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Instruction Manual for 
PF-L II Polar Alignment Scope

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Page 1: ...Instruction Manual for PF L II Polar Alignment Scope...

Page 2: ...e sure to dispose of your used batteries as required by law at a local collection point or in the retail market Disposal in domestic waste violates the Battery Directive Batteries that contain toxins...

Page 3: ...adjusting dial of the polar alignment scope Pushing the switch will illuminate the polar alignment reticle in red light The red light becomes dimmer gradually after a certain interval of illumination...

Page 4: ...brightness adjusting dial by turning it counterclockwise 2Turn the battery compartment on the polar alignment scope downward as shown in the figure so that the old battery can fall out of from the ba...

Page 5: ...le with the designated 3 stars seen in the polar alignment scope Also the patterns of the Big Dipper and Cassiopeia are engraved on the reticle for use as a guidepost for the North Pole 1 Check your o...

Page 6: ...ope Real field of view in the northern sky Big Dipper Cassiopeia Real field of view in the northern sky The patterns of the Big Dipper and Cassiopeia on the reticle are positioned to correspond to the...

Page 7: ...s Polaris shifts to the designated position on the reticle both Delta UMi and 51 Cep come close to their own designated position scales respectively While looking into the eyepiece of the polar alignm...

Page 8: ...the lines Polaris is out of place from the designated position This is part of the process Adjust the red light illumination to be dimmer if the reticle is too bright to see the 4th magnitude Delta U...

Page 9: ...designated position scales respectively Tighten the azimuth adjustment knobs at both sides to finish the polar alignment As an illustration here Polaris is set to the edge of the line on the side of 2...

Page 10: ...each of the position scale on the reticle with the designated 3 stars caught by the polar alignment scope Also the pattern of the Southern Cross and Alpha Eridani are engraved on the reticle for use a...

Page 11: ...in the field of view of the polar alignment scope Both the Southern Cross and Alpha Eridani on the reticle are positioned to correspond to the real sky They are used as a guidepost to know the turning...

Page 12: ...k Oct as shown in the figure 5 As Sigma Octantis shifts to the designated position on the reticle both Tau Octantis and Chi Octantis come close to their own designated position scales respectively Whi...

Page 13: ...position from the gap between the lines Adjust the red light illumination to be dimmer if the reticle is too bright to see the 5th magnitude stars Sigma and Tau Celestial south Celestial south Center...

Page 14: ...lignment As an illustration here Sigma Octantis is set to the edge of the line on the side of 2014 and both Tau and Chi Octantis are set to the middle of the curved lines of the position scale at the...

Page 15: ...ellanic Cloud and Beta Crux and divide it at a ratio of one to two You will find the four stars of Octans at the divide 2 Directing to the Octans using the arrangement of stars in the Southern Cross C...

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