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Assembling Your Telescope

Aligning the Finderscope

Balancing Telescope

Using the Equatorial Mount (EQ5)

Using the Oculars

Proper Care for Your Telescope

Operating Your Telescope

Tripod Set up

Telescope Assembly

Finderscope Assembly

Eyepiece Assembly

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Follow the instructions for your specific 

model in the manual. Read the entire instructions 

carefully before beginning. Your telesope should 

be assembled during daylight hours. Choose a

large, open area to work to allow room for all 

parts to be unpackaged.

B

efore you begin

Never use your telescope to look directly at the sun. 

Permanent eye damage will result. Use a proper solar 

filter for viewing the sun. When observing the sun, 

place a dust cap over your finderscope to protect it 

from exposure. Never use an eyepiece-type solar filter 

and never use your telescope to project sunlight onto 

another surface, the internal heat build-up will damage 

the telescope optical elements.

C

aution! 

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T

echnical Specifications

Optical Design

Diameter

Focal Length

f/ratio

Highest Practical 

Power

Fainest Steller 

Magnitude

Resolving Power 

(arc sec.)

Finderscope

Focuser Diameters

Mount Type

Slow Motion 

Control

Accessory Tray

Tripod

Tube Dimensions

Tripod Height

Total Net Weight

Shipping Weight

Acromatic Refractor

120mm

1000mm

f/8

240x

13.1

0.96

6x30

2" with 1.25" adapter

Equatorial

RA & DEC

Large

Aluminum

12cm x 104cm

71-123cm

18kgs

24kgs

Summary of Contents for 1201EQ5

Page 1: ...Sun Shade Telescope Main Body Piggyback Bracket Finderscope Finderscope Bracket Alignment Screw Eyepiece Diagonal Focus Tube Focus Knob 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Polarscope Holder not shown Altitude...

Page 2: ...irectly at the sun Permanent eye damage will result Use a proper solar filter for viewing the sun When observing the sun place a dust cap over your finderscope to protect it from exposure Never use an...

Page 3: ...tely Retighten knobs to secure ATTACHING MOUNT TO TRIPOD 4 1 Stand tripod upright 2 Align metal dowel on the tropid head with the gap between the azimuthal adjustment knobs underneath the mount Tighte...

Page 4: ...ING 10 1 Locate finderscope bracket Carefully remove the rubber o ring from the finderscope bracket 2 Position o ring into groove located approximately half way along the finderscope tube 10 ATTACHING...

Page 5: ...our telescope make sure that your tripod is balanced and on a stable surface For photography point the telescope in the direction you will be taking photos before preforming the balancing steps R A Ba...

Page 6: ...istortion inside telescope tube and allows telescope to adapt to ambient moisture conditions P roper care for your telescope Fig h Using the EQ3 2 mount The equatorial mount has controls for both conv...

Page 7: ...3rd edition 2000 A Manual Of Advanced Celestial Photography by Brad D Wallis and Robert W Provin Cambridge University Press New York 1984 Astrophotography An Introduction by H J P Arnold Sky Publishi...

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