Celestron PowerSeeker 80EQ Telescope PowerSeeker 60, 70, 80, 114, 127 EQ Manua - Page 2

Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ...3 ASSEMBLY ...6 Setting up the Tripod...6 Attaching the Equatorial Mount ...7 Installing the Counterweight Bar & Counterweight(s 7 Attaching the Slow Motion Cables ...8 Attaching the Telescope Tube to the Mount...8 Installing the Diagonal & Eyepiece (Refractor 9 Installing the Eyepiece on the Newtonian ...9 Installing the Finderscope ...10 Aligning the Finderscope...10 Installing and Using the Barlow Lens ...10 Moving the Telescope Manually ...11 Balancing the Mount in R.A...11 Balancing the Mount in Dec...11 Adjusting the Equatorial Mount ...12 Adjusting the Mount in Altitude...12 TELESCOPE BASICS ...13 Image Orientation...14 Focusing ...14 Calculating Magnification...14 Determining Field of View ...15 General Observing Hints...15 ASTRONOMY BASICS ...16 The Celestial Coordinate System...16 Motion of the Stars ...16 Polar Alignment with the Latitude Scale ...17 Pointing at Polaris...18 Finding the North Celestial Pole...18 Polar Alignment in the Southern Hemisphere 19 Aligning the Setting Circles...21 Motor Drive...22 CELESTIAL OBSERVING ...23 Observing the Moon ...23 Observing the Planets...23 Observing the Sun...23 Observing Deep-Sky Objects ...24 Seeing Conditions...24 ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY...25 Short Exposure Prime Focus Photography ...25 Piggyback Photography...25 Planetary & Lunar Photography with Special Imagers 25 CCD Imaging for Deep Sky Objects ...25 Terrestrial Photography...25 TELESCOPE MAINTENANCE 26 Care and Cleaning of the Optics...26 Collimation of a Newtonian...26 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES ...29 POWERSEEKER SPECIFICATIONS 30 2