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Before looking through your telescope for
the first time
Before you look at something for the first
time, you must coordinate the finderscope
and the telescope lens. You have to position
the finderscope in such a way that you see
the same thing through it as you do through
the eyepiece of the telescope. This is the only
way you can use your finderscope to hone in
roughly on objects before you observe the-
se objects magnified through the telescope
eyepiece.
Coordinating the finderscope and the
telescope
Look through the telescope eyepiece and
hone in on a far away object that you can see
well (for instance, a church tower). Focus in
on the object with the focus knob in the way
shown in figure 11.
Important: The object must be located in the
middle of your field of vision when you look
through the telescope eyepiece.
Tip: If you loosen the locating screws for the
vertical fine adjustment and the vertical axis,
you will be able to move the telescope to the
right and left, up and down. When you have
the object well placed in your field of vision,
you can retighten the locating screws and fix
the position of the telescope.
Look through the telescope eyepiece and
hone in on a far away object that you can see
well (for instance, a church tower). Focus in
on the object with the focus knob in the way
shown in figure 11.
Important: The object must be located in the
middle of your field of vision when you look
through the telescope eyepiece.
Tip: If you loosen the locating screws for the
vertical fine adjustment and the vertical axis,
you will be able to move the telescope to the
right and left, up and down. When you have
the object well placed in your field of vision,
you can retighten the locating screws and fix
the position of the telescope.
Next, look through the finderscope. You will
see the image of the object you honed in on
in the crosshairs. The image will be upside
down.
Note: The image you see through the fin-
derscope is upside down because the lenses
are inverting it. This is completely normal, and
not an error.
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