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FOR 1206EQ5

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

Optical Tube: 

120mm/600mm

Equatorial Mount: 

EQ5

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5

D

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Dust Cap (not shown)

Remove before Viewing

Objective Lens

(not shown)

Sun Shade

Telescope Main Body

Piggyback Bracket

Finderscope

Finderscope Bracket

Alignment Screw

Eyepiece

Diagonal

Focus Tube

Focus Knob

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 2.

 3.

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 5.

 6.

 

 7.

 8.

 9.

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12.

Polarscope Holder 

(not shown)

Altitude Adjustment T-bolts

Azimuth Adjustment Knob

Counterweight Rod

Counterweight

Counerweight Thumb 

Screw

R.A. Control Knob

R.A. Lock Level

Dec. Lock Level

Dec. Control Knob

Mounting Plate 

Tube RIngs

a. 

b.   

 Accessory Tray

 Tripod Leg      

Summary of Contents for 1206EQ5

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 Adjustment T bolts Azimuth Adjustment Knob Counterweight Rod Counterweight Counerweight Thumb Screw R A Control Knob R A Lock Level Dec Lock Level Dec Control Knob Mounting Plate Tube RIngs a b Acces...

Page 2: ... 7027 Canada 604 270 2813 between 9 00AM and 3 00PM PST Outside Canada Please contact your dealer for technical support T echnical Support 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...

Page 3: ...etely 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 Tighten the knurled knob underneath the tripod head to secure mount to tripod 4 3 2 INSTALLING COUNTERWEIGHT 5 6 1 Locate counterweight rod 2 Screw counterweight rod into threaded on the end of the declina...

Page 4: ...RING 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 THE TELESCOPE MAIN TUBE TO TUBE RINGS 9 1 Remove the telescope tube from the paper covering 2 Find the center of balance of the telescope tube Place this in between the two tube rings Close the hing...

Page 5: ...ur 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 Balancing 1 Adjust altitude of the mount to between 15º and 30º by using the altitude adjustment T bolt 2 Slowly unlock the R A and Dec thumbscrews Rotate the telescope unitl both the optical tube and co...

Page 6: ... distortion inside telescope tube and allows telescope to adapt to ambient moisture conditions P roper care for your telescope Fig h Using the EQ5 mount The equatorial mount has controls for both conventional altitude up down and azimuthal left right directions of motion Use the altitude adjustment T bolts for altitude adjustments These allow fine adjustment for setting the mount to your local lat...

Page 7: ...k 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 Publishing Corp Cambridge MA Sky Telescope Observer s Guides Series ed Leif J Robinson 1995 Observational References Magazines Astrophotography for the Amateur by Michael Covington Cambridge University Press...

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