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IN 168 Rev. B 04/09

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EQ-2 Equatorial Mount

#9828

  Equatorial Mount

Summary of Contents for 9828

Page 1: ...9 Providing Exceptional Consumer Optical Products Since 1975 Customer Support 800 676 1343 E mail support telescope com Corporate Offices 831 763 7000 89 Hangar Way Watsonville CA 95076 Orion EQ 2 Equ...

Page 2: ...f celestial objects as they move slowly across the sky so they remain within your eyepiece s field of view The setting circles will assist you in locating hundreds of fascinating celestial denizens in...

Page 3: ...leg lock knobs on the bottom braces of the tri pod legs For now keep the legs at their shortest fully retracted length you can extend them to a more desirable length later after the telescope is comp...

Page 4: ...over the indented slot on the worm gear shaft and then tightening the thumb screw We recommend that the shorter cable be used on the R A worm gear shaft and the longer cable on the Dec worm gear shaft...

Page 5: ...y the Earth s rotation from west to east An equatorial mount Figure 2 is designed to compensate for that motion allowing you to easily track the movement of astronomical objects thereby keeping them f...

Page 6: ...ould now be able to use the Dec slow motion control cable again to fine adjust the telescope s position Tracking Celestial Objects When you observe a celestial object through the telescope you ll see...

Page 7: ...h of the celestial equator Dec 0 and negative when the telescope is pointing south of the celestial equator Retighten the lock knob 2 Loosen the R A lock knob and rotate the telescope until the R A va...

Page 8: ...RA and Dec axes Setting circles RA scaled in 10 min increments Dec scaled in 1 increments for N or S Hemisphere Polar axis latitude adjustment 5 to 75 One Year Limited Warranty This Orion Product is...

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