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Manual Celestron PowerSeeker 60AZ Telescope

Name: Celestron PowerSeeker 60AZ Telescope
Brand: Celestron
SKU: PowerSeeker 60AZ
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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 3

ASSEMBLY ................................................................................................................................... 6

Setting up the Tripod .................................................................................................................. 6

Attaching the Telescope Tube to the Mount............................................................................... 7

Moving the Telescope Manually ................................................................................................ 8

Installing the Diagonal & Eyepiece (Refractor) – 60AZ............................................................ 8

Installing the Diagonal & Eyepiece (Refractor) – 50AZ............................................................ 8

Installing the Eyepiece on the Newtonian .................................................................................. 9

Installing & Using the Barlow Lens ........................................................................................... 9

Installing & Using the 1.5x Erecting Eyepiece – 50AZ ............................................................. 9

Installing the Finderscope......................................................................................................... 10

Aligning the Finderscope.......................................................................................................... 10

TELESCOPE BASICS ................................................................................................................. 11

Image Orientation ..................................................................................................................... 12

Focusing.................................................................................................................................... 12

Calculating Magnification ........................................................................................................ 12

Determining Field of View....................................................................................................... 13

General Observing Hints........................................................................................................... 13

ASTRONOMY BASICS .............................................................................................................. 14

The Celestial Coordinate System.............................................................................................. 14

Motion of the Stars.................................................................................................................... 15

CELESTIAL OBSERVING ......................................................................................................... 16

Observing the Moon ................................................................................................................. 16

Observing the Planets ............................................................................................................... 16

Observing the Sun..................................................................................................................... 16

Observing Deep-Sky Objects.................................................................................................... 17

Seeing Conditions..................................................................................................................... 19

ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY............................................................................................................ 20

Short Exposure Prime Focus Photography ............................................................................... 20

Planetary & Lunar Photography with Special Imagers............................................................. 20

CCD Imaging for Deep-Sky Objects ........................................................................................ 20

Terrestrial Photography ............................................................................................................ 20

TELESCOPE MAINTENANCE.................................................................................................. 21

Care and Cleaning of the Optics ............................................................................................... 21

Collimation of a Newtonian...................................................................................................... 21

OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES ..................................................................................................... 24

POWERSEEKER SPECFICATIONS.......................................................................................... 25

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