Celestron 11055 User Manuals

Table of Contents

• INTRODUCTION

  5
• ASSEMBLING YOUR CM-1100

  8
  • CM-1100 Parts diagram

    9
  • Setting Up the Tripod

    10
  • Attaching the Equatorial Mount

    12
  • Installing the Counterweight

    13
  • Attaching the Optical Tube

    14
  • Attaching the Accessories

    15
  • Installing the Finderscope

    17
  • Installing the Polar Finder

    18
  • Using the Slow Motion Controls

    19
  • Balancing the Mount

    21
  • Technical Specifications

    24
• TELESCOPE BASICS

  26
  • Focusing

    27
  • Aligning the Finder

    28
  • Calculating Magnification

    31
  • Determining Field of View

    31
• ASTRONOMY BASICS

  32
  • Polar Alignment

    34
  • Finding the Pole

    35
  • Latitude Scale

    36
  • Pointing at Polaris

    37
  • Polar Axis Finder

    38
  • Declination Drift

    39
  • R.A. Setting Circle

    40
• USING THE DRIVE

  41
  • Tracking Speeds

    42
  • Periodic Error Correction

    43
  • Southern Hemisphere Operation

    45
  • Hand Control

    46
• CELESTIAL OBSERVING

  47
  • Using your Setting Circles

    49
  • Viewing Conditions

    52
  • Star Hopping

    50
• CELESTIAL PHOTOGRAPHY

  54
  • CCD Imaging

    63
• TELESCOPE MAINTENANCE

  67
  • Collimation

    67
• OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES

  70
• THE MESSIER CATALOG

  74
• BRIGHT STAR LIST

  77
• FURTHER READING

  78