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Celestron NEXSTAR 4 User Manual

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M

OTION OF THE

S

TARS

............................................................................................................................. 26

P

OLAR

A

LIGNMENT

(

WITH OPTIONAL

W

EDGE

) ......................................................................................... 27

Photography with the NexStar 4 .......................................................................................................... 28
Finding the North Celestial Pole ......................................................................................................... 28

CELESTIAL OBSERVING ...................................................................................................................... 30

O

BSERVING THE

M

OON

............................................................................................................................. 30

O

BSERVING THE

P

LANETS

......................................................................................................................... 30

O

BSERVING THE

S

UN

................................................................................................................................ 31

O

BSERVING

D

EEP

S

KY

O

BJECTS

............................................................................................................... 31

S

EEING

C

ONDITIONS

................................................................................................................................. 31

Transparency ....................................................................................................................................... 31
Sky Illumination ................................................................................................................................... 31
Seeing................................................................................................................................................... 32

TELESCOPE MAINTENANCE............................................................................................................... 33

C

ARE AND

C

LEANING OF THE

O

PTICS

....................................................................................................... 33

OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES .................................................................................................................. 34

APPENDIX A - TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ............................................................................... 37

APPENDIX B - GLOSSARY OF TERMS ............................................................................................... 38

APPENDIX C – MAPS OF TIME ZONES.............................................................................................. 41

SKY MAPS ................................................................................................................................................. 43