Celestron C21061 User Manuals

Table of Contents

• Setting up the Tripod

  6
• Moving the Telescope Manually

  7
• Attaching the Telescope Tube to the Mount

  7
• Installing the Diagonal & Eyepieces ( refractor)

  8
• Installing the Eyepieces on the Newtonians

  8
• Image Orientation

  10
• Focusing

  10
• Aligning the Finderscope

  10
• Calculating Magnification

  11
• Determining Field of View

  12
• General Observing Hints

  12
• The Celestial Coordinate System

  13
• Motion of the Stars

  14
• Observing the Moon

  15
• Observing the Planets

  15
  • Planetary Observing Hints

    15
• Observing the Sun

  15
• Observing Deep Sky Objects

  16
• Seeing Conditions

  18
• Short Exposure Prime Focus Photography

  19
• Piggyback Photography

  19
• Planetary & Lunar Photography with Special Imagers

  19
• CCD Imaging for Deep Sky Objects

  19
• Terrestrial Photography

  19
• Care and Cleaning of the Optics

  20
• Collimation of a Newtonian

  20
• AstroMaster Specifications

  24