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3. Start using your Omegon® AC 50/500 AZ telescope. Place both the diagonal mirror and the
eyepiece in the focuser tube and use the existing thumbscrews to fix it. Now point the telescope to a
distant object during the day. It is important to do this during daylight, so that you get familiarized
with the telescope operation. A good target is a church tower, a chimney or a distant mountain
peak. Rotate the focuser knob, so that the focuser tube moves in and out. Do this slowly. We suggest
that you start by racking the focuser all the way in and slowly move it out. With the 20mm eyepiece
you should be able to get a focused image easily. 3.1. The Finderscope. Before, we mentioned the
finderscope as a valuable tool to point the telescope to an object. To operate properly, the telescope
and the finderscope should be aligned. The image obtained through the finderscope has a much
broader field of view than that of the telescope. Please take a look on how the finderscope works on
the next pages.
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