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INSTRUCTION MANUAL

IN 672 Rev B 8-22

Orion

®

 EQ-13 Equatorial 

Telescope Mount and Tripod

#55026

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Страница 1: ... Canada 800 447 1001 International 1 831 763 7000 Customer Support support telescope com Copyright 2022 Orion Telescopes Binoculars All Rights Reserved No part of this product instruction or any of its contents may be reproduced copied modified or adapted without the prior written consent of Orion Telescopes Binoculars A N E M P L O Y E E O W N E D C O M P A N Y ...

Страница 2: ... is quality equatorial mount designed for astronomical viewing with small telescopes These instructions will help you assemble and properly use your new mount Please read them over thoroughly before getting started G F E D B A C B WARNING Do NOT look at the Sun without a professionally made solar filter on the telescope serious eye damage may result if you look at the Sun with any unfiltered optic...

Страница 3: ...mount won t swivel accidentally when you re attaching the tube rings or the optical tube And of course make sure the counterweight is installed on the counterweight shaft Make sure the two saddle clamp knobs are backed out suf ficiently to allow the dovetail bar to seat properly Then lift the optical tube and set the dovetail mounting bar into the mount s saddle When the dovetail bar is seated in ...

Страница 4: ...sion R A axis using only the R A slow motion knob But first the R A axis of the mount must be aligned with the Earth s rotational polar axis a process called polar alignment For Northern Hemisphere observers approximate polar align ment is achieved by pointing the mount s right ascension axis at the North Star Star Polaris It lies within 1 of the north celestial pole NCP which is an extension of t...

Страница 5: ...rth Then retighten the mount attachment knob The equatorial mount is now roughly polar aligned From this point on in your observing session you should not make any further adjustments to the azimuth or the lati tude of the mount nor should you move the tripod Doing so will ruin the polar alignment The telescope should henceforth be moved only about its R A and Dec axes Figure 7 A Balance a telesco...

Страница 6: ...loose When the object is visible in the finder scope use the slow motion controls to center it Now look in the telescope s eyepiece and use the slow motion controls to center it in the eyepiece The R A slow motion cable can turn the mount s R A axis a full 360 degrees However the Dec slow motion cable has a limited range of about 25 degrees If you reach the end of the range of motion and you canno...

Страница 7: ... nomical software program or perhaps on the internet Calibrating the Setting Circles Using a star atlas or astronomy planetarium program identify a bright star visible in your sky Some smartphone astronomy apps allow you to hold your phone up to the sky and the app will identify the stars and constellations visible in the direction you re pointing to Note the right ascension and declination coordi...

Страница 8: ... prior written consent of Orion Telescopes Binoculars A N E M P L O Y E E O W N E D C O M P A N Y One Year Limited Warranty This Orion product is warranted against defects in materials or workmanship for a peri od of one year from the date of purchase This warranty is for the benefit of the original retail purchaser only During this warranty period Orion Telescopes Binoculars will repair or replac...

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