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Messier series: Your personal
window to the universe..................................................... 5
Description of the features
................................................... 5
Getting Started! – First Steps ............................................ 8
Telescope Assembly ........................................................... 8
How to Assemble Your Telescope ..................................... 8
Balancing the Telescope .................................................. 10
Aligning the Viewfinder ..................................................... 11
Choosing an Eyepiece ......................................................13
Observation ....................................................................... 14
Observing by Moving the Telescope Manually ................ 14
Observe the Moon ........................................................... 14
Setting the Polar Home Position ...................................... 15
Maintenance ...................................................................... 16
Maintenance guidelines ...................................................... 16
Alignment (Collimation)
of the Newtonian Optical System .................................... 16
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Inspecting the Optics ......................................................... 18
Customer Service ............................................................... 19
Technical Data R-102, R-127 S/L und R-152 S .............. 20
Technical Data N-150, N-230, R-90 und N-130 .............. 21
Appendix A: Celestial coordinates .................................. 22
Locating the Celestial Pole ................................................. 23
Setting Circles .................................................................... 23
To use the setting circles to locate an object
not easily found by direct visual observation .................. 24
Appendix B: Latitude Chart ............................................. 25
Appendix C: Polar Alignment .......................................... 27
Adjusting the polar viewfinder ............................................ 27
Polar alignment
by using the polar viewfinder (MON 2 only)...................... 28
Appendix D: Basic astronomy ......................................... 30
Appendix E: Star maps ..................................................... 35
Looking at or near the Sun will cause instant and irreversible damage to your eye!
