20 Most Recent Celestron AstroMaster 114EQ (100 x 114mm) Telescope Questions & Answers

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1. Get Stellarium or another fine astronomy program
2. During the day, point the telescope at a part of the landscape about 100 yards away.
3. Use the lowest power eyepiece (highest number) in the focal tube.
4. Center the landscape object in the telescope.
5. Align the finder scope so that it points exactly where the main telescope is.
6. At night, leave the scope out to reach thermal equilibrium (about an hour for small reflectors and refractors)
7. If the scope is on a EQ mount, polar align.
8. Point the finder at the moon. The moon should be in the main scope also.
9. Practice finding the moon before you start on the planets
10. Once you are comfortable with the moon and planets, you can go for the deep sky objects

The finderscope must be aligned with the MAIN tube. During the day time point the scope at a distant object like the very top of a telesphone pole or a distant building.

Get the pole or the building in the center of the eyepiece on the main telescope. LOCK everything down and do not move the scope. Now adjust the finderscope to point at the exact same object.

This will get you roughly aligned.

At night do the sanme thing on a star or the moon-- and you will fine tune the finderscope.

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You point the axis of the scope to the star Polaris and polar align it-- then you put the eyepiece into the focuser. Your best bet is to locate a local astronomy club, the members will help you learn how to use the telescope.

A manual can be found on the Celestron web site here:

http://www.celestron.com/c3/downloads.php

Have you tightened down the clutches? This is a simple mechanism that turns a small gear when you turn the knobs.

If the gears are broken you will need to buy a new mount from Celestron:

Here:
http://www.celestron.com/c3/page.php?PageID=37



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This is a small reflector style telescope on an equatorial mount. The mount and tripod must be polar aligned in order to be used. Read this:
http://arnholm.org/astro/polar_alignment/index.html

Simply pt the eyepiece with the largest number written on it into the telescope, take the scope outside during the day time and practice focusing on a distant object like a building.

Celestron's manuals are located on this web site-- find your scope and download one for free:

http://www.celestron.com/c3/downloads.php



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Sight??? If the small finderscope feel apart you can buy another one of better quality here:
http://www.telescope.com/Accessories/Telescope-Finder-Scopes/pc/3/49.uts


If you mean the eyepiece fell apart then the same Company shown above (Orion) also sells eyepieces.



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I assume you mean for the red dot finder scope. Usually the mount is NOT powered. The finder scope uses a small watch style battery-- the compartment will be located on the side and or on the bottom.

Here is the manual web site at Celestron--

http://www.celestron.com/c3/downloads.php


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Yes there are two mirrors-- the small secondary underneath the focuser and the large primary-- on the bottom.

You can remove the entire secondary "spider" and then glue the secondary back on using epoxy or silicon.

Then put it back in an collimate the scope. If the primary mirror is damaged then it is not worth repairing.

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Start by using it during the day pointing at a nearby object (100yds or so) Start by sighting along the axis of the scope. Use the lowest power (highest number in mm) eyepiece. (BTW the eyepiece is in the front of the scope where the light comes in and this will be the part of the scope that is closest to the object) Once you can see the object, move to the higher power eyepiece to center on the object and then align the led pointer so the red dot is also centered on the object.
After this initial alignment, pick a night that the moon is out and try it.
Note: The 114 shows correct image (right side up and left to right) unlike most other scopes. It is a nice telescope/ ( I have the 130mm)

First find a local Astronomy club -- the members will help you.

Second, you must first align the red dot finder with the main tube-- there are knobs on the side and bottom (usually) to move the red dot. Point the scope at the top of a telephone pole in the distance during the day time-- wget the top in the center of the eyepiece of the main tube. Without moving the main tube adjust the red dot so it points at the exact same spot.

Turning it all the way in or out is NOT how you focus-- there is a small "spot" when the eyepiece is in focus, and every other eyepiece must be refocused. Turn the knob slowly until the star or the moon comes to sharp focus.

Read my tips on my profile page.

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The red dot finder has a small watch style battery inside-- the door is either on the side of the finder or on the bottom.

These can be easily found at Wal Mart for example.

NEVER EVER disassemble an eyepiece --- no one can tell you how the lenses go together there are dozens of combinations and some eyepieces have as many as 6-8 glass lenses inside!

Sorry buy another eyepiece and only clean the outside surfaces.

Put the eyepiece with the largest number written on it into the focuser, do not use the 2x barlow. TRY AGAIN-- during the day time and practice focusing on a distant object.

The end with the FOCUSER is the UP end of the tube-- the mirror is on the bottom of the tube. Many beginners mount these BACKWARDS.