indentation position to another. 90º...
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Page 4: Unstowing The Telescope From The Vertical Storage Position
2. Loosen the Altitude adjustment knob (Illustration 2) enough so the telescope can be rotated into a horizontal position with the Telescope securing knob pointing up, and tighten. Illustration 4: Telescope securing knob in the forward storage indentation in the Illustration 3: Vertical Storage Position Dovetail bar 3. -
Page 5: Operating The Ez Finder Ii Reflex Sight
movement. The telescope was designed tension between the optical tube and the specifically for visual observation of astronomical altazimuth base to find the right level of tension objects in the night sky. to properly move and balance the telescope. (Refer to Illustration 2 to identify the Altitude 4. -
Page 6: Aligning The Ez Finder Ii Reflex Sight
superimposes a dot on the sky, showing exactly Aligning the EZ Finder II Reflex Sight where the telescope is pointed. The EZ Finder II works by projecting a tiny red dot produced by a When the EZ Finder II is properly aligned with light emitting diode(LED), not a laser beam, onto the telescope an object that is centered on reflex a lens mounted in the front of the unit. -
Page 7: Replacing The Battery
At the end of your observing session, be sure to If at all possible, escape the light-polluted city sky turn the power knob counterclockwise until it and head for darker country skies. You will be clicks off. When the two white dots on the EZ amazed at how many more objects are visible in a Finder II’s body and power knob are lined up, the dark sky! -
Page 8: Tracking Celestial Objects
or other conditions that are hindering your of Saturn, craters on the Moon, the waxing and waning of Venus, and many bright binary stars. viewing. Deep-sky objects are generally too faint at the Tracking Celestial Objects magnifications employed by this Maksutov- Cassigrain telescope, but a few are bright enough. - Page 9 “terminator”). A full Moon is too bright and look like giant “ears” on each side of Saturn’s devoid of surface shadows to yield a pleasing disk. A steady atmosphere (good seeing) is view. However it is the best time to trace out necessary for a good view.
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Page 10: Viewing Hints
Even bright nebulas like the Orion and vision. If your eyes are astigmatic, images will Lagoon Nebulas lose much of their delicate detail. -
Page 11: Mutual Jovian Satellite Events
probably appear best with glasses on. This is This shows a very realistic sky. because a telescope’s focuser can accommodate Sky Charts: http://astrosurf.com/astropc/. • for nearsightedness or farsightedness, but not This is a good program for use out with astigmatism. Astigmatism, however, is less a the telescope. - Page 12 Mizar (ζ Ursa Majoris) and Alcor. Mizar, at the bend in the handle of the Big Dipper has a dim and challenging naked eye companion Alcor. The ability to see the pair was an ancient eye test. In a Antares (α Scorpii) is the bright red giant star in Scorpius.
- Page 13 Milky Way, unless they are close to us, or very old. For 2015, the planet Jupiter will be between Cancer and Leo. It was removed from the chart. Also distant star cluster M67 in on the chart. It is small and faint with a lot more stars than the Beehive and will be a challenge to spot.
- Page 14 Great Hercules Globular Cluster, M13 is the finest The Great Orion Nebula, M42 is the brightest globular star cluster in the northern hemisphere of nebula or cloud of gas in the sky. It is a place the sky. It is visible from late spring to early where stars are forming.
- Page 15 The first chart is one of the constellation of Orion. The second image is the southern part of Orion showing the nebula better. Orion is a winter constellation. - 15 -...