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VersaGo
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altazimuth Mount
#5682
Figure 1.
The VersaGo Altazimuth Mount.
customer support (800)‑676‑1343
E‑mail: support@telescope.com
Corporate Offices (831)‑763‑7000
89 Hangar Way, