Celestron 44302, Instruction Manual

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5
Setting Up Your Microscope
1. Carefully remove the microscope and stand from the box and set them on a
table, desk, or other flat surface.
2. Remove the plastic bags covering the microscope and stand.
Microscope Operation
Viewing Objects and Slides – you can view
coins, stamps, currency, gems, plants, foods,
circuit boards, specimen slides, and many other
things. You need to read the information about
focusing, power, and illumination below before
proceeding.
Focusing & Changing Power (Magnification) –
when the microscope is placed directly over the
object or slide; use the focus knob to obtain a
sharp focus. The focus knob takes some getting
used to – rotate past the focus and then back as
you will see how to obtain the best focus position.
After some usage the sharp focus position will be
easy to find.
1. Always start with the lowest power (10 to 40x) which is obtained when the
focus knob is turned to the left as shown above.
2. When the microscope is positioned directly on or over an object, then this will
be 40x. If you hold the microscope slightly above the object the power will