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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................... 3
GLOSSARY ............................................................................................................................................. 5
UNPACKING THE TELESCOPE / BASE................................................................................................ 6
A
SSEMBLING
T
HE
B
ASE
F
OR
T
HE
S
TAR
H
OPPER
......................................................................................... 8
THE OPTICAL TUBE ............................................................................................................................ 10
I
NSTALLING THE
V
ARIABLE
T
ENSION
H
ANDLES
........................................................................................... 10
T
HE
F
INDERSCOPE
................................................................................................................................... 10
A
TTACHING THE FINDERSCOPE BRACKET TO THE TELESCOPE TUBE
............................................................ 11
I
NSTALLING THE
E
YEPIECES
...................................................................................................................... 12
U
SING
T
HE
C
OOLING
F
ANS
(S
TARHOPPER
10”
AND
12” O
NLY
) .................................................................. 12
C
OLLIMATION
........................................................................................................................................... 13
A
LIGNING THE
S
ECONDARY
M
IRROR
................................................................................................... 13
A
LIGNING THE
P
RIMARY
M
IRROR
............................................................................................................... 13
N
IGHT
T
IME
S
TAR
C
OLLIMATION
.......................................................................................................... 14
TELESCOPE BASICS........................................................................................................................... 16
F
OCUSING THE
T
ELESCOPE
...................................................................................................................... 16
C
ALCULATING
M
AGNIFICATION
.................................................................................................................. 16
D
ETERMINING
F
IELD OF
V
IEW
................................................................................................................... 16
CELESTIAL OBSERVING..................................................................................................................... 17
O
BSERVING THE
M
OON
............................................................................................................................ 17
L
UNAR
O
BSERVING
H
INT
.......................................................................................................................... 17
O
BSERVING THE
P
LANETS
........................................................................................................................ 17
O
BSERVING
D
EEP
-S
KY
O
BJECTS
.............................................................................................................. 18
S
TAR
H
OPPING
........................................................................................................................................ 18
“SEEING” CONDITIONS ...................................................................................................................... 20
T
RANSPARENCY
....................................................................................................................................... 20
S
KY
I
LLUMINATION
.................................................................................................................................... 20
"
S
EEING
"
............................................................................................................................................... 21
CLEANING THE OPTICS...................................................................................................................... 22
C
ARE AND
C
LEANING OF THE
O
PTICS
........................................................................................................ 22
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ........................................................................................................... 23
OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES.................................................................................................................. 24