Celestron PowerSeeker 60 EQ User manual

Item #31132

Quick Set-up Guide

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All three legs should be the same length to

provide a level platform for the telescope.

Locate the equatorial mount and place the

base of the mount through the hole in the

center of the tripod mounting platform.

Properly assembled, the accessory tray should

appear as pictured above.

From underneath the tripod mounting platform,

thread the attached mounting bolt into the hole

on the bottom of the equatorial mount.

Thread the latitude adjustment screw into the

equatorial mount until it is touching the inside

of the mount.

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Place the accessory tray on top of the tripod's

center leg brace. Thread the tray into the

threaded hole in the center of the leg brace.

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Use the three tightening screws located at the

bottom of each leg to secure the extended legs

in place.

To set up the tripod, spread the legs outward

until they are fully extended and push down

center leg brace. Extend the center portion of

each of the three tripod legs down 6-8".

Your PowerSeeker 60EQ includes: optical tube;

tripod with center leg brace; equatorial mount;

latitude adjustment screw; star diagonal; 2

eyepieces; a 3x barlow lens, 1.5x erect image

eyepiece; finderscope; 5 lb. counterweight;

counterweight bar; two slow motion cables;

eyepiece accessory tray; The Sky Level 1 software,

documentation including an owner’s manual.

Quick Set-up Guide [cont]

Locate the counterweight bar and

counterweight. Slide the counterweight half

way down the counterweight bar and tighten

the wingnut to secure in place.

Thread the threaded end of the counterweight

bar into the Dec axis of the equatorial mount.

The longer cable should attach to the Right

Ascension axis and the shorter cable attaches

to the Declination axis -- tighten set screw to

secure in place.

Before mounting the tube, remove the two

wingnuts on the tube.

Place the tube on the mount by lining up the

screws with the mounting holes on the mount.

Reattach both wingnuts and tighten to secure

in place. The front of the tube should be

positioned over the counterweight assembly.

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Orient the finderscope so that the glass

window is facing towards the front of the tube.

Place finderscope over the holes on the tube

and replace the knurled nuts to secure.

19 20

Insert the chrome barrel of the 20mm eyepiece

into the star diagonal and tighten the set

screw.

Remove the lens cap from the front of the

telescope. To observe, look through the

eyepiece as shown above.

For additional magnification, you can use the

included 3x barlow. Place the barlow in the

focuser in place of the eyepiece - remove the

cap from the barlow.

Place the eyepiece into the barlow and tighten

the set screw to secure in place.

Locate the finderscope and remove plastic

caps on front and back of lens. Remove the

knurled nuts at the focuser end of the

telescope tube.

Slide the chrome end of the slow motion

control cable onto equatorial mount gear shaft

and tighten set screw to secure in place.

Loosen the set screw on the focuser so that it

does not obstruct the inner diameter of the

focuser. Insert the chrome barrel star diagonal

into the focuser and tighten the set screw.

For detailed usage

information please

consult your owner’s

manual.

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