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ATTACHING THE TELESCOPE TO THE MOUNT
With the mounting rail securely attached to the rings, slide the rail into the dovetail shoe on the telescope
mount. Make sure you secure the rail to the mount with the hand screws on the mount. If you do not secure
the rail tightly, the telescope may slide out of the mount, causing serious damage to the telescope.
Step 1: Loosen the hand knob(s)
on the mount’s dovetail shoe.
Step 2: Slide the mounting rail into
the shoe until the telescope is
balanced.
Step 3: Tighten the knob(s) securely.
ATTACHING THE MOUNTING RAIL
The telescope attaches to the telescope mount using a dovetail mounting rail. The dovetail mounting rail is at-
tached to the bottom of the mounting rings using 1/4-20 socket cap head screws supplied with the rail. Gener-
ally telescope mounts use one of two different style mounting rails. Select the proper size of rail for the mount
you are using.
Most larger mounts use the larger Losmandy-style rail, which is 4”
wide. Mounts using this size rail include the Stellarvue mounts with our
TDLV shoes, Paramount, Losmandy, Mathis, Discmounts, and larger
Celestron mounts.
Smaller mounts use the Vixen-style mounting rail, which is about 1 3/4” wide.
Mounts using this size rail include the Celestron AVX mount, Vixen mounts and
many other Chinese import mounts.
Screw the rail securely to the bottom of the rings. Vixen rails use one
screw per ring, Losmandy rails use either one or two screws per ring.
Using two screws in one ring and one in the other as shown in the pic-
ture to the left will securely hold the telescope in place.
