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instruction Manual

IN 160 Rev. B 02/09

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orion

astroView

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6 EQ

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Equatorial Reflecting Telescope

Summary of Contents for ASTROVIEW 6 EQ

Page 1: ...oviding 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 6...

Page 2: ...mall counterweight Toe Saver Counterweight lock knobs Tripod leg Accessory tray bracket Accessory tray Finder scope Finder scope bracket Eyepiece Focus knob Tube rings Optical tube Right ascension slo...

Page 3: ...s with your fingers The optical sur faces have delicate coatings on them that can easily be dam aged if touched inappropriately 1 Lay the equatorial mount on its side Attach the tripod legs one at a t...

Page 4: ...les to the R A and Dec worm gear shafts of the equatorial mount by positioning the small screw on the end of the cable over the indented slot on the worm gear shaft Then tighten the screw Use the shor...

Page 5: ...it should move without resistance and should not drift from where you point it 3 Using Your Telescope Focusing the Telescope You should now try to familiarize yourself with focusing the telescope Fir...

Page 6: ...the finder scope for your eyes Loosen the lock ring located behind the objective lens cell on the body of the finder scope see Figure 2a Back the lock ring off by a few turns for now Refocus the finde...

Page 7: ...Polaris in the sky look north and locate the pattern of the Big Dipper Figure 6 The two stars at the end of the bowl of the Big Dipper point right to Polaris Observers in the Southern Hemisphere aren...

Page 8: ...done during the day before going out into the field at night Aligning the Polar Axis Finder Scope Aligning the polar axis finder scope so that it will accurately point at the true north pole is a two...

Page 9: ...cal longitude has a value greater than the closest standard time meridian you are west of the standard time meridian by the calculated amount For example if you are in Las Vegas which has a longitude...

Page 10: ...ng Circle 1 Identify a bright star in the sky near the celestial equator Dec 0 and look up its coordinates in a star atlas 2 Loosen the R A and Dec lock levers on the equatorial mount so the telescope...

Page 11: ...cen ter as in Figure 10b proceed with the following collimation procedure The Collimation Cap and Mirror Center Mark Your AstroView 6 EQ comes with a collimation cap This is a simple cap that fits on...

Page 12: ...ill need adjustment if as in Figure 10d the secondary mirror is cen tered under the focuser and the reflection of the primary mir ror is centered in the secondary mirror but the small reflection of th...

Page 13: ...n even though they may be perfectly aligned It is critical to keep the star centered so over time you will need to make slight corrections to the telescope s position in order to account for the sky s...

Page 14: ...l your eyes dark adaptation like white light does A flashlight with a red LED light is ideal or you can cover the front of a regular flashlight with red cellophane or paper Beware too that nearby porc...

Page 15: ...itan VENUS At its brightest Venus is the most luminous object in the sky excluding the Sun and the Moon It is so bright that sometimes it is visible to the naked eye during full daylight Ironically Ve...

Page 16: ...raphy can be success fully attempted with the AstroView 6 EQ Moon Photography This is perhaps the simplest form of astrophotography as no motor drive is required All that is needed is a T Ring for you...

Page 17: ...e eyepiece you re ready to shoot Deep sky objects are quite faint and typically require expo sures on the order of 10 minutes To hold the camera s shutter open this long you will need a locking shutte...

Page 18: ...in straight line across the mirror Use one ball for each wipe across the mirror Then rinse the mirror under a stream of lukewarm water Any particles on the sur face can be swabbed gently with a series...