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IN 191 Rev. B 02/09

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astroView 100 EQ

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100mm Equatorial Refracting Telescope

Summary of Contents for AstroView 100 EQ

Page 1: ...ing Exceptional Consumer Optical Products Since 1975 Customer Support 800 676 1343 E mail support telescope com Corporate Offices 831 763 7000 89 Hangar Way Watsonville CA 95076 Orion AstroView 100 EQ...

Page 2: ...motion control cable Right Ascension R A slow motion control cable Polar axis finder scope Latitude scale Latitude adjustment T bolts Tube ring attachment knobs Counterweight shaft Counterweight Count...

Page 3: ...f touched inappropriately 1 Lay the equatorial mount on its side Attach the tripod legs one at a time to the mount using the leg attachment screws line up the holes in the top of the tripod leg with t...

Page 4: ...r then a flat washer on the shaft of each knob With the washers attached push the knob up through the holes in the top of the equatorial mount and rethread them into the bottom of the tube rings Tight...

Page 5: ...barrel of the star diagonal into the adapter Then loosen the thumbscrews on the star diagonal and remove the small dust cap Then insert the 25mm Sirius Pl ssl eyepiece into the focuser and secure it...

Page 6: ...oper use To align it first aim the main telescope in the general direction of an object at least a 1 4 mile away the top of a telephone pole a chimney etc To aim the telescope loosen the R A and Dec l...

Page 7: ...d tighten the other to tilt the mount until the pointer on the latitude scale is set at the latitude of your observing site If you don t know your latitude consult a geographical atlas to find it For...

Page 8: ...t is cast into the mount located directly below the large thumbscrew see Figure 8 Retighten the thumbscrew 2 Rotate the date circle until the 0 line on the meridian off set scale lines up with the tim...

Page 9: ...ht of the 0 indicate west of the closest standard time meridian Continuing with the prior example of observing in Las Vegas you would rotate the date circle so that the first line to the left of the 0...

Page 10: ...he Setting Circles Now that both setting circles are calibrated look up in a star atlas the coordinates of an object you wish to view 1 Loosen the Dec lock lever and rotate the telescope until the Dec...

Page 11: ...ntly distorting the incom ing light and views at high magnifications will not appear sharp If the stars appear steady and do not twinkle seeing conditions are probably good and higher magnifications w...

Page 12: ...s To use 2 eyepieces simply loosen the two large thumbscrews on the 2 adapter that are just in front of the thumbscrew that holds the provided 1 25 star diagonal in place see Figure 3 Once these thumb...

Page 13: ...broadside and look like giant ears on each side of Saturn s disk A steady atmosphere good see ing is necessary for a good view You may see a tiny bright star close by that s Saturn s brightest moon T...

Page 14: ...AstroView 100 optical tube can be used for long distance viewing over land We recommend using a 45 correct image diagonal instead of the included 90 mirror star diagonal The correct image diagonal wil...

Page 15: ...e three pairs of screws each pair works together to tilt the lens Using your 2 5mm hex key and Phillips head screwdriver loosen one of the screws and then tighten the other in the pair Look into the v...

Page 16: ...ce or diagonal attached Mount AstroView German equatorial Tripod Aluminum Counterweight 7 5 lbs Electronic drive Optional One Year Limited Warranty This Orion Product is warranted against defects in m...