Kenko SKY WALKER SW-0 User manual

SW-0
OperatingInstructions
SW-0

●ThisbookletistheinstructionmanualforSKYWALKERSW-0Telescope.Althoughtheshapeofthe
telescopeinthepicturesmaybedifferent,theoperatingmethodisthesame.
●Itisprohibitedtocopyorreproducepartsorallpartsofthisinstructionmanual.
●Thespecification,designorotherinformationinthisinstructionmanualmaybechangedandeditedfrom
timetotimewithoutnotification.
●Whenoperatingthetelescope,pleasefollowtheinstructionsinthismanual.Payspecialattentiontothe
WARNINGSandCAUTIONSlistedinthisbookletforyoursafety.
●Thisinstructionmanualiswrittenclearlyandcomprehensively.Iftherearesectionsorstatementsthatis
notclear,haswrongdescriptionsormisspelled,pleasefeelfreetoinformus.
●KenkoTokinaCompanyLimitedwillnotberesponsibleforanylosses,damagesorclaimsfromathird
personagainsttheusersduetoimproperuseofthetelescope.
Beforereadingthisinstructionmanual:
Keepallplasticbags(formpackaging)
awayfromchildrentoavoiddangerof
suffocationorchoking.
Childrenmayaccidentallyswallowthecap
andeyepiece.Getimmediatemedical
attentionifsuchsituationoccurs.
Pleasedonotleave
telescopeatplacesthat
sunlightcanreach.This
mayresultinsettingfire
duetotheconcentrated
lightfromtheoptics.
Pleasestoreproperlyafter
eachuse.
Pleasepayextraattention
whenchildrenareusing
thetelescope.Themount
andtripodsectionsmay
pinchusersfingerifnot
careful.
Loosescrewsmayleadto
damagingthetelescope
andmayresultinbodily
injury.
Alwaysmakesuretosetthe
telescopeonaflatandeven
ground.Thefallwilldamage
thetelescopeandcould
causebodilyinjury.
SAFETYPRECAUTION-Pleasereadthesebeforeoperatingthetelescope.-
Forsafetyreasons,pleasereadallthesafetyprecautionsbeforeoperatingthetelescope.
Thefollowingiconswillbeusedinthisinstructionmanual.
FORBIDDANCE EASILYSETON
FIRE
FINGERIN
JURY
※Weanticipateddifferentsituations
resultedbymistakenlyoperatingthe
telescope.Therearetwocategories,
WARNINGandCAUTION.
Operatingthetelescopewithoutfollowingtheseinstructionscan
resultinsevereinjuryorpermanentdamagetothetelescope.
Operatingthetelescopewithoutfollowingtheseinstructionscanresultininjuryor
physicaldamagetothetelescope.
●Neverobservethesundirectlythroughyourtelescope.Thisis
verydangerousasitmaycauseimmediateandpermanentharm
toyoureye.
WARNING
CAUTION

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PartNameofthemerchandise
①TelescopeOpticalTube
②Hood
③ObjectiveLens（Interior）
④AzimuthalMount
⑤ElevatorLockingScrew(ReverseSide)
⑥TelescopeTubeswingLockingScrew
⑦FinderOpticalAxis,AdjustmentScrew(3locations)
⑧Finder
⑨Eyepiece
⑩Diagonal
⑪FocusKnob
⑫Altitudemotionfixingshaft
⑬Tripod
⑭TripodExtenderLock
TelescopeOpticalTube
Tripod
Finder Diagonal Erectingprism
3xBarlowLens
20ｍｍ
ThreekindsofEyepiece
12.5ｍｍ 4ｍｍ
①②
④
⑥
③
⑤
⑦
⑨
⑧
⑩⑪
⑫
⑬
⑭
PackageContents
Besuretocheckalllisteditemsareincludedwithyourpurchase.

