Celestron C102AZ Instruction Manual

7, 7 TELESCOPE BASICS Once your telescope has been fully assembled, you are ready to attach the accessories. The Accessory Adapter The accessory adapter is the short black tube with the set screw that allows the attachment of visual accessories (i.e., the star diagonal, erect image di…

11, Celestron C102AZ 11 Most deep-sky objects have a large angular size. Therefore, low-to-moderate power is all you need to see them. Visually, they are too faint to reveal any color. Instead, they have a black and white appearance. And, because of their low surface brightness, they should be observed from …

9, 9 3. Adjust the screws on the finder bracket, tightening one while loosening another, until the crosshairs are centered on the target seen through the telescope. Image orientation through the finder is inverted (i.e., upside down and reversed from left-to-right). This is normal for any fin…

14, 14 CELESTRON ONE YEAR WARRANTY A. Celestron International (CI) warrants this telescope to be free from defects in materials and workmanship for one year. CI will repair or replace such product or part hereof which, upon inspection by CI, is found to be defective in materials …

5, 5 3. Place the telescope tube on the mount and orient it so that the objective lens is opposite the slow motion control handles. 4. Slide the rings together until the square extrusions fit over the ends of the mounting platform. 5. Tighten the bolt on the square extrusion on the ring clo…

10, 10 Try using different optional eyepieces to see how the field changes with various magnifications. WARNING ! NEVER POINT YOUR TELESCOPE AT THE SUN UNLESS YOU HAVE THE PROPER MYLAR SOLAR FILTER. PERMANENT AND IRREVERSIBLE EYE DAMAGE MAY RESULT AS WELL AS DAMAGE TO YOUR TELESCOPE. ALSO, NEVER …