Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Assembly..................................................................................................................................................................... 3
What’s.an.Astroscan?.................................................................................................................................................. 4
. Optical.Specifications.............................................................................................................................................. 5
Basic.Operation.and.Viewing.Hints............................................................................................................................. 7
Discovering.the.Solar.System.....................................................................................................................................11
. Sun..........................................................................................................................................................................11
. Moon.......................................................................................................................................................................11
. Planets....................................................................................................................................................................14
. Comets....................................................................................................................................................................17
Discovering.the.Deep-Sky...........................................................................................................................................18
. Single.Stars.and.Star.Colors...................................................................................................................................18
. Double.and.Multiple.Stars.......................................................................................................................................19
. Star.Clusters.and.Asterisms....................................................................................................................................20
. Nebulae...................................................................................................................................................................21
. Galaxies..................................................................................................................................................................22
. Milky.Way................................................................................................................................................................23
Terrestrial.Use.............................................................................................................................................................24
Care.and.Maintenance................................................................................................................................................27
Accessories.................................................................................................................................................................28
Warranty......................................................................................................................................................................28
ASTROSCAN USER’S GUIDE
About the Author
James.Mullaney.is.an.astronomy.writer,.lecturer.and.consultant.who.has.published.more.than.700.
articles.and.eight.books.on.observing.the.wonders.of.the.heavens,.and.logged.over.25,000.hours.
of.stargazing.time.with.the.unaided.eye,.binoculars,.and.telescopes...Formerly.Curator.of.the.Buhl.
Planetarium.in.Pittsburgh.and.Director.of.the.DuPont.Planetarium,.he.served.as.staff.astronomer.at.
the.University.of.Pittsburgh’s.Allegheny.Observatory,.and.as.an.editor.for.
Sky & Telescope
.magazine...
A.contributor.to.Carl.Sagan’s.award-winning.Cosmos.PBS-Television.series,.Mr..Mullaney's..50-
year.mission.has.been.to.“Celebrate.the.Universe!”.–.to.get.others.to.look.up.at.the.majesty.of.the.
heavens.and.to.personally.experience.the.joys.of.stargazing..In.February.of.2005,.Mr..Mullaney.was.
elected.a.Fellow.of.the.prestigious.Royal.Astronomical.Society.of.London....
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