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Quick Setup Guide for AstroMaster 76EQ, 114EQ and 130EQ - Page 1
... be the same length to provide a level platform for the telescope.
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To attach the accessory tray, line up guide for: Model #31035 - AstroMaster 130EQ-MD
Questions or Problems with center support bracket, equatorial mount, two eyepieces, two counterweights, counterweight bar, two slow motion cables, accessory tray, battery, owner's manual, and The Sky™ CD Software. From underneath the...
AstroMaster Manual (90EQ and 130EQ) - Page 1
ENGLISH
AstroMaster Series Telescopes
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
● AstroMaster 90 EQ # 21064 ● AstroMaster 130 EQ # 31045 ● AstroMaster 90 EQ-MD # 21069 ● AstroMaster 130 EQ-MD # 31051
AstroMaster Manual (90EQ and 130EQ) - Page 2
... of Contents
INTRODUCTION ...3 ASSEMBLY ...6
Setting up the Tripod ...6 Attaching the Equatorial Mount ...7 Installing the Counterweight Bar & Counterweights 7 Attaching the Slow Motion Cables...8 Attaching the Telescope Tube to the Mount 8 Installing the Diagonal & Eyepieces (refractor 9 Installing the Eyepieces on the Newtonians 9 Moving the Telescope Manually ...10 Balancing the Mount in...
AstroMaster Manual (90EQ and 130EQ) - Page 3
... or adults who may not be used terrestrially as well as astronomically with a motor drive. Warning
• Never look directly at www.celestron.com
Some of the many standard features of amateur astronomy. Internal heat build-up inside the telescope can cause these sizes with the standard accessories included.
The AstroMaster series features a compact and portable design...
AstroMaster Manual (90EQ and 130EQ) - Page 5
Tube Ring 3. Telescope Optical Tube 4. Slow Motion Cable 6. Latitude Adjustment Screw
8. Dec. Focus Knob
5 Primary Mirror 5. Setting Circle 12. Tripod 10. Star Pointer Finderscope 13. R.A. Slow Motion Cable 7. Counterweights 11. R.A. Accessory Tray 9. Setting Circle 14. 12
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Figure 1-2 AstroMaster 130 EQ Newtonian
1. Eyepiece 2. ...
AstroMaster Manual (90EQ and 130EQ) - Page 6
...-motion cables, 10mm eyepiece - 1.25", 20mm eyepiece - 1.25" (erect image for 130 EQ), erect image diagonal 1.25" (for your AstroMaster telescope.
Remove the tripod from the box (Figure 2-1). The tripod comes preassembled so that it outdoor. This section covers the assembly instructions for 90 EQ), "The Sky" Level 1 CD-ROM. optical tube with the correct assembly...
AstroMaster Manual (90EQ and 130EQ) - Page 8
...mount the telescope tube:
1. see Figure 2-18.
3. Use whichever one on each cable end does not protrude through the opening cap (Newtonian). For the 130 EQ Newtonian, ...AstroMaster mount comes with two slow motion control cables that allow you to make fine pointing adjustments to the telescope in both work the same. cable to remove the tube rings on top
Figure 2-16 R.A. & Dec. To install...
AstroMaster Manual (90EQ and 130EQ) - Page 10
... it remains stationary when the Dec. For the 130 EQ Newtonian, loosen the screws that the dovetail mounting bracket knob is tight). lock knob is crucial for accurate tracking if using an optional motor drive.
To balance the mount:
1. Release the telescope - Move the counterweights to hold the telescope tube inside the tube rings and slide the...
AstroMaster Manual (90EQ and 130EQ) - Page 11
...Adjusting the Equatorial Mount
In order for a motor drive to track accurately, the telescope's axis of...the telescope's axis of the mount down as far as polar alignment. using the...manual in the section on the AstroMaster mount has a range from approximately 20° to always make final adjustments in altitude by moving the telescope in Altitude
• To adjust the latitude of the telescope...
AstroMaster Manual (90EQ and 130EQ) - Page 14
...replace the battery, it can determine the magnification for your telescope (the AstroMaster 90 EQ for this example has a focal length of 1000mm) by the focal length of the eyepiece used for the AstroMaster 90 EQ telescope... Magnification
You can be installed already. To determine the magnification of your telescope just by 60 gives a maximum useful magnification of the eyepiece,...
AstroMaster Manual (90EQ and 130EQ) - Page 23
... optional accessory (Model # 93514) for the AstroMaster equatorial mount. Remove the control panel plate from the motor assembly and then remove the motor bracket from the motor. The drive also has a "N/S" switch to the AstroMaster equatorial mount via a flexible coupler that holds the motor in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere. 23
shaft opposite of the Motor Drive - Installation of...
AstroMaster Manual (90EQ and 130EQ) - Page 26
... the 130 EQ Newtonian telescope, piggyback photography is done by using the T-Adapter (# 93625). You can also adapt the 90 EQ by ...telescope and start the optional motor drive for detailed information on top of the telescope. You will need to remove your lens from your camera to use products on how to get the best images possible. Attach your camera instruction manual...
AstroMaster Manual (90EQ and 130EQ) - Page 27
..., you may build up on low setting) or by alternately tightening and loosening them until its components.
This will result in circles! Internal adjustments and cleaning should be optimized by Celestron.
Rack the focuser tube in completely, using the optional Newtonian Collimation Tool (#94183) offered by re-collimating (aligning) the telescope's optics, as not to the...
AstroMaster Manual (90EQ and 130EQ) - Page 30
...Newtonian telescope is easily accomplished with this handy accessory which includes detailed instructions.
Omni Plossl Eyepieces - UHC/LPR Filter 1.25" (# 94123) - Flashlight, Night Vision (# 93588) - T-Adapter - Universal 1.25" (# 93625) - Motor Drive (# 93514) - Celestron Sky Maps are economically priced and offer razor sharp views across the entire field. They use of the manual...
AstroMaster Manual (90EQ and 130EQ) - Page 31
... change without notice or obligation
31045 & 31051 AM 130 EQ
Newtonian 130mm (5")
650mm f/5
31% - 10% Fully Coated Star Pointer
n/a 20mm Erect Image (33x) 10mm (65x)
1.5° 79
Equatorial CG3 yes yes yes yes
306x 13.1 1.06 0.89 345x
24" (61cm) 28 lbs. (12.7kg)
Note: # 21069 & # 31051 include a Motor Drive
31 AstroMaster Specifications
Optical Design Aperture Focal Length...
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