Celestron XLT series User Manual
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Table of contents
Document Outline
- Warning
- Setting up the Tripod
- Attaching the Equatorial Mount
- Attaching the Center Leg Brace
- Installing the Counterweight Bar
- Installing the Counterweights
- Attaching the Slow Motion Knobs
- Attaching the Telescope Tube to the Mount
- Installing the Finderscope
- Installing the Visual Back
- Installing the Star Diagonal
- Installing the Eyepieces
- Moving the Telescope Manually
- Balancing the Mount in R.A.
- Balancing the Mount in DEC
- Adjusting the Mount
- Adjusting the Mount in Altitude
- Adjusting the Mount in Azimuth
- Image Orientation
- Focusing
- Aligning the Finderscope
- Calculating Magnification
- Determining Field of View
- General Observing Hints
- The Celestial Coordinate System
- Motion of the Stars
- Latitude Scale
- Pointing at Polaris
- Finding the North Celestial Pole
- Declination Drift Method of Polar Alignment
- Aligning the R.A. Setting Circle
- Using the R.A. Vernier Scale
- Observing the Moon
- Lunar Observing Hints
- Observing the Planets
- Observing the Sun
- Solar Observing Hints
- Observing Deep Sky Objects
- Seeing Conditions
- Transparency
- Sky Illumination
- Seeing
- Using the Lens Cap Aperture Stop with Refractor Telescopes
- Piggyback Photography
- Short Exposure Prime Focus Photography for Refractors & Newtonians
- Short Exposure Prime Focus Photography for Schmidt-Cassegrains
- Eyepiece Projection for a Schmidt-Cassegrain
- Long Exposure Prime Focus Photography
- Planetary and Lunar Photography with Special Imagers
- CCD Imaging for Deep Sky Objects
- Terrestrial Photography
- Metering
- Reducing Vibration
- Care and Cleaning of the Optics
- Collimation of Refractors
- Collimation of a Schmidt-Cassegrain
- Collimation of a Newtonian
- Appendix A Technical Specifications
- Appendix B - Glossary of Terms
- Celestron Two Year Warranty