Table Of Contents; Parts List; Setting Up The Telescope - Orion StarBlast 6 Instruction Manual

Table of Contents

I. Parts List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
II. Setting Up the Telescope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
III. Using Your Telescope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
IV. Astronomical Observing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
V. Objects to Observe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
VI Care and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
VII. Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Appendix A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Appendix B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
I. Parts List
• Optical tube with tube rings and dovetail plate
• Base
• 25mm Plossl eyepiece, 1.25"
• 10mm Plossl eyepiece, 1.25"
• Red dot finder scope
• Eyepiece rack and mounting screws (x2)
• Dust cap
• DeepMap 600
• MoonMap 260
• Smartphone photo adapter (not shown)
When unpacking the telescope it is suggested that you save
the internal packaging. In the unlikely event the product needs
to be returned, the shipping materials can be reused to ensure
it arrives safely at its destination. Make sure all the parts listed
in the Parts List and shown in Figure 1 are present.
II. Setting Up the Telescope
Your new StarBlast 6 telescope arrives already assembled, except
for a few accessories. Carefully remove the assembled telescope
from the shipping box and set it upright on its base. Remove the
plastic bag from the telescope. To remove the tissue paper from
the optical tube you will need to open up the tube rings. Make
sure you do this in such a way that the optical tube will not drop
out and get damaged. It may be best to remove the optical tube
from the base before attempting to open the tube rings. Just loos-
en the saddle lock knob while holding on to the optical tube, then
slide or lift the dovetail mounting bar out of the saddle.
** NOTE**: The optical tube finish depicted in this manual is
darker (black) than the finish on the final production tele-
scope, which is gray.
WARNING: Never look directly at the Sun through
your telescope-even for an instant-without a
professionally made solar filter that completely
covers the front of the instrument, or permanent eye
damage could result. Young children should use this
telescope only with adult supervision.
Figure 2.
Slide the foot of the red dot scope into the dovetail
shoe on the telescope tube, as shown. Then tighten the
thumbscrew.
Install the Red Dot Scope
To install the red dot scope simply slide its dovetail mounting
bracket into the telescope's dovetail base, then tighten the thumb-
screw on the base to secure the mounting bracket (Figure 2).
Remove the plastic tab sticking out from the battery compart-
ment and discard it. This allows the electronic circuit of the red dot
scope to receive power from the installed 3V battery.
Attach the Eyepiece Rack
Find the two pilot holes in the side braces and attach the eyepiece
rack with the included wood screws using a Phillips screwdriver
(Figure 3).
Insert an Eyepiece
The StarBlast 6 comes with two quality 1.25" Plossl eyepieces:
one of 25mm focal length and the other of 10mm focal length.
More information about the eyepieces are provided later in this
manual.
Insert an eyepiece directly into the focuser (Figure 4). First
remove the cap from the focuser and loosen the thumbscrew on
the 1.25" adapter to provide clearance for the eyepiece barrel.
Then insert the barrel of the eyepiece into the 1.25" adapter and
lightly retighten the thumbscrew to secure it in place.
Adjusting the Eyepiece/Focuser Orientation
To view through the StarBlast 6 comfortably, you can adjust the
orientation of the focuser to a convenient angle by rotating the
optical tube within the tube rings. To do this, first loosen the two
tube ring clamp knobs (Figure 5) by a couple of turns. Now,
grasp the front end of the tube with one hand and the back of the
tube with your other hand and rotate it until the focuser is where
you want it. Then retighten the clamp knobs to secure the optical
tube in that position.
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