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Orion SHORTTUBE 80-A manual

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    IN 305 Rev . A 02/07 Customer Support (800 ) 676-1343 E-mail: support@telescope.com Corporate Offices (831) 763-7000 P .O. Box 1815, Santa Cruz, CA 95061 INSTRUCTION MANUAL Prov iding Excepti onal Consume r Optical Pro ducts Since 1 975 Orion ® Shor tT ube ™ 80-A 80mm Rich-Field Refracting T elescope # 9947[...]

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    2 W ARNING: Never look at the sun with y our telescope (or even with just y our eyes) without a pr ofessionally made solar filter . Permanent ey e damage or b lindness could result. Y oung children should use this telescope only with adult supervision. A void using the type of solar filter that screws into an eyepiece. They are susceptible to crack[...]

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    3 1 Soft carr y case 1 He x key (5mm) Note: The following instr uctions describe the Shor tT ube 80-A. If you have purchased the Shor tT ube 80 Optical T ube Assembly only , there will be many accessories descr ibed that are not included with your telescope. All of the described accessor ies are av ailable from Orion T elescopes & Binoculars. C[...]

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    4 The dov etail mounting plate now connected to the Shor tT ube 80-A connects to the equatorial mount’s dov etail holder . The dov etail holder has two secur ing knobs to keep the dov etail plate securely in place. Be sure to loosen these two knobs prior to attaching the telescope. While grasping the telescope fir mly , place the dovetail mountin[...]

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    5 Use the two alignment screws to center the object on the crosshairs of the finder scope. Then look again into the main telescope’ s ey epiece and see if it is still centered there as well. If it isn’t, repeat the entire process, making sure not to mov e the main telescope while adjusting the alignment of the finder scope. Finder scopes can co[...]

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    6 is impor tant that you find an obser ving site well awa y from is impor tant that you find an obser ving site well awa y from light pollution. T ake plenty of time to let y our eyes adjust to the darkness. Don’t e xpect these objects to appear like the photographs you see in books and magazines; most will look lik e dim gra y “ghosts. ” (Ou[...]

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    7 Any quality optical lens tissue and cleaning fluid specifically Any quality optical lens tissue and cleaning fluid specifically designed f or multi-coated optics can be used to clean the telescope’ s objective lens as well as the lenses of the eye- pieces and finder scope. Ne ver use regular glass cleaner or cleaning fluid designed f or ey egla[...]

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    8 One-Y ear Limited W arranty Th e Ori on Sh or tT ub e ™ 80 -A Re fra ct or is wa rr ant ed ag ain st def ect s in ma teri als or wo rkma n- sh ip f or a peri od of on e y ear fr om the dat e of pur cha se . T his wa rr ant y is f or the ben efi t of the ori gin al ret ail pu rch ase r onl y . Duri ng th is w arr an ty pe riod Ori on T ele sco p[...]