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CELESTRON TWO YEAR WARRANTY

A.

Celestron  warrants this telescope to be free from defects in materials and workmanship for two years.   Celestron will repair or 
replace such product or part thereof which, upon inspection by  Celestron, is found to be defective in materials or workmanship. 
As  a  condition  to  the  obligation  of    Celestron  to  repair  or  replace  such  product,  the  product  must  be  returned  to    Celestron 
together with proof-of-purchase satisfactory to  Celestron.

B.

The Proper Return Authorization Number must be obtained from  Celestron in advance of return.  Call Celestron at (310) 328-
9560 to receive the number to be displayed on the outside of your shipping container.

All returns  must be accompanied by a written  statement  setting forth the name, address, and daytime telephone number of the 
owner, together with a brief description of any claimed defects.  Parts or product for which replacement is made shall become 
the property of Celestron.

The  customer  shall  be  responsible  for  all  costs  of  transportation  and  insurance,  both  to  and  from  the  factory  of  
Celestron, and shall be required to prepay such costs.

Celestron shall use reasonable efforts to repair or replace any telescope covered by this warranty within thirty days of receipt. In 

the event repair or replacement shall require more than thirty days,  Celestron shall notify the customer accordingly.   Celestron 
reserves the right to replace any product which has been discontinued from its product line with a new product of comparable 
value and function.

This  warranty  shall  be  void  and  of  no  force  of  effect  in  the  event  a  covered  product  has  been  modified  in  design  or 
function,  or  subjected  to  abuse,  misuse,  mishandling  or  unauthorized  repair.    Further,  product  malfunction  or 
deterioration due to normal wear is not covered by this warranty.

CELESTRON  DISCLAIMS  ANY  WARRANTIES,  EXPRESS  OR  IMPLIED,  WHETHER  OF  MERCHANTABILITY  OF 
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH HEREIN.

THE  SOLE  OBLIGATION  OF  CELESTRON  UNDER  THIS  LIMITED  WARRANTY  SHALL  BE  TO  REPAIR  OR 
REPLACE  THE COVERED  PRODUCT,  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE  TERMS  SET  FORTH  HEREIN.      CELESTRON 
EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS  ANY LOST PROFITS, GENERAL, SPECIAL,  INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES 
WHICH  MAY RESULT  FROM BREACH  OF  ANY  WARRANTY, OR  ARISING OUT OF  THE USE OR  INABILITY TO 
USE  ANY  CELESTRON  PRODUCT.  ANY  WARRANTIES  WHICH  ARE  IMPLIED  AND  WHICH  CANNOT  BE
DISCLAIMED  SHALL BE  LIMITED  IN DURATION  TO A TERM  OF TWO  YEARS  FROM THE DATE  OF  ORIGINAL 
RETAIL PURCHASE.

Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages or limitation on how long an implied 
warranty lasts, so the above limitations and exclusions may not apply to you.

This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state.

Celestron reserves the right to modify or discontinue, without prior notice to you, any model or style telescope.

If warranty problems arise, or if you need assistance in using your telescope contact:

Celestron

Customer Service Department

2835 Columbia Street

Torrance, CA 90503 U.S.A.

Tel. (310) 328-9560

Fax. (310) 212-5835

Monday-Friday 8AM-4PM PST

This warranty supersedes all other product warranties.

NOTE:

This warranty is valid to U.S.A. and Canadian customers who have purchased this product from an Authorized  

Celestron Dealer in the U.S.A. or Canada.  Warranty outside the U.S.A. and Canada is valid only to customers who purchased  
from a  Celestron  Distributor or Authorized  Celestron Dealer in the specific country and please contact them for any 
warranty service.

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Страница 1: ...C CG GE E P Pr ro o S Se er ri ie es s INSTRUCTION MANUAL C CG GE E P Pr ro o 9 92 25 5 C CG GE E P Pr ro o 1 11 10 00 0 C CG GE E P Pr ro o 1 14 40 00 0...

