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IN 214 Rev. B 05/09

instruction Manual

orion

atlas

™

10 EQ

#9874

Equatorial Reflector Telescope

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Summary of Contents for ATLAS 10 EQ

Page 1: ...s 10 EQ 9874 Equatorial Reflector Telescope Customer Support 800 676 1343 E mail support telescope com Corporate Offices 831 763 7000 89 Hangar Way Watsonville CA 95076 OrionTelescopes com Providing E...

Page 2: ...haft lock lever Counterweight shaft Counterweights Counterweight lock knobs Toe Saver Tripod leg Leg lock lever Finder scope Finder scope bracket Eyepiece Focus knob Tube rings Right ascension setting...

Page 3: ...der scope bracket with O ring 1 Collimation cap 1 Camera adapter 1 Dust cover 3 Assembly 1 Stand the tripod legs upright and spread the legs out as far as they will go Make certain that the leg lock l...

Page 4: ...hed in the dove tail slot on top of the equatorial mount Position the mount ing plate so that it is centered on the dovetail slot Re tight en the mounting plate securing knobs until the mounting plate...

Page 5: ...tate it until the counter weight shaft is parallel to the ground i e horizontal 2 Now loosen the counterweight lock knobs and slide the weights along the shaft until they exactly counterbalance the te...

Page 6: ...pe must be aligned accurately with the tele scope for proper 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 c...

Page 7: ...piece with the new one by sliding it gently into the holder Re tighten the thumbscrew and refocus for your new magnification Using 2 eyepieces The Atlas 10 EQ s focuser is capable of accepting optiona...

Page 8: ...only about its R A and Dec axes Using the Polar Axis Finder Scope The Atlas EQ mount comes with a polar axis finder scope Figure 9 housed inside the right ascension axis of the mount When properly ali...

Page 9: ...tion the star Polaris inside the tiny circle marked Polaris on the finder s reticle You must first loosen the knob underneath the equatorial mount on the center sup port shaft to use the azimuth adjus...

Page 10: ...ped to the REV setting the function of the pushbuttons on the hand controller will be reversed The reversal switches allow you to orient the pushbuttons to the direction of the apparent movement of a...

Page 11: ...he Telescope Beginners occasionally experience some confusion about how to point the telescope overhead or in other directions In Figure 1 the telescope is pointed north as it would be during polar al...

Page 12: ...mation of the primary mirror you don t have to guess where the center of the mirror is You simply adjust the mirror position described below until the reflection of the hole in the collimation cap is...

Page 13: ...y mirror but the small reflec tion of the secondary mirror with the dot of the collimation cap is off center The tilt of the primary mirror is adjusted with three spring loaded collimation thumbscrews...

Page 14: ...mount of distortion causing atmosphere you are looking through A good way to judge if the seeing is good or not is to look at bright stars about 40 above the horizon If the stars appear to twinkle the...

Page 15: ...ed the object in the eyepiece you can switch to higher magnification shorter focal length eyepiece if you wish This is especially recommended for small and bright objects like planets and double stars...

Page 16: ...ail on Mars you will need a high power eyepiece and very steady air D The Stars Stars will appear like twinkling points of light Even powerful telescopes cannot magnify stars to appear as more than a...

Page 17: ...amera adapter First you must attach the includ ed camera adapter to the Atlas 10 EQ s focuser To do this remove the 1 25 and 2 eyepiece adapters from the focuser drawtube Figure 22a Then screw the cam...

Page 18: ...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 shut ter open this long you will need a lock shutter release cable Set...

Page 19: ...ized face up in the water and let it soak for a few min utes or hours if it s a very dirty mirror Wipe the mirror under water with clean cotton balls using extremely light pressure and stroking in str...

Page 20: ...tsonville CA 95076 If the product is not registered proof of pur chase such as a copy of the original invoice is required This warranty does not apply if in Orion s judgment the instrument has been ab...