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INSTRUCTION MANUAL

Optical Tube: 

70mm/900mm

Equatorial Mount: 

EQ

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B

C

D

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Dust Cap (not shown)

Remove before Viewing

Objective Lens

(not shown)

Sun Shade

Telescope Main Body

Finderscope

Finderscope Bracket

Alignment Screws

Eyepiece

Diagonal

Focus Tube

Focus Knob

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 2.

 3.

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 9.

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 Dec. Flexible Control

 Cable

 Altitude Adjustable T-Bolt

 R.A. Flexible Control Cable

 Counterweight

 Counterweight Thumb

 screw

 Counterweight Rod

 Hour Axis Scale

 R.A. Lock Knob

 Dec. Scale

 Dec. Lock Knob 

 Tube Ring

 

   

a. 

b.   

Accessory Tray

Tripod Leg

FOR 709EQ

Summary of Contents for 709EQ

Page 1: ...t shown Sun Shade Telescope Main Body Finderscope Finderscope Bracket Alignment Screws Eyepiece Diagonal Focus Tube Focus Knob 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Dec Flexible Control Cable Altitude Adjustable T...

Page 2: ...ons carefully before beginning Your telesope should be assembled during daylight hours Choose a large open area to work to allow room for all parts to be unpackaged Before you begin Never use your tel...

Page 3: ...of equatorial mount and rotate top half of mount into an upright position The large scale setting circle should be vertical and the mounting bracket for the telescope tube should be at the top 2 Slide...

Page 4: ...s around the telescope and fasten securely by tightening the thumb nuts 6 5 9 INSERTING EYEPIECE 9 1 Loosen the thumbscrew on the end of the focus tube 2 Insert diagonal into focus tube and re tighten...

Page 5: ...nd 30 by using the altitude adjustment T bolt 2 Slowly unlock the R A and Dec lock knobs Rotate the telescope unitl both the optical tube and counterweight rod is horizontal to the ground and the tele...

Page 6: ...per only Cleaning and aligning of optical elements should be preformed by an experienced technician every two years Eyepieces should be handled with care avoid touching optical surfaces Telescopes req...

Page 7: ...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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