by jaydub on Mon Aug 02, 2010 9:41 pm
Paul wrote:It would seem that "Lock" who origionally offered to share this information is no longer doing so. I suspect that the response for a better
Bushnell manual was overwhelming! If anyone out there has a copy of or can send a link to this information please send to
pge@xplornet.com Thank you in advance.
Just thought I'd come back and add a message that might help anyone still looking for an updated or improved Northstar manual. It appears that
Bushnell recognized the need, and put a new, more "user friendly" manual on their website at some point (March?)
Here's the link to it:
http://www.bushnell.com/manuals/telesco ... IM_web.pdfThe biggest improvement is the section telling how to align the
telescope- new version explains the steps using one of the bright stars in the Big Dipper (a diagram with their names labeled is included).
[quote="Paul"]It would seem that "Lock" who origionally offered to share this information is no longer doing so. I suspect that the response for a better [link=http://www.opticsplanet.com/bushnell.html]Bushnell[/link] manual was overwhelming! If anyone out there has a copy of or can send a link to this information please send to pge@xplornet.com Thank you in advance.[/quote]
Just thought I'd come back and add a message that might help anyone still looking for an updated or improved Northstar manual. It appears that [link=http://www.opticsplanet.com/bushnell.html]Bushnell[/link] recognized the need, and put a new, more "user friendly" manual on their website at some point (March?)
Here's the link to it:
http://www.bushnell.com/manuals/telescopes/NorthStar788840_788850_788890_788831_788846_2010Revised5LIM_web.pdf
The biggest improvement is the section telling how to align the [link=http://www.opticsplanet.com/telescopes.html]telescope[/link]- new version explains the steps using one of the bright stars in the Big Dipper (a diagram with their names labeled is included).
