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A telescope is carefully aligned during construction and great care should
be taken to maintain this alignment over the life of the telescope. Cleaning
should be done as little as possible and then only with a mild soap solution
and soft, lint-free cloth. Do not rub elements when cleaning. Blot optical
components gently and allow telescope to air dry. Store telescope in box
when not in use. Do not use alcohol or solvents to clean any parts of the
telescope. Do not remove optical elements from telescope as doing so may
affect the alignment of optical components when reassembled. If telescope
needs realignment, contact Zhumell or another professional.
TELESCOPE ASSEMBLY
1. Extend tripod legs to comfortable working
height and tighten wingnuts to ensure stabil-
ity. Separate tripod legs and ensure that the
legs are extended to equal heights. The top of
the tripod should be level to ensure stability
when mounting telescope.
2. Remove mount base screw. Insert bottom
of mount assembly into tripod mounting
hole. Replace mount base screw below tripod
mounting plate and tighten to secure mount
to tripod.
3. Loosen all setscrews on mount (except the
base screw) and position mount so that you
have access to all parts of the mount.
4. Find the latitude scale located on the side
of the mount above the base of the mount.
Remove the nut and washer located in the
center of the latitude scale. Slide clock drive
mounting bracket over the exposed bolt and
onto the raised fitting. Line up clock drive so
that the motor drive coil slides over the R.A.
adjustment shaft. The thumbscrew will need
to be loosened in order to ensure that the
motor drive coil slides easily onto the shaft.
Replace washer and nut to secure clock drive
assembly and tighten.
5. Loosen thumbscrews on R.A. and Dec.
adjustment cables. Slide shorter adjustment
cable over open end of the R.A. adjustment
shaft (opposite the mounted clock drive) and
tighten thumbscrew into notch on shaft. Slide
longer adjustment cable onto the Dec. adjust-
ment shaft (below telescope mounting brack-
ets) and tighten thumbscrew into notch.