20 Most Recent Konusmotor 500 (230 x 114mm) Telescope Questions & Answers

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What size is the battery

Every red dot finder uses a different size battery. If you do not have the old one call Optics Planet, they sell these scopes. Usually they take a small watch style battery.

http://www.opticsplanet.net/?gclid=CIX31Y-2o6sCFcY32godbnEB5Q
7/9/2016 1:55:19 AM • Konusmotor 500... • Answered on Jul 09, 2016
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I have the Konusmotor 500

you may be able to buy the motor on Ebay and or by calling this large retailer on this web site:
http://www.opticsplanet.net/konus-telescopes.html?gclid=CI-VpPSno6sCFcKd7Qod_FF33w

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9/17/2011 3:14:43 AM • Konusmotor 500... • Answered on Sep 17, 2011
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How to setup at 36' North for Tracking?

the scope must be polar aligned on the star Polaris.

Read this:
http://arnholm.org/astro/polar_alignment/index.html


and watch this:
http://vimeo.com/couchmode/channels/tas/sort:newest/16401676



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8/12/2011 3:16:11 AM • Konusmotor 500... • Answered on Aug 12, 2011
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User manual

need owners manual
7/25/2011 1:29:08 AM • Konusmotor 500... • Answered on Jul 25, 2011
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When I look through the

What eyepiece do you have installed and how far away is the item you are trying to look at. It is possible that you have too much magnification for the item you are trying to view.
3/15/2011 4:17:10 AM • Konusmotor 500... • Answered on Mar 15, 2011
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Just had a konusmotor 500 telescope and have built

Are you viewing the moon through the small finder scope on top of the main tube? That is only used for aiming the scope, and has very little magnification. The moon should fill the field of view on even the lowest magnification on the main scope.

A reflector type scope has the eyepiece mount on the side of the main tube, near the top end, pointing into the side of the scope. This mount should have an eyepiece placed in it- use the one with the biggest number to start with (that will have the least magnification). Do NOT use the Barlow lens if one came with the scope. You look into the side of the tube with this type of scope, not along it.

New telescope users are taken by surprise at the difficulty of just pointing the telescope in the right direction to see anything. The field of view is quite limited, especially if you are using a high power eyepiece. The higher the power of eyepiece on a telescope, the dimmer the image, the more difficult to aim it at any chosen object, and the more difficult to focus. When the scope is not focussed, even if there are stars in the field of view, they will only be faint blurs.

The finder scope is meant to help you get the main scope lined up on the object you want to view, but it won't be any use in pointing the telescope until you adjust it to precisely line up with the main scope. Telescope manuals recommend that you do this in daylight, by pointing the scope at an object on the horizon and adjusting the finder to match (never point a telescope toward the Sun!). Once you have a tree or mountain peak in the center of the main scope's image, you can then adjust the screws around the finder scope to get the crosshairs (or red dot) centered on the same object. It is very difficult to do this job in the dark, especially as objects in the sky are constantly on the move.

You will find that there is a very wide range of movement in the focus mechanism, because different eyepieces focus at different points, but the actual focus range for any eyepiece will be a small part of the overall range afforded by the focusing mount. It is much easier to familiarise yourself with this in daylight.

At this point you will learn that astronomical telescopes usually show an upside down image. There is a good reason for this- erecting the image needs more bits of glass in the light path, which reduces the amount of light and increases aberrations. Even if this is only slight, astronomers prefer to avoid it, and they don't really care which way up the Moon or Jupiter appear. It is possible to fit an erecting prism or eyepiece to most astronomical telescopes, and some of them come with one, but one wouldn't bother to do this with the small finder scope.

Once you have done the above, you can try the scope at night, on an easy to find bright object like the Moon. Looking at random stars will probably be disappointing, as they don't look different under magnification. You will have to find planets, star clusters or nebula to see anything interesting. You will also find the the object you are looking at swims out of the viewing field, and you must continually move the scope to follow it. This will be more pronounced at higher magnifications. This scope has a motor to track the scope and keep objects in view, but you will have to get the scope set up for that for it to work correctly. Again, use the least powerful eyepiece to start. Small scopes are often advertised as having unrealistic powers (300, 500) which can never be practically achieved. You just get dim blurs.

There is an excellent website for beginner telescope users at THIS LINK
1/22/2011 12:13:25 PM • Konusmotor 500... • Answered on Jan 22, 2011
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I would lke to get

Highest theoretical power is 250x but it has to be a perfect night. konus does have very good optics but at f/4.3 it is a low power, wide field scope. So 500mm fl / 2mm eyepiece = 250x. Eyepieces of that high power have eye relief issues as well as blurry edges unless you want to pay $500 or more
Here is a good eyepiece which will give you 96x and 20mm eye relief. I own the 12.5mm version
http://agenaastro.com/agena-5-2mm-ed-eyepiece.html
BTW I rarely go over 150x with my big scope, the higher the power also equals seeing more atmosphere
10/11/2010 6:39:27 PM • Konusmotor 500... • Answered on Oct 11, 2010
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Konusmotor 500 (230 x 114mm) Telescope: i can not see the planets...