1.SettingUptheTripod
2.AttachingtheTelescopeOpticalTubeto
theTripod
3.AttachingtheFindertotheTelescope
OpticalTube
4.InstallingtheEyepiece
●HowtocalculatethePowersofTelescope
FocallengthofObjectiveLensin(mm) ＝XPowersofTelescope
FocalLengthofEyepiecein(mm)
Examples:
WhenSKYWALKERSW-0with20mmeyepieceisused:
360（mm） ＝18ｘPower
20（mm）
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Assembly
Standthetripoduprightandpullthetripodlegsapart
untileachlegisfullyextended(Fig-1).Asnecessary,
adjusttheleg-lengthreleasingthetripodextenderlock
(Fig-2).
Adjusttheheightoftripodbyextendingtheelevator
partbylooseningtheelevatorlockingscrew.
AzimuthalMount
Eyepiece Eyepiece
Diagonal Erectingprism
Finder
MountingImage
●Toobservecelestialobjects ●Toobserveobjectsontheground
（Fig-1） （Fig-2）
TripodExtenderLock
ReverseSide
ReverseSide
Telescope
OpticalTube
Removethecapsthatinfrontandrearof
telescope-tube.Placeandfixthetelescopeoptical
tubeonthetripodusingthetelescope-tubelocking
screw.Atthistime,makesuretofittheconcave
partofthetelescopetubeandtheconvexpartof
themountsothatthetubeisalignedproperly.
Attachingthetelescopeopticaltubetothetripod
mountshouldbefirmlysecured.Itisdangerousif
thetubesfalloffcausedbyanunsecuredlocking
screw.
Attachthefindertotheproperlocationonthe
telescopeopticaltube.Thefindershouldbealigned
beforeusingthetelescope(Seepage5forproper
aligningofthefinder.).
Toobserveanerectimagewiththetelescope,you
mustuseaneyepiece.Forastronomicalobservation,
youshouldusediagonalandeyepiece.Firstly,remove
bothendsofcapsondiagonal,Attachtheeyepiece
withthestardiagonallikeshownonthepicturebelow
andtightenthelockingscrews.Forobservationobject
ontheground,attachtheeyepiecewiththeerecting
prismlikeshownonthepicturebelow.(Seepage6for
attachingmethod)
Theeyepiececanbechangedtodifferentpowers.
Thistelescopecomeswiththreeeyepieces.
Dependingontheobservedobject,youcanselect
yourfavoriteeyepiece.
ThissectioncoverstheassemblyinstructionsforyourSKYWALKERSW-0telescope.Itishighly
recommendedthatthefirstsetupofthetelescopeshouldbedoneindoors.Thiswayitwillbeeasier
toidentifyallthevariouspartsandfamiliarizeyourselfwiththecorrectassemblyprocedurebefore
attemptingoutinthefield.
TelescopeTube
SwingLocking
Screw
Telescope
OpticalTube
Telescope
OpticalTube
LockingScrews
Locking
Screws

Itisbettertocarryoutmostofthisprocedure
duringthedaytime.
Byadjusting(tightenorloosen)the3adjust-
mentscrewsonthefinderbracket,thedirection
ofthefindercanbechanged.
Forexample,bytighteningtheadjustmentscrew
onthetopandlooseningthetwoadjustment
screwsonthebottom,thefindercanbeturned
tofaceupwards(seethepicturebelowfor
reference).
4)Whentheobjectseenthroughthemaintube
hasbeencenteredonthecrosshairofthe
finder,slowlytightentheadjustmentscrews
equallytofixthefinder.
5)Thealignmentofthefinderscopehasbeen
completed.Pleasemakesurethattheaxisof
thescopeisnotoutofalignmentbeforestar
observation.
1)Aimthetelescopeatasmallobjectthatis
aboutseveralkmaway,suchasachimneytop
ortipofanantenna.
2)Centertheobjectintheeyepiece.
3)Afterthat,lookattheobjectwiththefinder
scopethistime.Iftheobjecthasalreadybeen
centeredonthecrosshair,alignmentofthe
finderisnotnecessary.
Ifitisnotfocused,slowlyturnthefocusing
knobuntiltheobjectcomesintofocus.
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AligningtheFinderScope
●Whatisafinderscope?
Ifyoutrytofindastarwithatelescopefromtheverybeginning,itisveryhardtocatchthe
targetastralobjectduetohigh-powersandnarrowfieldofviewofthetelescope.Thefinderhas
alower-powersandwiderfieldofviewcomparetothemaintelescopeanditiseasiertofindthe
positionalrelationsbetweenthestars.Youcanseethereticleinthecenterfieldofthefinder
andsetthetargetastralobjectatthiscrosspoint.Inordertosmoothlyintroducethetarget
astralobjecttothemaintubethroughthefinderscope,thefindermustbecollimated(aligned)
withthetelescopefirst.Pleasealigntheopticalaxisofthefinderscopethroughthefollowing
stepsbeforeobserving.
●Stepstoalignthefinderscope
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【Viewobservedbytelescope-tube】
Adjustmentscrews
（3locations）
Erectingprism
(FocusKnob）
20ｍｍEyepiece
【Viewobserved
bytelescope-tube】
【Viewobservedbyfinder】
Ｌoosentheadjustmentscrews
Ｔighteningtheadjustmentscrew
LockingScrews

