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Saxon 804AZ3 Pioneer Refractor 

Telescope 

 

Instruction Manual 

 

www.saxon.com.au 

Summary of Contents for 1025AZ3

Page 1: ...Saxon 804AZ3 Pioneer Refractor Telescope Instruction Manual www saxon com au...

Page 2: ...Cap Sun Shade Objective Lens Tube Rings Accessory Tray Tripod Leg Height Adjustment Clamp Piggyback Bracket Finderscope Finderscope Bracket Finderscope Allignment Screw Focus Locking Screw Focus Tube...

Page 3: ...g Your Eyes 3 5 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 TABLE OF CONTENTS Read the entire instructions carefully before beginning Your telesope should be assembled during daylight hours Choose a large...

Page 4: ...wingnuts and damage tripod legs Fig 3 Fig 2 TRIPOD SET UP ATTACHING THE TELESCOPE MAIN TUBE TO TUBE RINGS Fig 5 1 Remove the telescope tube from the paper covering 2 Place telescope tube in between t...

Page 5: ...two knurled thumbscrews These fixed magnification scopes mounted on the optical tube are very useful accessories When they are correctly aligned with the telescope objects can be quickly located and...

Page 6: ...e number of eyepiece in your collection Focusing Fig c Slowly turn the focus knobs under the focuser one way or the other until the image in the eyepiece is sharp Fig c The image usually has to be fin...

Page 7: ...0 with East South and West being 90 180 and 270 respectively Fig e Fig e Rotate in Azimuth 90 180 S E 270 W Zenith Meridian Line Tilt in Altitude Nadir 0 360 N Using the Camera Adapter Tube When you...

Page 8: ...bit from person to person is less until your eyes become fully dark adapted and decreases as you get older To determine an exit pupil you divide the diameter of the primary of your telescope in mm by...

Page 9: ...also affects images Astronomy is an outdoor activity The best conditions will have still air and obviously a clear view of the sky It is not necessary that the sky be cloud free Often broken cloud con...

Page 10: ...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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