Страница 2: ...Mount in Azimuth 15 Attaching the Hand Control Holder 16 Powering the Telescope 16 HAND CONTROL 17 Hand Control Operation 18 Alignment Procedures 18 Startup Procedure 19 Two Star Align 20 East West Fi...

Страница 3: ...he Moon 41 Lunar Observing Hints 41 Observing the Planets 41 Observing the Sun 41 Solar Observing Hints 42 Observing Deep Sky Objects 42 Seeing Conditions 42 Transparency 42 Sky Illumination 42 Seeing...

Страница 4: ...legendary Schmidt Cassegrain optical system to give amateur astronomers the most sophisticated and easy to use telescopes available on the market today Take time to read through this manual before em...

Страница 5: ...Equatorial Mount 11 Counterweight Bar 5 Azimuth Adjustment Knob 12 RA DEC clutch knobs 6 Electronics Pier 13 Dovetail Mounting Bar 7 Hand Control 14 Schmidt Corrector Lens CONTROL PANEL C Hand Contro...

Страница 6: ...stron CGE Pro Series telescopes are shipped in three main boxes plus counterweights In separate boxes are the following Optical Tube Assembly and Standard Accessories Equatorial Mount with Hand Contro...

Страница 7: ...bottom of the pier over the tripod head 3 Rotate the column until the three holes line up with the threaded holes on the side of the tripod head The pier should be positioned so that the motor ports l...

Страница 8: ...e the two cut outs on the side plates 6 Once seated attach the two bolts connecting the polar housing to the side plates 7 Reattach the latitude indicator from the polar housing 8 Rotate the latitude...

Страница 9: ...rely in place you are ready to attach the counterweight Since the fully assembled telescope can be quite heavy position the mount so that the polar axis is pointing towards north before the tube assem...

Страница 10: ...ope tube into the mounting platform of the mount Slide the telescope so that the back of the dovetail bar is close to the back of the mounting platform 5 Tighten the mounting screw on the side of the...

Страница 11: ...hrome portion of the eyepiece into the star diagonal 3 Tighten the set screw on the star diagonal to hold the eyepiece in place To remove the eyepiece loosen the set screw on the star diagonal and sli...

Страница 12: ...umbscrews until snug I In ns st ta al ll li in ng g t th he e C CG GE E P Pr ro o 1 11 10 00 0 1 14 40 00 0 F Fi in nd de er rs sc co op pe e The CGE Pro 1100 and 1400 telescope comes with a 9x50 find...

Страница 13: ...easier to locate objects in the telescope without the finder To align the finder 1 Choose a conspicuous object that is in excess of one mile away This will eliminate any possible parallax effect betw...

Страница 14: ...d be slightly imbalanced to the counterweight bar side And when the tube is on the east side of the mount there should be a slight imbalance toward the telescope side This is done so that the worm gea...

Страница 15: ...u must first slightly loosen both the latitude pivot knobs and azimuth pivot knobs See Fig 2 16 Adjusting the Mount in Latitude To increase raise the latitude of the polar axis turn the rear latitude...

Страница 16: ...g any other adapter may damage the electronics or cause the telescope not to operate properly and will void your manufacturer s warranty 1 To power the telescope with the car battery adapter or option...

Страница 17: ...ndividual components of the computerized hand controller 1 Liquid Crystal Display LCD Window Has a dual line 16 character display screen that is backlit for comfortable viewing of telescope informatio...

Страница 18: ...lows you to select any of the telescope s functions and accept entered parameters 8 Undo Undo will take you out of the current menu and display the previous level of the menu path Press Undo repeatedl...

Страница 19: ...mory so that it will be automatically displayed the next time an alignment is done Alternatively if you know the exact longitude and latitude of your observing site it can be entered directly into the...

Страница 20: ...ts between the telescope optics and the mount Therefore it is usually a good idea to add at least one additional calibration star to improve the telescope s pointing accuracy 5 Press ENTER to select a...

Страница 21: ...display The Sun can be removed from the display by using the same procedure as above To improve the telescope pointing accuracy you can use the Re Align feature as described below Q Qu ui ic ck k A Al...