Your telescope must be pointed DIRECTLY at them. Right now Venus, Mars, and Saturn at up in the evening sky after dark. Download a free planetarium software and locate the planets in the sky.

www.stellarium.org is a free software program
6/1/2010 2:21:23 AM • Konusmotor 500... • Answered on Jun 01, 2010
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Will not sit up straight

Not for that telescope. However you may find what you need at a well stocked local hardware store. The ALTITUDE adjuster bolts are loose or stripped.
6/1/2010 2:02:19 AM • Konusmotor 500... • Answered on Jun 01, 2010
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Lost my red dot cd software

No, why do you need it? There are several free planetarium programs available on the internet. Try this one; it's free and works very well.

http://www.stargazing.net/astropc/
6/1/2010 1:12:03 AM • Konusmotor 500... • Answered on Jun 01, 2010
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When i look in the eye piece everything is upside

http://www.heavens-above.com/
all telescopes are set up this way, but binoculars are what i prefer i own a pair of 15x70. The images are upright. you can view Moon, Jupiter, Venus, Comets, Orion nebula, Andromeda galaxy, Space shuttle, Space station, and my favorite is trying to find the "iridium Satellite flares". go to the link above and i can get you in easy..(without registering) get to the home page and click on "from data base" scroll down to find your country,Click on that, then type in your city or one nearby and then "submit",...next page click on the highlighted city and then your lat and long are now entered and then go back to home page and click on "next 24 hrs", then click on the highlighted ("time" eg: 19:54:44") and it will show you how close you will be from the flare..then click on the "Altitude" or "Azmith" highlights and it will teach you how to spot these...then go back to home page and click on "what time is it" and synchronize your watch to this time and within +or- a couple seconds you look in the sky and you'll see a phenomenal sight, if its a -9 that will be brighter than Venus...but they only last for about 5 to 7 seconds.
4/30/2010 3:17:59 AM • Konusmotor 500... • Answered on Apr 30, 2010
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How do I assemble the telescope?

Here is a manual for a very similar Meade telescope:
http://www.meade.com/manuals/TelescopeManuals/Reflectors/Meade4500.pdf
2/8/2010 9:32:06 AM • Konusmotor 500... • Answered on Feb 08, 2010
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I need a manual or instructions 4 konus 500

You have a reflector style telescope. They all go together pretty much the same way.

Meade maintains a web site with all of their manuals. Look under reflector for one similar to your telescope and download it for free.

http://www.meade.com/manuals/index.html
2/8/2010 9:19:21 AM • Konusmotor 500... • Answered on Feb 08, 2010
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I have erected my new konus 500 telescope but

To much magnification. DO NOT use the 2x barlow if you have one. Put the eyepiece with the largest number written on it into the telescope.

Try again.
12/28/2009 2:42:24 PM • Konusmotor 500... • Answered on Dec 28, 2009
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I don't know how to use the motor

All astronomical telescopes have upside down images. No up more down in space, and MORE glass is needed to erect the image which decreases the light.

If your scope is like the one in the picture it is an equatorial mount which must be polar aligned to work. Once the scope is roughly polar aligned the motor will keep the object in the eyepiece for a long period of time. It moves the RA axis in time with the movement of the stars across the sky.

Read this:
http://www.themcdonalds.net/richard/index.php?title=Polar_Alignment_of_your_Equatorial_Mount

12/26/2009 11:22:28 PM • Konusmotor 500... • Answered on Dec 26, 2009
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I WANT TO FIND A MANUEL FOR THIS TELESCOPE

You will not find a manual. However you have a reflector that is mounted on an equatorial mount. Meade has a very similar telescope and maintains a web site for all of their telescopes. Look under REFLECTOR heading for one that is similar to your telescope. They all assemble in a similar fashion.

http://www.meade.com/manuals/index.html

this one is very similar:
http://www.meade.com/manuals/TelescopeManuals/Reflectors/Meade4500.pdf
10/26/2009 3:07:27 PM • Konusmotor 500... • Answered on Oct 26, 2009
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Broken mount to the hour axis control cable

It would cost as much as a new complete mount. Here look:
http://www.optcorp.com/ProductList.aspx?uid=439-277
8/30/2009 7:37:50 PM • Konusmotor 500... • Answered on Aug 30, 2009
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