Celestron 21045 User Manual

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".

Quick Set-up Guide

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All three legs should be the same length to
provide a level platform for the telescope.

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7

Locate the equatorial mount and place the
base of the mount through the hole in the
center of the tripod mounting platform.

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Properly assembled, the accessory tray should
appear as pictured above.

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From underneath the tripod mounting platform,
thread the mounting bolt with washer into the
threaded hole on the bottom of the equatorial
mount.

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Thread the latitude adjustment screw into the
equatorial mount until it is touching the inside
of the mount.

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PowerSeeker 114

Your PowerSeeker 114 includes: optical tube w/
tube rings attached; tripod with center leg brace;
equatorial mount; 2 eyepieces; a 3x barlow lens,
finderscope; 5 lb. counterweight; counterweight bar;
two slow motion cables; eyepiece accessory tray;
The Sky Level 1 software, documentation including
an owner’s manual.

Item# 21045

Place the accessory tray on top of tripod's
center leg brace. Thread the tray into the
threaded hole in the center of the leg brace.

Questions or Problems with Set-up?

CONTACT:

Celestron Technical Support: 310.803.5955

Quick Set-up Guide [cont]

Locate the counterweight bar and
counterweight. Slide the counterweight half
way down the counterweight bar and tighten
the locking screw to secure in place.

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Thread the threaded end of the counterweight

bar into the Dec axis of the equatorial mount.

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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.

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Before mounting the tube, remove the two
wingnuts on the tube rings.

15

Place the tube on the mount by lining up the
screws with the mounting holes on the mount.

16

Reattach both wingnuts and tighten to secure
in place. The focuser end of the telescope
should be over the counterweight assembly.

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10

Locate the finderscope and remove plastic
caps on front and back of lens. Remove the
knurled nuts on the threaded posts at the
focuser end of the telescope tube.

Slide the chrome end of the slow motion
control cables onto equatorial mount gear shaft
and tighten set screw to secure in place.

For detailed usage

information please

consult your owner’s

manual.

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Orient the finderscope so that the glass
window is facing towards the front of the tube.
Place finderscope over the posts on the tube
and tighten it down with the knurled nuts.

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Loosen the set screw on the focuser so that it
does not obstruct the inner diameter of the
focuser. Remove the plastic cap covering the
end of the focuser.

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Insert the chrome barrel of the 20mm eyepiece
into the focuser and tighten the set screw.

21

Remove the lens cap from the front of the
telescope. To observe, look through the
eyepiece as shown above.

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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.

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Place the eyepiece into the barlow and tighten
the set screw to secure in place.