Orion Optics Europa 114, Europa 150, Europa 200, Europa 200 f4 SCH, Europa 250 Instruction Manual

EUROPA

INSTRUCTIO}IS

Instruclion

Manual

Europa

il4

Europa

150
Europa 2OO
Ewopa 25O

Europa 2O0

f4 SCH

Orion

Optics

Parts

Diagram

I

J

1

Capiions

from

Fig.l

l. Focus

Mount

2. Finder

ScoPe

3. Finder

Bracket

4.

TelescoPe

Tube

5. Tube

Cradle

6. Cradle

Latch

7.

Mirror

Cell

8.

Polar

Finder

9.

Tripod

ToP

10. Accessory

TraY

ll. Leg

Locking

Knob

12.

Tripod

leg

13.

Safety

Screw

for

Weights

14.

Counter

weight

/ s

15.

Equatorial

Mount

16.

Mount

locking

Knob

(dec.)

17. Saddle

Plate

Knob

18.

Spider

Collimation

Screw

F ig.l

I
I

I

RA----Righi

Ascension

Dec-

--

Dec

! i nation

WARNING!

Never

Observing

the

sun

in

fataf

damage

ot

ie I escope

.

telescope

to

look

at

fhe

sun-

a fraclion

of a

second

will

result

as

wef l

as

possible

damage

to

fhe

use

even

you r

ANY

for

eve

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Parts

Diagram

Pre

assembly

notes

Telescope

assembly

Legs
Accessory

tray

Equatorial

mount

Telescope

attachment

Positioning

of

the telescope

Assembling

the finderscope

Balancing

the

telescope

Alignmeni

of the

finderscope

Your

firsi

observaiion

Using your

Polar

finder

How

to

use ihe

setting

circles

Collimation

Seeing

conditions

Trouble

shooting

Spec

ifications

Gem

Drives

N otes

2

4

5

5
5
6
7
8
8

8

9
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l0
l2
l3

t5

t5

t6

l7
l7

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PLEASE

READ

THIS

LEAFLET

THOROUGHLY,

PRIOR

TO

ASSEMBLY

OR

USAGE'

Pre Assembly

Notes

Your

tetescope

assembly

will

be

easily

accomplished

providing

the

following

instructions

are

carried

our

in

the

order

they

are

given-

lf

they

are

carried

out

incorreclly

or

ihe

lelescope

is

not

assembled

in

the

order

prescribed,

considerable

damage

could

be

caused

io

the

instrument'

All

the

models

in

the

Europa

range

are

assembled

in

the

same

manner'

The

only

modification

is

the

slightly

different

Europa

2OO

14

Schmidt

Newionian.

This

model

has

a stightly

different

meihod

of

collimation

compared

to

the

olher

telescoPes.

This

will

be

dealt

wirh

in

a separale

section

within'Collimation"

All

fhrough

the

insiructions

manua!

pictures

and

illustrations

of

the

Europa

2OO

are

shown,

apart

from

obuious

differences

in

size

of

the

25omm

and

2OOmmf4sch,

the

altachment

method

of

all

the

parts

are

in the

same

mannef.

when

checking

all

the

constituent

parts

of

the

ielescope

prior

to

assembly'

plr.*,

ensure-no

damage

has

occrtrred

in

transil.

No

claim

for

damage

or

missing

items

can

be

a-ccepted

if

made

more

than 48

hours

afler

receipt

or

collection,

unless

agreed

by

Orion

Optics'

Themosiimportantandaccurateparisofthetelescopearethetwo

mirrors

within

the

tube.

These

ate

coaled

with

two

microscopically

thin

layers

of

aluminium

which

are

over-coated

with

quartz'

lo

give

the

alu-

miniumaddedprotection.TheseoPtica!surfacesarequiiedelicaieand

MUsTNoTBEToUcHEDWITHFINcERSoRANYUNSUITABLE
CLEANING

PRODUCT.

Unfortunately

we

cannot

eccepl

responsibility

for

any

optical

surface

which

has

been

cleaned

incorrectly'

WARNING!

Never

Observing

ihe

sun

in

fatal

damage

of

telescoPe.

use

ANY

telescoPe

even

for

a

fraciion

your

eye

as

well

as

to

look

ai

the

sun.

of

a

second

will

resu

lt

possible

damage

to

the

Ietescope

essemUh

The

following

notes

apply to all

models,

any small

difference in

assembly will

be

indicated

where

appropriate.

Knobs

l. Locate the

three legs

of the fripod

and

adjusl fhe

three knobs(Fig.2)

at

the

botiom of each

leg and adjusl

to

your

required

height.

You should

now

be able

to move the

legs together

and

apart quile

easily without

any

undue

force.

To adjust the

tension of

each

leg

tighten or

slacken fhe

Allen

screws in

(

Fig.3).

2.

You shou ld

now attach the

accessory iray

to the leg

supports.

Place

the tray on the

supports,

lining

up the corresponding

holes

(Fig.al.

Then

place

lhe screws

up through the

holes and tighten

using

the knobs.

The

longest

of the four screws

is to be

used

in fhe

cenlre hole.

The tray acts

as an accessory

lray as

well as

sfrengthening

the

tripod itself.

You should now

have a completely

assembled

tripod

in front of

you.

Now

make sure fhe

tripod screws

and

knobs

are tight

again before you

puf

the mounl

on fop and

then the tube.

You

may cause

some

damage

to

the

telescope if

you

do

nol assemble

lhis

importanf item

correclly.

Fig.4

Accessory

lray

localed nid

way

down on the

tripod.

Allen scrcrr

and

nul

13

Fig.3 Each

tes

tighiens

up to the

tripod

top by

an

Allen screr,v and

nut.

Fig.2

Tripod leg

base, each

has one

adjusiing

knob.

Tray lnobs

r6

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