ORION TELESCOPES & BINOCULARS 9030 Equatorial Refracting Telescope, Instruction Manual

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IN 107 0998

Providing Exceptional Consumer Optical Products Since 1975

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P.O. Box 1815, Santa Cruz, CA 95061

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

Orion

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Observer

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60mm EQ

#9030

Equatorial Refracting Telescope

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Page 1: ...onsumer Optical Products Since 1975 Customer Support 800 676 1343 E mail support telescope com Corporate Offices 831 763 7000 P O Box 1815 Santa Cruz CA 95061 INSTRUCTION MANUAL Orion Observer 60mm EQ 9030 Equatorial Refracting Telescope ...

Page 2: ...ustment knob and scale not shown Tripod leg bolt Accessory tray bracket Accessory tray Tripod leg Leg lock knob Objective lens Dew cap Declination lock knob Right ascension slow motion control Declination Dec setting circle Equatorial mount Right ascension lock knob not shown Counterweight Counterweight shaft Retaining washer and screw Counterweight lock knob Right ascension R A setting circle Azi...

Page 3: ...tterns of stars in the major constellations a star wheel or planisphere available from Orion or your local telescope shop will great ly help With a little practice a little patience and a reasonably dark sky away from city lights you ll find your telescope to be a never ending source of wonder exploration and relaxation These instructions will help you set up properly use and care for your telesco...

Page 4: ... screw that holds the retaining washer at the bottom end of the shaft is tightened This washer will pre vent the counterweight from slipping off the shaft and pos sibly onto your foot if the counterweight lock knob should come loose Now with the counterweight lock knob loose hold the counterweight in one hand and thread the shaft into the equatorial mount base of declination axis with the other ha...

Page 5: ...ate for that motion allowing you to easily keep astronomical objects from drifting out of the telescope s field of view when you re observing them The equatorial mount enables you to follow or track objects by slowly rotating the telescope on its right ascension axis using only the R A slow motion cable But first the mount must be aligned with the Earth s rotational axis For Northern Hemisphere ob...

Page 6: ...ten the lock knob 2 Loosen the R A lock knob and rotate the telescope until the R A value from the star atlas matches the reading on the R A setting circle Retighten the lock knob Most setting circles are not accurate enough to put an object dead center in your finder scope s field of view but they ll get you close assuming the equatorial mount is accurately polar aligned The R A setting circle mu...

Page 7: ...r full dark adapted sensitivity Many observers notice improvements after several hours of total darkness As your eyes become dark adapted more stars will glimmer into view and you ll be able to see fainter details in objects you view in your telescope Exposing your eyes to very bright day light for extended periods of time can adversely affect your night vision for days So give yourself at least a...

Page 8: ...in crescent not a full disk when at its peak brightness Because it is so close to the Sun it never wanders too far from the morning or evening horizon No surface markings can be seen on Venus which is always shrouded in dense clouds MARS You probably won t be able to see any surface detail on the Red Planet but you will notice its ruddy color Stars Stars will appear like twinkling points of light ...

Page 9: ...dust builds up however simply blow it off with a blower bulb or lightly brush it off with a soft camel hair brush Avoid touch ing optical surfaces with your fingers as skin oil may etch optical coatings To remove fingerprints or smudges from a lens use photo graphic type lens cleaning fluid and lint free optical lens cleaning tissue Don t use household cleaners or eyeglass type cleaning cloth or w...

Page 10: ...y line from the two Pointer Stars in the bowl of the Big Dipper Go about 5 times the distance between those stars and you ll reach Polaris which lies within 1 of the north celestial pole NCP Figure 2 Big Dipper in Ursa Major Little Dipper in Ursa Minor N C P Pointer Stars Cassiopeia Polaris ...

Page 11: ...Hangar Way Watsonville CA 95076 If the product is not registered proof of purchase such as a copy of the original invoice is required This warranty does not apply if in Orion s judgment the instrument has been abused mishan dled or modified nor does it apply to normal wear and tear This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state For f...

Page 12: ...to the optical tube The bracket should be oriented so that the larger objective lens of the finder scope faces the same direction as the main telescope To connect the finder scope bracket to the pre installed bolts first angle the bracket relative to the optical tube as shown in Figure 3 so that the bolts line up with the slots in the base of the bracket The bolts will go through the slots only if...

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