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1.3 Attaching the finder scope / red dot finder with the mounting bracket
The telescope has an altazimuth mount with the designation AZ-1 or AZ-2. This allows you to acquire any celestial
object by movement in the vertical and horizontal axes.
How to proceed:
1. Loosen the screw for the azimuth adjustment (horizontal movement). You will find this thumbscrew located
just under the fork mount.
2. If you now place your hand on the tube, you will be able to move the telescope to the right or left.
3. Now, keeping hold of the tube, also carefully loosen the locking screw on the elevation rod - which you will find
on the side of the mount. The telescope can now move freely in the vertical axis too.
4. Move the telescope into the proximity of the desired celestial object, at the same time homing in on it with the
finder scope (which has been previously aligned). Now lock the elevation rod screw once more.
5. You will find an elevation fine adjustment control on the elevation rod - a flat screw, with which you can move
the tube up or down slightly. An object which has been roughly positioned can thereby be accurately placed
into the centre of the field of view of the eyepiece.
1.4 Attaching the finder scope / red dot finder with the sliding mounting plate
You can easily follow a celestial object by moving the telescope in its two axes. In astronomy one speaks of 'guiding'
the telescope.
1. You must first accurately position the celestial object in the eyepiece, as described above.
2. Due to celestial objects appearing to move in the eyepiece due to the earth's rotation, you must
constantly adjust the telescope in order to keep them in view. The azimuth axis remains unlocked
during guiding. Gently pushing the telescope tube allows you to change its position.
3. As objects describe an arc in the sky, you must always move both axes in order to keep objects centred.
You will also need to use the elevation fine adjustment control on the elevation rod to stop objects
'wandering' out of the field of view.
Movements in both axes must be made as sensitively as possible. With a little practice you will soon get
the knack.
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