My ramp no longer telescopes out with ease. What can I do to get it to telescope just with gravity? I have to turn it on its side and pull it out now
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Mine has been tough to telescope from the beginning. Don't have any suggestions.
1179503
The ramp that I purchased was given as a gift. I haven't heard of any problems with it. I suggest you Google the manufacturer, get their telephone number, and give them a call. Alternatively, contact Amazon and tell them you wish to return yours for a new ramp or a refund.....
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I suspect it has a little dirt or grit between the two ramp pieces. You may be able to flush it out by running some water in the area between the inner and outer ramp. I would not use any kind of lubricant (oil) because it will just become a dirt magnet and will eventually make things worse.
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Don't know if you do this...I hold the ramp upright in front of me and hold the bottom sides of the ramp in place with my feet and slide inner part of ramp upwards. I am fairly short older woman and have no problem opening the ramp this way. Hope this is helpful.
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Mine does not telescope either. However, I typically just throw those away. In my case the tower cooler doesn't fit but I was able to force the side panel on anyways.
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It should be not too bad to get over. Just put it in the high setting and tilt it back. If all fails you could just make a ramp with some boards.
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You twist it counter-clockwise and pull, but as I recall I had to bang it on the floor a few times the first time I extended it. If that doesn't work, I would contact the manufacturer. Good luck.
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Hi! The tension should keep it up. Othwerwise, the astronauts need to perform some in space repairs (perhaps a tiny clothespin or paperclip might help?) ! How frustrating to have it keep falling!
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If it's stuck facing the sky, you got something mounted backwards (likely the arm). Mine sits at about 80 degree angle from the base which is perfect while driving.
846513
Unfortunately it has to be re-aligned every time. I use the auto-two star method, still takes a few minutes but by aligning it the telescope takes me to cool things like nebula and galaxies
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I have found there is really no proper way in how to focus the eyepieces. You just have to keep adjusting them, mess around with it until they are adjusted to your satisfaction. I wish I could help your more, but thats really all I can say.
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thanks for the tips. turned mine around and it works. to me it opensbackwards but it worked so whatever.
318138
Hold it on either end and twist it back on itself. It's tricky, but keep trying and it will go.
776798
pull up one side of the scope then then just push on the side that is off, hope this helped
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This is A heavy scope with a less than perfect center go gravity. I am using an alpena plastic with a fairly wide footprint. It's barely enough. It's plastic. it wiggles a lot when you focus or zoom. Do you own this scope now? Are thinking stars or on the ground. I would not recommend ultima 80 for astronomy. Blue shift issues. Works fine on the ground.
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RCE, Here is the link to address your answer, it will assist you in getting your eyepiece back together: http://www.celestron.com/support/knowledgebase?article=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.celestron.com%2Fc3%2Fsupport3%2Findex.php%3F_m%3Dknowledgebase%26_a%3Dviewarticle%26kbarticleid%3D2393%26group%3Diframe&title;=I+%E2%80%9Caccidentally%E2%80%9D+took+apart+my+Celestron+20+mm+erect+image+eyepiece.+How+do+I+put+it+back+together%3F
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You may have to loosen the nut but I have not had to. I just pulled it out like extending a telescope.
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Hi Naomi, The first thing you need is to have the tripod perfectly set, (check the bubble is perfectly centered) Second: use the biggest eyepiece (25mm Eyepiece). the one with the biggest number on it. This eyepiece is called the finder, because it's easier to find objects with it. Then fix your target, pick the brightest object in the sky (the moon usually) Now this is the hard to explain part... this is how I explained to my mom. Start looking at the eyepiece from around two inches, draw circles with your head looking for a light into the eyepiece, once you find a light go closer and closer till you are really near to the eyepiece (if you lose the light start all over again) The final step is to focus the telescope. You have the light perfectly fixed but not focused. Once focused, fix the object perfectly centered in the eyepiece and now center the same object in the Star Pointer Finderscope. Sorry for my English :) G
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How? The manual stinks and I can't figure it out. I rotated it manually but it goes back to the original orientation.
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I would just hold it steady. For me, it works fine, and, I don't have no tripod! I got a lovely view of the Orion Nebula without that much shake. And, after viewing for a while, I would put it down and rest my arms. And for uses with telescopes, OH YES:D