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PowerSeeker 60, 70, 80, 114, 127 EQ Manual (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish) - Page 1
ENGLISH
PowerSeeker® Series Telescopes
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
● PowerSeeker 60EQ # 21043 ● PowerSeeker 70EQ # 21037 ● PowerSeeker 80EQ # 21048 ● PowerSeeker 114EQ # 21045
● PowerSeeker 127EQ # 21049
PowerSeeker 60, 70, 80, 114, 127 EQ Manual (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish) - Page 2
...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... Hemisphere 19 Aligning the Setting Circles...21 Motor Drive...22
CELESTIAL OBSERVING ...23...
PowerSeeker 60, 70, 80, 114, 127 EQ Manual (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish) - Page 3
...; CD-ROM "The Sky" Level 1 -- These telescopes were designed for clear, crisp images. • Smooth functioning, rigid equatorial mount with setting circles in several different models and this manual handy until you should keep this manual covers five models mounted on your equipment.
It may result.
y Never use your telescope to a telescope that will ensure your safety and...
PowerSeeker 60, 70, 80, 114, 127 EQ Manual (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish) - Page 5
Primary Mirror 5. Setting Circle 12. Eyepiece 2. Telescope Optical Tube 4. Latitude Adjustment Screw
8. R.A. Equatorial Mount 13. Tripod 10. Tripod Accessory Tray 9. Counterweight 11. Tube Ring 3. Dec. Setting Circle 14. 1
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Figure 1-2 PowerSeeker 114EQ Newtonian
PowerSeeker 127EQ Newtonian Similar
1. Dec. Slow Motion Cable 6. R.A....
PowerSeeker 60, 70, 80, 114, 127 EQ Manual (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish) - Page 6
... knob securely. slow-motion cables, 4mm eyepiece - 1.25", 20mm eyepiece - 1.25" (erect image for 114EQ & 127EQ), erect image diagonal 1.25" (for your PowerSeeker telescope. The tripod is very easy.
2. A fully extended the tripod looks like the image in one box. The tripod will install the tripod accessory tray (Figure 2-3) onto the tripod leg brace (center of the...
PowerSeeker 60, 70, 80, 114, 127 EQ Manual (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish) - Page 10
... with Bracket
Installing and Using the Barlow Lens
Your telescope also comes with the main telescope. see the "Calculating Magnification" section of the finderscope.
Installing the Finderscope
To install the finderscope:...For Newtonian telescopes, insert the Barlow directly into the Barlow lens. Note: Start by placing it over the posts protruding from both ends of this manual. Remove the...
PowerSeeker 60, 70, 80, 114, 127 EQ Manual (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish) - Page 11
... Dec.:
1. Release the R.A. Release the Dec. locking knob and rotate the telescope until it is no adjustment for accurate tracking if using an optional motor drive. to see figure 2-25).
2. DO NOT LET
GO OF THE TELESCOPE TUBE COMPLETELY! 5. For the 70EQ, 80EQ, 114EQ, and 127EQ --- To make fine adjustments, when the knobs are locked you...
PowerSeeker 60, 70, 80, 114, 127 EQ Manual (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish) - Page 12
...manual in R.A. or Dec., but by adjusting the mount vertically, which is best to always make final adjustments in altitude by moving the mount against gravity (i.e. The latitude adjustment on the PowerSeeker...Figure 2-25
Figure 2-26
Adjusting the Equatorial Mount
In order for a motor drive to track accurately, the telescope's axis of rotation must be parallel to the Earth's axis of rotation...
PowerSeeker 60, 70, 80, 114, 127 EQ Manual (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish) - Page 13
... rays. However, this small drawback does not hamper this problem, a two-element lens, known as chromatic aberration. Each element has a different index of refraction allowing two different wavelengths of the Refractor optical design
A Newtonian reflector uses a single concave mirror as reflectors (Newtonians), use lenses, and other telescopes, known as its name from working, a flat mirror...
PowerSeeker 60, 70, 80, 114, 127 EQ Manual (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish) - Page 14
... (mm)
Let's say, for the PowerSeeker 80EQ telescope. The general rule is right-side-up image but reversed from left-to-right (i.e., mirror image). Newtonian reflectors produce a right-side-up , but the image will appear rotated based on the location of the eyepiece, 20mm. Note: If you wear corrective lenses (specifically glasses), you are currently observing. To...
PowerSeeker 60, 70, 80, 114, 127 EQ Manual (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish) - Page 22
... and let the telescope track for the PowerSeeker equatorial mount.
Then, you should be able to get to the battery connected to the PowerSeeker equatorial mount via a flexible coupler that holds the motor in the
center of the mount's latitude pivot axis. 6. shaft. 4. Once polar aligned, the motor drive will illuminate. To install the motor drive see the description...
PowerSeeker 60, 70, 80, 114, 127 EQ Manual (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish) - Page 25
... sky observing site if possible.
Celestron offers the NexImage (# 93712) which can supplement what professionals were doing with a camera and its normal lens riding on one end to the T-Ring and the other end to keep in mind:
y Polar align the telescope and start the optional motor drive for image processing.
There are truly amazing...
PowerSeeker 60, 70, 80, 114, 127 EQ Manual (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish) - Page 27
...used to use the optional collimation tool or collimating eyepiece. It will take some models they are not thumbscrews) which are used...of the Little Dipper. The telescope should be set up at night and a star's image should be done by re-collimating... seen through the focuser using the collimation cap
Secondary mirror needs adjustment. Figure 7-1 PowerSeeker 114EQ
Night Time Star Collimating
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PowerSeeker 60, 70, 80, 114, 127 EQ Manual (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish) - Page 29
... observing much more enjoyable and eliminates the constant use of light, specifically those produced by artificial lights. Sky Maps (# 93722) - Celestron Sky Maps are economically priced and offer razor sharp views across the entire field. These eyepieces are the ideal teaching guide for precise collimation of Newtonian telescopes. This is ideal for learning the night sky...
PowerSeeker 60, 70, 80, 114, 127 EQ Manual (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish) - Page 30
...7kg)
35" (89cm)
19 lbs. (8.6kg)
7.5 lbs. (3.4kg)
18" (46cm)
22 lbs. (10.0kg)
Note: Specifications are subject to change without notice or obligation
30 POWERSEEKER SPECIFICATIONS
Model Number Description
21043 PS 60EQ
21037 PS 70EQ
21048 PS 80EQ
21045 PS 114EQ
21049 PS 127EQ
Optical Design Aperture Focal Length Focal Ratio Optical Coatings Finderscope Diagonal 1.25" Eyepieces 1.25...
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