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OF CONTENTS  \nThe Basic Celestron…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………4  \nThe Special Coating Group……………………………………………………………………………4  \nYour First Look………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………4  \nMagnification…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………5  \nOcular Bushings………………………………………………………………………………………………5  \nThe Barlow Lens………………………………………………………………………………………………………………6  \nRFA………………………………………………………………………………………………………6  \nThe Giant Diagonal………………………………………………………………………………………………………6  \n2”0.D.Oculars………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………6  \nSetting Up Your Tripod……………………………………………………………………………7  \nThe Celestron On Tripod……………………………………………………………………………………………7  \nThe Equatorial Wedge…………………………………………………………………………………………………7  \nAdjusting The Wedge ………………………………………………………………………………………………8  \nThe Celestial-Coordinate System………………………………………………8  \nLining Up On The Pole…………………………………………………………………………………………9  \nPrecise Polar Alignment………………………………………………………………………………………11  \nThe Electric Drive………………………………………………………………………………………………………………11  \nUsing Your Setting Circles………………………………………………………………11  \nGiant Finderscopes……………………………………………………………………………………………………12  \nRight-Angle Finderscopes…………………………………………………………………………………13  \nUsing Your Celestron………………………………………………………………………………………………13  \nObserving With Your Celestron………………………13  \nObserving The Sun………………………………………………………………………………………………………15  \nEyepiece Thread-In Filters………………………………………………………………………………………16  \nLPR Filters……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………16  \nFilter Adaptors……………………………………………………………………………………………………………16  \nTelephotography With Your Celestron……………………………………………………………16  \nSeries VI Drop-In Filters………………………………………………………………………………………17  \nThe T-to-C Adapter………………………………………………………………………………………………………18  \nDemounting The Tube………………………………………………………………………………………………18  \nSolar Photography………………………………………………………………………………………………………19  \nLunar And Planetary Photography……………………………………………………………………19  \nThe Tele-Extender………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………19  \nThe Counterweight Set……………………………………………………………………………………………20  \nGuided Astrophotography…………………………………………………………………………………21  \nConstellation Photography…………………………………………………………………………………21  \nDeep Sky Photography……………………………………………………………………………22  \nThe Off-Axis Guiding System……………………………………………………………………………22  \nThe Drive Corrector……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………23  \nThe D.C.Inverter…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………23  \nThe Tele-Compressor……………………………………………………………………………………23  \nThe Celestron-Williams Cold Camera………………………………………………………………………24  \nThe Celestron Schmidt Camera…………………………………………………………………………………………24  \nCaring For Your Celestron………………………………………………………………………………………………24  \nCollimation……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………25  \nLens Care And Cleaning……………………………………………………………………………………………26  \nAdjusting The R.A. Clamp………………………………………………………………………27  \nAdjusting The Dec.Clamp…………………………………………………………………………………27  \nAdjusting The Dec. 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