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Zoomion® Philae 114 

English version 6.2015 Rev A 

Summary of Contents for Philae 114

Page 1: ...Instructions Manual Zoomion Philae 114 English version 6 2015 Rev A...

Page 2: ...s light and reflects it to the secondary mirror that brings it to the eyepiece Close to the telescope s aperture there is the focuser The focuser tube moves up and down to get a precise focused image...

Page 3: ...ripod assembly Figure 3 Tray placement Figure 4 Place equatorial head on top of tripod Figure 5 Thread the counter weight shaft Insert counterweight Figure 6 Fix Dec and R A handles Figure 7 Fix the t...

Page 4: ...axis The telescope s tube sits on the Dec axis Equatorial mount parts description 1 Declination Handle 2 Declination Fixing Knob 3 R A Axis 4 Latitude altitude adjustment 5 Counterweight 6 Counterweig...

Page 5: ...ed by the Earth s rotation Every 24 hours the Earth make a complete turn So does the night sky This means that when observing through a telescope the stars will move away from the field of view after...

Page 6: ...an observer in Munich the latitude is 48 degrees The inclination angle should be approximately 48 degrees Make sure to re tighten the altitude break Now that the mount is pointing north and has the ob...

Page 7: ...t should be powered ON we see the same building but in this case the red dot and chimney are not centered We adjust the finderscope using the two altitude and azimuth knobs so that the finderscope red...

Page 8: ...e 23 The telescope is equipped with a set of collimation screws for both the secondary mirror figure 25 and for the primary mirror figure 26 They can be used to adjust the tilt of both mirrors and to...

Page 9: ...mirror reflection to the centre Use the 6 screws on the back of the telescope Notice that 3 screws are used to adjust the tilt of the primary mirror while the three others are used to hold the tilt po...

Page 10: ...ator between illuminated and dark surfaces 7 2 Jupiter is the biggest planet of our solar system It is also one of the favorite targets for beginners Galileo was able to discover that the four tiny do...

Page 11: ...pe s focal length by the eyepiece s focal length Let s give an example for our telescope and the supplied eyepieces Telescope s focal length is 500mm H20 eyepiece s focal length is 20mm 500 20 25 This...

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