ORION TELESCOPES & BINOCULARS StarMax 127mm EQ 9826 Instruction Manual Download

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INSTRUCTION MANUAL

IN 163 Rev. D

05/02

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127mm EQ

#9826

Equatorial Maksutov-Cassegrain Telescope

Summary of Contents for StarMax 127mm EQ 9826

Page 1: ...ing Exceptional Consumer Optical Products Since 1975 Customer Support 800 676 1343 E mail support telescope com Corporate Offices 831 763 7000 P O Box 1815 Santa Cruz CA 95061 Orion StarMax 127mm EQ 9...

Page 2: ...w motion control Declination slow motion control Right ascension lock lever Polar axis finder scope Latitude adjustment T bolts Leg lock knob Optical tube attachment knobs Declination lock lever Count...

Page 3: ...minutes No tools are needed other than the ones provid ed All screws should be tightened securely to eliminate flexing and wobbling but be careful not to over tighten or the threads may strip Refer t...

Page 4: ...e top of the tripod legs so the legs are securely fastened to the equatorial mount Use the larger wrench and your fingers to do this 6 Orient the equatorial mount as it appears in Figure 1 at a latitu...

Page 5: ...al mount Figure 4 First loosen the three thumbscrews on the housing which is located at the rear of the R A axis Insert the front end of the polar finder the end without the eyeguard into the housing...

Page 6: ...ent thumb screws will be needed to get the finder scope roughly parallel to the main tube Note The image in the telescope s eyepiece will appear inverted from left to right mirror reversed which is no...

Page 7: ...the telescope optical tube until it is parallel with the R A axis as it is in Figure 1 The pointer on the Dec setting circle should read 90 Retighten the Dec lock lever 4 Move the tripod so the teles...

Page 8: ...from 1 to 12 with each number representing a month of the year 1 is January 2 is February etc Each small line represents a two day increment 4 Loosen the R A lock lever and rotate the mount about the...

Page 9: ...t T bolts and use the azimuth fine adjustment knobs Figure 8 for final positioning To do this you will first need to loosen the big tripod attachment knob directly underneath the base of the equatoria...

Page 10: ...ting circle are positive when the telescope is pointing north of the celestial equator Dec 0 and negative when the tele scope is pointing south of the celestial equator Retighten the lock lever 2 Loos...

Page 11: ...bjects is good trans parency air free of moisture smoke and dust All tend to scatter light which reduces an object s brightness Transparency is judged by the magnitude of the faintest stars you can se...

Page 12: ...n t fall to the ground Also secure the eyepiece in the diagonal so that it won t fall out when rotating the diagonal Retighten the thumbscrews on the eyepiece adapter once the diagonal has been rotate...

Page 13: ...ng skills get sharper you will be able to ferret out more and more subtle details and structure How to Find Deep Sky Objects Star Hopping Star hopping as it is called by astronomers is perhaps the sim...

Page 14: ...l The T ring attaches to your camera and threads onto the StarMax s eyepiece adapter first remove eyepiece and diagonal coupling the camera body to the telescope Use the camera s viewfinder to frame t...

Page 15: ...cal length 1540mm Focal ratio f 12 1 Central obstruction diameter 39mm Primary mirror coating Aluminum with overcoat Meniscus lens coating Anti reflection multi coatings on both sides of lens Eyepiece...

Page 16: ...Watsonville CA 95076 If the product is not registered proof of purchase such as a copy of the original invoice is required This warranty does not apply if in Orion s judgment the instrument has been...