Starmax Resource STARMAX 127 user manual

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Collimating Orion StarMax and Apex
Maksutov-Cassegrain Telescopes
(StarMax 90,102, and 127, Apex 90, 102, and 127)
(9821,9824,9826,9820,9823,9825)
Collimating is the process of aligning a telescope’s optics. focus the image with the focusing knob. If the telescope is
Your StarMax or Apex’s primary mirror was aligned at the correctly collimated, the expanding disk should be a circle
factory and should not need adjustment unless the telescope (Figure 1). If the image is unsymmetrical, the scop

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Secondary Secondary mirror mirror Reflection of Reflection of Front of your eye in Front of your eye in telescope secondary telescope secondary mirror mirror Secondary Reflection of reflection of inside of tube inside of tube (misalignment) Figure 2a Figure 2b Figure 2a: If the telescope’s optics are out of alignment the Figure 2b: With the optics properly aligned the view through the view through the rear opening of the telescope will resemble rear opening of the telescope will resemble Figure

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Figure 4a Figure Figure 4c Figure 4d 4b Figure 4a: Using the 3mm Figure 4b: Now, with the Figure 4c: Turn the small Figure 4d: Turn the two Allen wrench, turn the large 2mm Allen wrench, turn the screw that is 180° opposite large screws adjacent to the screw clockwise a small two adjacent small screws the first screw clockwise no small screw counterclockwise amount, no more than 1/4 of counterclockwise no more more than 1/4 turn. no more than 1/4 turn. a turn. (Note, actual selected than 1/4 tur