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Seben 900-60 Owner's Manual
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Seben Star Commander 900-60 Refractor Telescope
Owner´s Manual
Please read before using this equipment
Deutsche Anleitungen finden Sie zum Download auf:
http://www.seben.com/manuals/
You can download instructions here:
http://www.seben.com/manuals/
Vous pouvez télécharger la notice en français sur:
http://www.seben.com/manuals/
Per il download delle istruzioni in italiano cliccate qui:
http://www.seben.com/manuals/
Puede descargar las instrucciones en español aquí:
http://www.seben.com/manuals/
www.SEBEN.com
Seben GmbH – Ollenhauer Str. 73 -13403 Berlin – Deutschland

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  • Page 1 You can download instructions here: http://www.seben.com/manuals/ Vous pouvez télécharger la notice en français sur: http://www.seben.com/manuals/ Per il download delle istruzioni in italiano cliccate qui: http://www.seben.com/manuals/ Puede descargar las instrucciones en español aquí: http://www.seben.com/manuals/ www.SEBEN.com Seben GmbH – Ollenhauer Str. 73 -13403 Berlin – Deutschland...
  • Page 2 Interesting information for starting By buying a telescope you made the decision to pursue a very interesting and exciting hobby and we congratulate you. We would like to give you a couple of tips upfront. Astronomy isn’t a cinema movie Astronomy isn’t a cinema movie that you watch for a couple of hours without doing anything.
  • Page 3 The magnification can be change as desired through oculars with different focal lengths. Here an example: Telescope Seben 1000/114 > opening 114mm, focal length 1000 > magnification with a 10mm ocular 1000/10 = 100x Light-gathering power The light-gathering power is dependent on the diameter of the objective or the lens of the telescope.
  • Page 4 The color filters are made to increase the contrast when observing planets, so that you can see the details of the surfaces that are hardly recognizable. Seben also offers an astronomy filter package as accessory, which offers you the most important color filters in one package.
  • Page 5 DKA5 this easily. Seben 31,7mm 1,25“ Zoom 8-24mm FMC Telescope Ocular Since 2004, the Seben Zoom 8-24mm FMC Ocular is the most sold Seben ocular of all times and is being used a thousand times by astronomers around the world with the greatest satisfaction.
  • Page 6: Setting Up The Telescope

    Setting up the telescope Put the package on a save underground and open it carefully. Get ALL boxes out of the package, because they are also on one another. Empty boxes are merely there to ensure the transportation. Put all components on a save and flat underground, so that you can see them properly.
  • Page 7 Remove a butterfly nut from one of the three screws and put the screw through the hole, so that the connection of the tripod and the mounting mounting fixated. Now the first leg is mounted and it should look like on the picture here. The tripod mounting, firmly connected (1) and the mounting for the...
  • Page 8 Remove the female screw from the screw and put the screw through the hole. Then screw the female screw in from the other side. Repeat this procedure with the two remaining holders of the holder for the ocular shell. Now you can tighten the ocular shell.
  • Page 9 To continue building, you need the tube, the adjustment rod with a small screw and two screws with the knob. Use the included screwdriver as a tool. Place the tube on the mount. The lateral threads on the tube should be put in the two intakes of the mount.
  • Page 10: First Observations

    You have now successfully assembled the tripod. First observations Mindestens eine halbe Stunde vor Beobachtungsbeginn sollte das Teleskop draußen aufgebaut stehen, damit es abkühlen kann. Please take the lid from your telescope (1), but do not remove the glare shield (2) and remove the cap from the eyepiece. How to use prism and eyepiece with refractors If you own a refractor telescope, first...
  • Page 11 Put an eyepiece with the smallest possible enlargement, ie with a large number (for example, 20mm), in the focuser. The sharpness can be set on the side with the wheels. Look through the telescope and place it on position on the top of the tower.
  • Page 12 How to use reversing lens and barrio lens? First place them in the eyepiece and then insert it into the eyepiece. What to look for in the sky: The moon The moon is the easiest target to find in the night. When it is in the full position, when the entire face is lit, then it bathes the night with a silvery light washing out the rest of the sky from all but the brightest objects.
  • Page 13 If you’re starting with the search for objects then you should first select points from constellations which you can see the whole year. One example would be the Great Bear. In the beginning just watch the sky with the naked eye and find the constellation, a map of the stars is helpful here. Then if you found the constellation, search for the confining main stars.