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FOR 1206AZ3

Optical Tube: 

120mm/600mm

Alt-Azimuth Mount: 

AZ3

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

Piggyback Bracket

Telescope Main Body

Finderscope 
Finderscope Bracket
Finderscope Allignment
screw

Focuser

Eyepiece

Diagonal

Focus Knobs

Altitude Flexible 
Control Cable

Azimuth Flexible 
Control Cable

Dust Cap / Mask

(Remove before viewing)

Dew Cap / Sun Shade

Objective Lens

Tube Rings

Accessory Tray

Tripod Leg

Height Adjustment Clamp

Summary of Contents for 1206AZ3

Page 1: ...e Main Body Finderscope Finderscope Bracket Finderscope Allignment screw Focuser Eyepiece Diagonal Focus Knobs Altitude Flexible Control Cable Azimuth Flexible Control Cable Dust Cap Mask Remove befor...

Page 2: ...5 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 TABLE OF CONTENTS Read the entire instructions carefully before beginning Your telesope should be assembled during daylight hours Choose a large open area to wo...

Page 3: ...wingnuts and damage tripod legs Fig 3 Fig 2 TRIPOD SET UP ATTACHING THE TELESCOPE MAIN TUBE TO TUBE RINGS Fig 5 1 Remove the telescope tube from the paper covering 2 Place telescope tube in between t...

Page 4: ...9 These fixed magnification scopes mounted on the optical tube are very useful accessories When they are correctly aligned with the telescope objects can be quickly located and brought to the centre o...

Page 5: ...e number of eyepiece in your collection Focusing Fig c Slowly turn the focus knobs under the focuser one way or the other until the image in the eyepiece is sharp Fig c The image usually has to be fin...

Page 6: ...and therefore the stars are constantly moving so to track with this mount you need to constantly nudge the optical tube in both azimuth and altitude to keep the object in the field In reference materi...

Page 7: ...bit from person to person is less until your eyes become fully dark adapted and decreases as you get older To determine an exit pupil you divide the diameter of the primary of your telescope in mm by...

Page 8: ...also affects images Astronomy is an outdoor activity The best conditions will have still air and obviously a clear view of the sky It is not necessary that the sky be cloud free Often broken cloud con...

Page 9: ...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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