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The Zoomion® Apollo 80
Congratulations on the
purchase of the new
Zoomion® Apollo 80. This
telescope will give you hours
of fun, with its optical glass
lenses and light gathering
capability, it is the ideal
companion to start in the
world of amateur astronomy.
With this telescope you will
be able to see the craters on
the Moon, star clusters, some
nebulae, the Jupiter’s disc
features and its Galilean
moons and the rings of
Saturn.
Included parts. Besides the complete telescope we have also included the following accessories:
Eyepiece H12.5mm, Eyepiece H20mm, Barlow lens 2x, Red-dot finder scope;
1. Knowing your telescope.
1- Focuser; 8- Counterweight stop/foot saver;
2- Red-dot finderscope; 9- Tripod leg;
3- Optical tube; 10- Altitude adjuster;
4- Tube studs; 11- Declination adjustment handle;
5- R.A. clutch; 12- R.A. adjustment handle;
6- Altitude side fix knob; 13- Dec. clutch;
7- Counterweight;
2. Getting Started. It is very simple to get started. Here is how the telescope works. The telescope
should point to the object being observed. The lens at the front of the telescope’s tube gathers the
object’s light and brings it to the eyepiece. The focuser is at the other end of the objective lens. The
focuser’s tube moves in and out to get a precise focused image. At the focuser one can use the
supplied accessories. Different accessory combinations provide different results, such as different
image magnifications or a correct image. But all this will be explained in detail in the next pages.
3. Assembly. Start by setting up the tripod as shown in figure 2. Use the supplied bolts and nuts.
Next place the accessory tray and fix it using the wing nuts and small screws –fig. 3. After this, the
tripod should be stable. Place the equatorial mount head on top of the tripods base, as shown in
figure 4. Use the supplied hand-bolt to fix it. Thread the counter-weight shaft and slide the counter-
weight (figure 5). Use the counter-weight’s thumbscrew to avoid it from slipping. Place the control-
handles as shown in figure 6. Now use the tube’s nuts and fix the tube (figure 7). The mount’s
altitude axis can be adjusted as shown in figure 8. Use the side hand-knob to tighten or release the
altitude’s axis (fig. 9). Release the R.A. locking thumb-screw so that the R.A. axis is loose. Slide the
counter-weight and adjust its position to balance the tube with the counterweight (figure 10).
Balancing means the tube should be in balance with the counterweight and should not tip to one of
the sides. Balancing is very important as it not only makes movements smoother but it allows the
telescope not to wear the gears with its weight.
