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Clamp…………………………………………………………………………………26The Dec. Slow-Motion ……………………………………………………………………………………………26  \nHints for the Casual Observer……………………………………………………………………………8  \nMagnification………………………………………………………………………………………………………8  \nThe Most Useful Powers…………………………………………………………………………………9  \nSetting Up Your Tripod…………………………………………………………………………9  \nThe Celestron on Tripod………………………………………………………………………9  \nThe Celestial-Coordinate System ………………………………………………………10  \nThe Equatorial Wedge…………………………………………………………………………11Checking Your Dec. Setting Circles ………………………………………………12  \nLining Up on the Pole……………………………………………………………………12  \nUsing Your Setting Circles ……………………………………………………………………14  \nThe Electric Clock Drive ……………………………………………………………………………14  \nUsing Your Celestron…………………………………………………………………………………15  \nObserving the Sun……………………………………………………………………………16  \nTerrestrial Photography……………………………………………………………………………17Demounting the Tube………………………………………………………………18  \nLunar and Planetary Photography………………………………………………………18  \nUsing Your Counterweights……………………………………………………………………19  \nThe Drive Corrector…………………………………………………………………………………………20  \nThe Off-Axis Guider Assembly…………………………………………………………20  \nConstellation Photography……………………………………………………………………21  \nDeep-Sky Photography………………………………………………………………………………21  \nThe Tele-Compressor………………………………………………………………………22  \nCaring for Your Celestron………………………………………………………………………22  \nThe Finder Scope……………………………………………………………………………22  \nCollimation:Optical Alignment …………………………………………………………23Lens Care and Cleaning…………………………………………………………………24  \nDemounting the Optics ………………………………………………………………………25Adjusting the R.A. Clamp………………………………………………………………………25  \nAdjusting the Dec. Clamp………………………………………………………………………25  \nAdjusting the Dec. 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