●Toobservecelestialobjects
1)Youcanfindthetargetcelestialobjectswith
youreyes.Itiseasiertofindoutwiththe
planisphereorotherstarmaps.
2)Beforeusingthetelescope,identifyyourobject
withyoureyesfirst.Afterwards,turnthealtitude
adjustmentrodtomoveupanddown.Look
throughthefinderscopeatthesametimeand
settheobjectonthecrosspointofthefinder.
Telescopeisaprecisioninstrumentandissensitive
todust,moisture,salinematter,heatandimpact.
Duringstorage,pleaseconsiderthefollowingand
handleyourtelescopewithcare.
1)Pleasestorethetelescopeproperlyaftereachuse.
2)Pleasekeepthetelescopeinawell-ventilatedand
normalroomtemperature.Adampenvironmentcan
leadtomoldgrowth.
3)Ifyouaregoingtokeepthetelescopeassembled,
coverthewholetelescopewithalargeplasticcover
toprotectitfromdust.
4)Donotwipeoffdustonthelens.Instead,usea
blowertoblowitaway.
5)Iffingerprintsordirtareattachedonthelens,
pleasecarefullycleanitwithlenscleaning
solutionandmicrofibercloth.
6)Thelensesarepreciselysetforobserving;
neverdisassemblethetelescopeforcleaning.
4)Ifyoucanalreadyseeyourtargetcelestial
object,trytochangetothe12.5mmor4mm
eyepiece,whichhasahighermagnification.(See
page4tofindhowtocalculationthemagnifica-
tion)
CAUTION:Neverobservethesundirectlythroughyourtelescope.Thisisvery
dangerousasitmaycauseimmediateandpermanentharmtoyoureye.
●Toobserveobjectsontheground
Normally,imageyouseethroughthetelescopeand
thefinderscopewillbeupsidedown.Erectingprism
canerecttheupsidedownimage.(Thefindercan
onlyprovideanupsidedownandreversedimage)
●Toobservecelestialobjectswithhigher
magnification
Byplacinga3XBarlowlensbetweenthetelescope
andtheeyepiece,magnificationcanincrease3times
more.However,itwilldarkenandlowertheresolution
oftheimage.Forthisreason,pleaseusethe3X
Barlowlensonlyforhighpowerobservation.
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安全上のご注意 ◆天体望遠鏡をご使用の前に◆
Usingyourtelescope
安全上のご注意 ◆天体望遠鏡をご使用の前に◆MaintenanceandCaringforyourtelescope
Eyepiece
FocusKnob
Erectingprism
3)Setthe20mmeyepieceonthetelescope.After
thetargetcelestialobjecthasenteredthefield
ofviewofthemaintube,turnthefocusingknob
untiltheobjectcomesintofocus.
3xBarlowLens Eyepiece
Eyepiece

Readtheinstructionmanualandtrythesetrouble-shootingtipsbeforetakingthetelescopeinforrepair.
Problem:#1
Icannotseeanyimagesthroughthetelescope
Possibleproblemsandsolutions
Q)Haveyousettheeyepiece?
A)Settheeyepiece.
Q)Isthereanycondensationontheobjectivelensortheeyepiece?
A)Fantheobjectivelensoreyepieceuntilitisdry.Iftheproblemispersists,movethetelescopebackto
indoorfornaturaldrying.
Q)Isthemagnificationtoohigh?
A)Usethe20mmeyepieceatthebeginningstage.
Q)Istheimageoutoffocus?
A)Slowlyturnthefocusingknobuntilitgetsfocused.
Q)Arethefinderandthemaintubelookingatdifferentplaces?
A)Confirmwhetherthefinderandthemaintubearelookingatthesamestarornot.Trytodothe
alignmentagainifnecessary.
Problem#2
IdonotknowwhichstarIamlookingat
Possibleproblemsandsolutions
Q)Isthefinderandthemaintubelookingatdifferentplaces?
A)Confirmwhetherthefinderandthemaintubearelookingatthesamestarornot.Trytodothe
alignmentagainifnecessary.
Q)Isthetelescopecorrectlyfacingthetargetstar?
A)Confirmthatthetargethasbeensetonthecenterofthecrosshairofthefinderscope.
Q)Isthemagnificationtoohigh?
A)Usethe20mmeyepieceatthebeginningstage.
Ifyouhavecheckedtheaboveproblemsbutstillexperiencingproblemswithyourtelescope,please
contactthedealerthatyouboughtthetelescopefromorbranchofficesofKenkoTokinaCo.,Ltd.
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Specifications
DESCRIPTION
OpticalType
FocalLength
Aperture(mm)
ApertureRatio
LimitingStellarMagnitude
LightGatheringPower
Resolution
Finder
Eyepiece
():whenused
the3xBarlow
Lens
4ｍｍ
12.5ｍｍ
20ｍｍ
SPECIFICATIONS
Reflection
360ｍｍ(14.17in)
50ｍｍ(1.97in)
1：7 . 2
10.2
51x
2.4arcseconds
5x 24ｍｍ
90x（270x）
28.8x（86.4x）
18x（54x）