Страница 22: ...layed press the ALIGN key on the hand control to select Alignment Stars from the list of options 5 The display will then ask you which alignment star you want to replace Use the UP and Down scroll key...

Страница 23: ...lanet Tour Mode The telescopes include a tour feature which automatically allows the user to choose from a list of interesting objects based on the date and time in which you are observing The automat...

Страница 24: ...The direction that a star moves in the eyepiece when a direction is pressed will change depending on which side of the Meridian the telescope tube is positioned In order to change the direction of th...

Страница 25: ...pe stores celestial objects to its database by saving its right ascension and declination in the sky This way the same object can be found each time the telescope is aligned Once a desired object is c...

Страница 26: ...and CCD imaging Precise Goto automatically searches out the closest bright star to the desired object and asks the user to carefully center it in the eyepiece The hand control then calculates the smal...

Страница 27: ...the maximum altitude limit to 90 and the minimum limit to 90 This will display every object in the database lists regardless of whether it is visible in the sky from your location Direction Buttons Th...

Страница 28: ...to stay on its current side of the Meridian when slewing to objects that are as far as 10 degrees beyond your Meridian Favor West If the target object is accessible from both sides of the mount selec...

Страница 29: ...40 to 20 to define the slew limit when the tube is on the west side of the mount Disable Limits This disables any pre defined values that have been entered and allows the mount to track the maximum am...

Страница 30: ...ing Version Selecting this option will allow you to see the current version number of the hand control and motor control The first set of numbers indicate the hand control software version For the mot...

Страница 31: ...will need to turn the GPS on the first time you use the accessory If you want to use the telescope s database to find the coordinates of a celestial object for a future or past dates you would need t...

Страница 32: ...TION TURN ON OFF GPS PEC USER OBJECTS IDENTIFY GOTO RA DEC GET RA DEC PRECISE GOTO GOTO SKY OBJECT SAVE SKY OBJECT SAVE DB OBJECT ENTER RA DEC GOTO LAND OBJECT SAVE LAND OBJECT TURN ON OFF RTC MOVE TO...

Страница 33: ...able The Schmidt Cassegrain system consists of a zero power corrector plate a spherical primary mirror and a secondary mirror Once light rays enter the optical system they travel the length of the opt...

Страница 34: ...the telescope by the focal length of the eyepiece used In equation format the formula looks like this Focal Length of Telescope mm Magnification Focal Length of Eyepiece mm Let s say for example you...

Страница 35: ...cases you may actually see a double image Never look across or over objects that are producing heat waves This includes asphalt parking lots on hot summer days or building rooftops Hazy skies fog and...

Страница 36: ...declination are named for their angular distance above and below the celestial equator The lines are broken down into degrees minutes of arc and seconds of arc Declination readings south of the equato...

Страница 37: ...ever set You will never see the stars complete one circle because the sunlight during the day washes out the starlight However part of this circular motion of stars in this region of the sky can be se...

Страница 38: ...le The north celestial pole is the point in the northern hemisphere around which all stars appear to rotate The counterpart in the southern hemisphere is referred to as the south celestial pole Polar...

Страница 39: ...least one additional calibration star slew the telescope to any bright star in its Named Star database list For best results choose a polar alignment star that is high in the sky and near the Meridia...

Страница 40: ...a to align on at least one additional calibration star located on the opposite side of the Meridian To add calibration stars 1 Slew the telescope to a bright star on the opposite of the Meridian from...

Страница 41: ...an see Venus go through its lunar like phases Mars can reveal a host of surface detail and one if not both of its polar caps You will be able to see the cloud belts of Jupiter and the great Red Spot i...

Страница 42: ...y skies absorb more light than clear skies making fainter objects harder to see and reducing contrast on brighter objects Aerosols ejected into the upper atmosphere from volcanic eruptions also affect...

Страница 43: ...directly affect image quality These drawings represent a point source i e star under bad seeing conditions left to excellent conditions right Most often seeing conditions produce images that lie some...

Страница 44: ...hen operating in the time exposure mode Olympus Nikon Minolta Pentax Canon and others have made such camera bodies The camera must have interchangeable lenses so you can attach it to the telescope and...

