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alignment screws to make any necessary
refinements.

TO MOVE THE TELESCOPE

Your telescope is altazimuth mounted.
Altazimuth is just a complicated way of
saying that your telescope moves up and
down and from  side to side. Other
telescopes may be mounted in different
ways.
1. Slightly loosen the vertical locking lever

(5). Loosening this lever allows you to
move the telescope up and down.

2. Slightly loosen the horizontal lock knob

(6). Loosening this lock allows the
telescope to be moved from side to side.

3. Once an object is found, re-tighten the

knob. You can then use the slow motion
controls to make smooth and precise
movements as you follow (or “track”) an
object as it moves in the eyepiece.

You will enjoy your telescope even more as
you learn more about it. But don’t be scared
off by difficult terms or complicated
procedures. Don’t panic! Just relax and enjoy
your scope.

2. Tighten the drawtube thumbscrew
to hold the diagonal mirror securely.
3. Slide the MA 25mm eyepiece (1)
into diagonal mirror (13).
4. Tighten the diagonal mirror
thumbscrew (26) to hold the eyepiece
securely.

ALIGN THE RED DOT VIEWFINDER

Perform the first part of this procedure
during the daytime and the last step at night.
1. Point the telescope at an easy-to-find

land object such as the top of a telephone
pole or a distant mountain or tower. Look
through the eyepiece in the diagonal
mirror and turn the focuser knob (23)
until the image is sharply focused. Center
the object precisely in the eyepiece’s field
of view.

2. Look through the red dot viewfinder. Turn

one or more of the viewfinder’s alignment
screws (3) until the red dot is precisely
over the same object as you centered in
the eyepiece.

3. Check this alignment at night on a

celestial object, such as the Moon or a
bright star, and use the viewfinder’s

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THE MOST IMPORTANT RULE

We have one very important rule that you
should always follow when using your
telescope:  

Have Fun!

Have a good time when you’re observing. You
may not know everything that there is to
know about a telescope or what all the
sights in the universe are, but that’s OK. Just
point and observe at first.

You will begin to grow and learn more about
astronomy the more you observe. Go to the
library and read some books about the 

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Страница 4: ...igure 1 Telestar 70 RB Altazimuth Refracting Telescope Inset A Red Dot Viewfinder Assembly Inset B Tripod Legs and Accessory Tray Inset C Altaz or Azimuth Mount Inset C Inset B Inset A M Page 4...

Страница 5: ...See Fig 2 ATTACH THE RED DOT VIEWFINDER An eyepiece 1 has a narrow field of view A viewfinder 2 has a wider field of view which makes it easier to locate objects The red dot viewfinder has a red dot t...

Страница 6: ...to make smooth and precise movements as you follow or track an object as it moves in the eyepiece You will enjoy your telescope even more as you learn more about it But don t be scared off by difficu...

Страница 7: ...y when you wish to move the telescope in very small fine control steps Observe the Moon When you feel comfortable with the viewfinder the eyepieces the locks and the adjustment controls you will be re...

Страница 8: ...tem Our Sun by the way is a single yellow dwarf star It is average as far as stars go and is a middle aged star f on e e s r er Beyond the planets are clouds of comets icy planetoids and other debris...

Страница 9: ...ace of Saturn its ring structure will steal your breath away You will probably be able to see a black opening in the rings known as the Cassini band Saturn is not the only planet that has rings but it...

Страница 10: ...with your scope Nebula means cloud Most nebulas are clouds of gas The two easiest to see in the Northern Hemisphere are the Orion nebula during the winter and the Triffid nebula during the summer Thes...

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