The QUESTAR
The above picture shows all of the important parts of
the Questar 3 1/2-inch telescope. Familiarize yourself with these
parts. It may serve you well to print out the image and refer to
it as you go through the rest of the directions. The controls with
which you will need to become familiar are;
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The eyepiece upper knurl (for initial eyepiece focusing)
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The amplifying (Barlow) knob
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The finder knob
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The focus knob
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The altitude (declination) knob
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The azimuth (right ascension) knob
Normally you will not need to make adjustments to anything
other than those knobs listed above. You will also need to know the
location of the declination circle and the right ascension circle with
its plastic index mark. You will need to know how to read these in
order to point the telescope at any given set of celestial coordinates.
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to "Initial Setup"