Страница 45: ...intensity and to increase contrast Keep accurate records of your exposures This information is useful if you want to repeat your results or if you want to submit some of your photos to various astrono...

Страница 46: ...the exposure 1 Find and center the desired target in the viewfinder of your camera 2 Turn the focus knob until the image is as sharp as possible 3 Place the black card over the front of the telescope...

Страница 47: ...f axis guider called the Radial Guider 94176 In addition you will need a T Ring to attach your camera to the Radial Guider Other equipment needs include a guiding eyepiece Unlike other forms of astrop...

Страница 48: ...riate guide rate rate 1 5x rate 2 1x and practice centering the guide star in the cross hairs for several minutes This will help you familiarize yourself with the periodic error of the drive and the o...

Страница 49: ...se vibrations producing blurred photos To reduce vibration when tripping the shutter use a cable release A cable release keeps your hands clear of the camera and lens thus eliminating the possibility...

Страница 50: ...69 1764mm C14 154 3910mm 98 2488mm Auto Guiding The CGE PRO mount has a designated auto guiding port for use with a CCD autoguider The diagram below may be useful when connecting the CCD camera cable...

Страница 51: ...y pointing the telescope at the ground until the dew has evaporated If moisture condenses on the inside of the corrector remove the accessories from the rear cell of the telescope Place the telescope...

Страница 52: ...t to touch the corrector plate pointing towards the collimation screws The shadow of your finger should be visible when looking into the eyepiece Rotate your finger around the tube edge until its shad...

Страница 53: ...t steps 2 through 6 as described above for the new direction Perfect collimation will yield a star image very symmetrical just inside and outside of focus In addition perfect collimation delivers the...

Страница 54: ...ield even at the edges In the 1 1 4 barrel diameter they are available in the following focal lengths 4mm 6mm 9mm 12 5mm 15mm 20mm 25mm 32mm and 40mm X Cel This 6 element design allows each X Cel Eyep...

Страница 55: ...with the C9 25 Polarizing Filter Set 93608 The polarizing filter set limits the transmission of light to a specific plane thus increasing contrast between various objects This is used primarily for te...

Страница 56: ...ilter is minimal Solar Filter The Baader AstroSolar filter is a safe and durable filter that covers the front opening of the telescope View sunspots and other solar features using this double sided me...

Страница 57: ...eye 1593x unaided eye 2579x unaided eye 2579x unaided eye Field of View standard eyepiece 55 61 53 53 Linear FOV 1000 yds 29 ft 32 ft 28 ft 28 ft Optical Coatings Standard Starbright XLT Coating Star...

Страница 58: ...asured from due north between the astronomical meridian the vertical line passing through the center of the sky and the north and south points on the horizon and the vertical line containing the celes...

Страница 59: ...bright at the end of its life cycle O Open Cluster One of the groupings of stars that are concentrated along the plane of the Milky Way Most have an asymmetrical appearance and are loosely assembled T...

Страница 60: ...ing Moon The period of the moon s cycle between new and full when its illuminated portion is increasing Z Zenith The point on the Celestial Sphere directly above the observer Zodiac The zodiac is the...

Страница 61: ...nd conflicts with slew limits there will be no action Get Azm Alt Z 12AB 4000 10 characters returned 12AB Azm comma 4000 Alt Get RA Dec E 34AB 12CE Scope must be aligned Cancel Goto M Is Goto in Progr...

Страница 62: ...oto Command Through RS232 To The Hand Control note Only valid for motorcontrol version 4 1 or greater 1 Convert the angle position to a 24bit number Example if the desired position is 220 then POSITIO...

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Страница 71: ...g or unauthorized repair Further product malfunction or deterioration due to normal wear is not covered by this warranty CELESTRON DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WHETHER OF MERCHANTABILIT...

Страница 72: ...Torrance CA 90503 U S A Tel 310 328 9560 Fax 310 212 5835 Web site at http www celestron com Copyright 2009 Celestron All rights reserved Products or instructions may change without notice or obligati...

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