Orionメーカー9025の使用説明書/サービス説明書
ページ先へ移動 of 16
IN 112 Rev . A 0399 Providing Exceptional Consumer Optical Products Since 1975 Customer Support (800) 676-1343 E-mail: support@telescope.com Corporate Offices (831) 763-7000 P .
2 Figure 1. Skywatcher 90 EQ P ar ts Diagram T ube ring mounting plate Dec. lock knob Dec. setting circle R.A. lock knob R.A. slow-motion control Counterweight loc king thumbscrew Counterweight Counte.
3 1. Par ts List Qty . Description 1 Optical tube assembly 1 German-type equator ial mount 2 Slow-motion control cab les 1 Counterweight 1 Counterweight shaft 3 T r ipod legs 1 Accessor y tra y with m.
4 finder scope or ey epieces with your fingers. The optical sur- f aces hav e delicate coatings on them that can easily be damaged if touched inappropriately . NEVER remov e any lens assembly from its housing f or any reason, or the product war- ranty and return policy will be void.
5 rotate freely about the R.A. axis. Rotate it until the coun- terweight shaft is parallel to the g round (i.e., horizontal). 2. Now loosen the counterweight loc king thumbscrew and slide the weight along the shaft until it e xactly counterbal- ances the telescope.
6 scale is set at the latitude of your observing site. If you don’t know y our latitude, consult a geogr aphical atlas to find it. F or example , if your latitude is 35° Nor th, set the pointer to +35.
7 Figure 1 the telescope is pointed nor th as it w ould be during polar alignment. The counterweight shaft is oriented down- ward. But it will not look like that when the telescope is pointed in other directions. Let’ s say y ou want to vie w an object that is directly ov erhead, at the zenith.
8 F or e xample , the Skywatcher 90 EQ, which has a f ocal length of 910mm, used in combination with a 25mm ey epiece , yields a power of 910 ÷ 25 = 36x.
9 published monthly in Astronomy , Sky & T elescope , or other astronomy magazines to locate them. V enus, Mars, J upiter , and Saturn are the br ightest objects in the sky after the Sun and the Moon. Not all f our of these planets are normally visi- ble at an y one time.
10 the planet to be photographed and the ISO of the film being used. “Piggybacking” Photography The Moon and planets are interesting targets f or the budding astrophotographer , but what’ s next? Literally thousands of deep-sky objects can be captured on film with a type of astrophotograph y called “piggybac king.
11 ing optical surf aces with your fingers , as skin oil may etch optical coatings. T o remove fingerpr ints or smudges from a lens, use photo- graphic-type lens cleaning fluid and lint-free optical lens cleaning tissue.
12 Figure 2c. Prepar ing the telescope to be balanced on the Dec. axis by first releasing the Dec. lock knob . Figure 2d. Balancing the telescope with respect to the Dec. axis. As shown here , the telescope is out of balance (tilting). Figure 2e. T elescope is no w balanced on the Dec.
13 RIGHT ASCENSION AXIS Declination (Dec.) slow motion control Latitude adjustment t-bolt Azimuth adjustment knob R.A. lock knob Declination (Dec.) setting circle Right ascension (R.A.) setting circle Right ascension (R.A.) slow motion control Latitude locking t-bolt Latitude scale Figure 3.
14 Figure 5a. T elescope pointing south. Note that in all these illustrations, the mount and tripod remain stationary; only the R.A. and Dec. axes are mo ved. Figure 5b . T elescope pointing north. Figure 5c. T elescope pointing east. Figure 5d. T elescope pointing west.
15 One-Y ear Limited W arranty This Orion Skywatcher 90 EQ is warr anted against defects in materials or workmanship f or a period of one year from the date of purchase.
During recent production of our Skywatcher 90 EQ (#9024), Explorer 90 AZ (#9025), and Shor tT ube 80 (#9086) tele- scopes, we de veloped an improv ed design for the finder scope brac ket. The new design mak es aiming the finder scope much easier , since it requires adjustment to only two alignment screws instead of three .
デバイスOrion 9025の購入後に（又は購入する前であっても）重要なポイントは、説明書をよく読むことです。その単純な理由はいくつかあります：
Orion 9025をまだ購入していないなら、この製品の基本情報を理解する良い機会です。まずは上にある説明書の最初のページをご覧ください。そこにはOrion 9025の技術情報の概要が記載されているはずです。デバイスがあなたのニーズを満たすかどうかは、ここで確認しましょう。Orion 9025の取扱説明書の次のページをよく読むことにより、製品の全機能やその取り扱いに関する情報を知ることができます。Orion 9025で得られた情報は、きっとあなたの購入の決断を手助けしてくれることでしょう。
Orion 9025を既にお持ちだが、まだ読んでいない場合は、上記の理由によりそれを行うべきです。そうすることにより機能を適切に使用しているか、又はOrion 9025の不適切な取り扱いによりその寿命を短くする危険を犯していないかどうかを知ることができます。
ですが、ユーザガイドが果たす重要な役割の一つは、Orion 9025に関する問題の解決を支援することです。そこにはほとんどの場合、トラブルシューティング、すなわちOrion 9025デバイスで最もよく起こりうる故障・不良とそれらの対処法についてのアドバイスを見つけることができるはずです。たとえ問題を解決できなかった場合でも、説明書にはカスタマー・サービスセンター又は最寄りのサービスセンターへの問い合わせ先等、次の対処法についての指示があるはずです。
