Moving The Telescope Manually; Installing The Telescope Tube To The Mount - Celestron ASTROMASTER 102AZ Manual De Instrucciones

MOVING THE TELESCOPE MANUALLY

The AstroMaster Alt-Az mount is easy to move wherever you want to point it The up-and-down (altitude) motion is
controlled by the pan handle (Figure 2-10) The side-to-side (azimuth) motion is controlled by the azimuth lock
(Figure 2-9) To loosen the pan handle and azimuth lock, turn them counterclockwise When loose, point the telescope to
the desired object, then lock the controls in place by turning them clockwise
Fig. 2-9 Fig. 2-10

INSTALLING THE TELESCOPE TUBE TO THE MOUNT

The telescope optical tube attaches to the mount via a dovetail slide bar mounting bracket at the top of the mount (Figure
2-11) For 102AZ refractors, the mounting bar is attached along the bottom of the telescope tube Before you attach
the optical tube, make sure that the pan handle and azimuth lock are fully locked Then, put the dovetail bracket in the
horizontal position as shown in Figure 2-12 This will ensure that the mount does not move suddenly while attaching the
telescope optical tube Also, remove the objective lens
To mount the telescope tube:
1 Remove the protective paper covering the optical tube
2 Loosen the mounting knob and the mounting safety screw on the side of the dovetail mounting platform so they do not
protrude into the mounting platform (Figure 2-12)
3 Slide the dovetail mounting bar into the recess on the top of the mounting platform (Figure 2-12)
4 Tighten the mounting knob on the dovetail mounting platform to hold the telescope in place
5 Hand tighten the mounting platform safety screw until the tip touches the side of the mounting bracket
Fig. 2-11 Fig. 2-12 Mounting Knob & Safety Screw in the dovetail bracket
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