INSTRUMENTS
 

ASTRAL TELESCOPE

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Table of Contents

• Alignment of the Finder
  - FOCUSING OF THE TELESCOPE AND ALIGNMENT OF THE FINDER
• Oculars and Magnification
• Use of Altazimuth Mounting
  - MOVEMENT OF THE TELESCOPE
• Use of Equatorial Mounting
  - balance the instrument
  - equatorial telescope can be regulated
  - RIGHT ASCENSION
• Ground Use
• Astronomic Use
  -HOW TO AIM THE TELESCOPE AT CELESTIAL OBJECTS
• How to Aim at Celestial Objects
• The Sun and The Moon
  - THE SUN
  - THE MOON
• Other Celestial Objects
  - THE PLANETS
  - Mercury
  - Uranus and Neptune
  - Pluto
  - VENUS
  - Comets
  - THE STARS
  - STELLAR MASSES
  - NEBULAE AND GALAXIES
• Photographic Use
  - DIRECT FOCUS PHOTOGRAPHY
  - PARALLEL PHOTOGRAPHY
  - OCULAR PROJECTION PHOTOGRAPHY
  - FOCUSING WITH THE CAMERA
  - ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY
• Accessories
  - Sun Filter
  - Solar prism
  - Mylar Sun Filter
  - Moon Filter
  - Nebula Filter
  - KIT 4 coloured filters
  - Automatic Tracking
  - STEP MOTOR
  - Control 12
  - Sun Screen
  - Image Rectification
  - Motorized focusing
• Advice and Maintenance
  - ADVICE FOR SUCCESSFUL OBSERVATION
  -  MAINTENANCE OF THE TELESCOPE