3
The Diagonal Locking Thumbscrew may need to be loosened
to insert the Diagonal. Tighten the thumbscrew to secure the
diagonal.
4. Insert the 20mm Plössl Eyepiece into the Diagonal;
secure with the Eyepiece Locking Thumbscrew
(
Figure 4).
5. Attach the assembled telescope to a photographic tripod
using the 1/4x20 receptacle on the bottom of the tripod
(
Figure 5).
The tripod is optional with the StarBlast 62. Orion offers the
Paragon and the VersiGo tripods that are excellent choices to
securely mount this telescope.
The StarBlast 62 tripod block will also fit “Vixen style” dove-
tail mounting systems. The tripod adapter block simply slides
into the groove on the top of a mount with a “Vixen Dovetail”
and the screw on the side of the doetail adapter on the mount,
locks the telescope into place. The StarBlast 62 will also fit
WARNING: Do NOT look at the Sun without a
professionally made solar filter on the telescope;
serious eye damage may result if you look at the
Sun with any unfiltered optical instrument. Do not
leave the telescope unsupervised around children.
Always cover the lenses when leaving the telescope
in direct sunlight.
Figure 2.
Figure 3.
Figure 4.
Figure 5.
