Celestron Wide View 52260 Instruction Manual

4, 4 The Wide View Spotting Scope This section covers the correct set up and operating procedures for your Celestron 80mm or 102mm Wide View spotting scope and includes information on visual and photographic observations. The Wide View spotting scope uses a classical re…

3, 3 GETTING STARTED The high magnification of your spotting scope makes it very difficult to handhold and, as a result, it must be attached to a stable platform. The 102mm Wide View has a tripod adapter block, which is located on the bottom of the spotting scope tube. Remove your spot…

2, 2 INTRODUCTION A spotting scope is nothing more than a telescope that is designed to look around the Earth. Unlike astronomical telescopes, which produce inverted or reverted images, spotting scopes produce correctly oriented images. Celestron offers several different models…

9, Celestron Wide View 52260 9 VISUAL OBSERVING INFORMATION Focusing When working with any optical instrument, there are several focusing hints that will ensure that you get the sharpest possible image. The hints listed here are for visual observing and photography. S Never look through glass. Glass fou…

12, 12 Observing Deep Sky Objects Deep sky objects are simply those objects outside the boundaries of our solar system. They include star clusters, planetary nebulae, diffuse nebulae, double stars, and other galaxies outside our own Milky Way. Because your spotting scope is not set …