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C8 & Celestron Advanced GT

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Summary of Contents for NexStar 8

Page 1: ... In the following the setup of this telescope and the mount will be explained step by step Description Used parts Telescope after the corresponding step 1 One needs to carefully choose the place where the telescope should be placed For example the relevant part of the sky needs to be visible the dome covers a certain part of the sky when the telescope is setup on the roof and the cables of the pow...

Page 2: ...iki Printed on 2021 10 09 17 28 2 The tripod is the backbone of the telescope 3 This disk is used to stabilize the legs of the tripod from the inside The rod that punctures this disk will be screwed with the side showing the thread from below into the basis of the tripod This needs to be done until the thread is completely visible on the other side The rod should now be vertically slidable ...

Page 3: ...corresponding housing of the mount 5 In the next step the counterweight bar and the counterweights needs to attached to the back end of the mount First the counterweight bar needs to thread into the opening of the declination axis Afterwards the screw at the end of the counterweight bar can be removed and the counterweight can be place and ﬁxated on the counterweight bar Subsequently the screw can...

Page 4: ...ps polaris astro physik uni potsdam de wiki Printed on 2021 10 09 17 28 6 In the next step the tube needs to be attached to the mount The tube is equipped with a so called dove tail the orange thing that allows a quick and easy attachment of the tube to the mount Simply insert the dovetail into the clamp of the mount and tighten the screw of the clamp ...

Page 5: ...ards the hand terminal and the power supply can be connected to the telescope Both can be simply plugged into the labeled ports of the mount For the hand terminal the corresponding holder should be attached to the tripod ﬁrst so that it can be safely stored 8 Subsequently the cover can be removed from the tube ...

Page 6: ...hat it cannot fall oﬀ when the telescope is moving 10 Before using the telescope you have to tare the rotation axes First lose the clutch knobs ﬁxing the right ascension axis until you can freely move the telescope around this axis Now adjust the position of the counterweight such that there is no movement along this axis anymore Tighten the clutch knobs again and repeat this procedure for the dec...

Page 7: ... to be justiﬁed To do this they need to be move to the index positions as illustrated in the image 12 Now the alignment can be performed This procedure is very similar to the one of our C11 with the exception that the mount will not automatically move to the index positions but fortunately you already did this in the step before ...

Page 8: ... features like hibernation do not diﬀer from the CGE Pro and can be found in the article on the C11 Troubleshooting Known error sources and their solutions can be found here Additional documentation More details on the Celestron Advanced GT and the C8 can be found in the corresponding manuals in the lab course room From https polaris astro physik uni potsdam de wiki OST Wiki Permanent link https p...

Page 9: ...2021 10 09 17 28 9 9 C8 Celestron Advanced GT OST Wiki https polaris astro physik uni potsdam de wiki ...

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