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FOR 1501EQ5

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

Optical Tube: 

150mm/1000mm

Equatorial Mount: 

EQ5

A.

 

B.   

C. 

D. 

E.

 

F. 

G.  

H.

 I. 

Dust Cap (not shown)

Remove before Viewing

Focus Tube

Finderscope 

Finderscope Bracket

Finderscope Adjustment

Screws

Eyepiece

Focus Knob

Piggyback Bracket

Telescope Main Body

 1.  

 2.    

 3. 

 

 4.  

 5.

 6.

 7.

 

 8.

 9.

10.

11.

12. 

Mounting Plate 

R.A. Control Knob

Polorscope Holder

(not shown)

Altitude Adjustment T-bolts

Azimuth Adjustment Knob

Counterweight

Counterweight Thumb

Screw

Counterweight Knob

R.A. Lock Level

Dec. Lock Level

Dec. Control Knob

Tube Rings

a. 

b.   

Accessory Tray

Tripod Leg

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

1

2

3

a

b

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

I

Summary of Contents for 1501EQ5

Page 1: ...t Screws Eyepiece Focus Knob Piggyback Bracket Telescope Main Body 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Mounting Plate R A Control Knob Polorscope Holder not shown Altitude Adjustment T bolts Azimuth Adjustment...

Page 2: ...PM 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 filte...

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: ...ove the telescope tube from its plastic packaging 2 Remove the tube rings from telescope by releasing their thumb nuts and opening their hinges 3 Using the bolts provided fasten the tube rings to the...

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: ...dapt 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 directio...

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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