Bresser First Light MAK, Instruction Manual

Page 1: ...Instruction manual First Light MAK 100 1400 EQ Maksutov telescope Art No 9621802...

Page 2: ...ok directly at the sun or even at its immediate surroundings you risk immediate and irreparable damage to your eye This damage of the eye happens mostly painlessly and therefore without any warning to...

Page 3: ...r look into or near the sun with a telescope Risk of blindness PARTS OVERVIEW 3 Fig 1c 3 3 3 3 1 1 2 2 2 2 Explanations about the items from page 5 onwards 2 a 2 2 Fig 1d 2 Fig 1a Fig 1b G H C B CA G...

Page 4: ...according to Fig 1a 1d 5 Assembly 8 Listing of parts Unpacking 8 Assembly instruction 8 Getting started 10 Balancing the telescope 10 ALIGNING THE FINDER SCOPE 10 Use accessories 12 Eyepieces 12 Barlo...

Page 5: ...n place with the knurled screws The eyepiece magnifies the image captured by the telescope 4 LED viewfinder Projects a red dot on to a mirrored surface which helps to align the observation object with...

Page 6: ...t of the telescope can now be adjusted 28 Polar altitude scale This allows you to read the latitude of your obser ving site which you make by operating the polar altitude adjustment screw seechap Stru...

Page 7: ...llowing address http www bresser de Here are some links to third party provider sites No liability can be assumed for the content of these pages Internet forum Astronomie de astronomy com The magazine...

Page 8: ...segments at the desired height 3 Assembly Mount the shelf The accessory tray B Fig 2 is placed in the centre of the tripod spider with the flat side facing downwards and mounted by turning it clockwi...

Page 9: ...g the LED view finder 10 Battery in LED viewfinder Fig 10 The pre installed battery in the LED viewfinder is protected against discharge by a plastic plate Remove the plastic plate before the first us...

Page 10: ...etighten the pipe clamp clamping screws The telescope is now pro perly balanced in both axes The next step is to align the finder scope Aligning the viewfinder The LED viewfinder must be adjusted befo...

Page 11: ...s described in steps 3 and 4 Now that the viewfinder is adjusted any object that is centred there will also be centred in the eyepiece of the telescope Congratulations With this alignment objects that...

Page 12: ...t objects e g the moon or depending on the sensor sensi tivity of the smartphone also planets For mounting insert the eyepiece A Fig 17 through the retaining ring B Fig 17 of the smartphone adapter an...

Page 13: ...keep in mind that the desired object will slowly move out of view due to the rotation of the earth on its own axis This impression is even reinforced at high magnifi cation Moon Observations Point th...

Page 14: ...te acceptable So don t let excessive attention to the exact position of the polar star take away the joy of your telescope Fig 18a The parallactic home posi tion side view Mount in the balance bring A...

Page 15: ...aphic lens cleaners under any circumstances c Organic soiling fingerprints etc on optical surfaces is best removed with a cleaning fluid consisting of three parts distilled water and one part isopropy...

Page 16: ...Item number 9621802 Optical design Maksutov Free opening 4 100 mm Focal length 1400 mm Focal ratio photographic aperture f 14 0 Maximum resolution 1 3 arcseconds Mounting equatorial parallactic RA an...

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Page 20: ...sser GmbH 46414 Rhede Germany No part of this manual may be reproduced transmitted transcribed or translated into any langua ge in any form without the written permission of Bresser GmbH Errors and te...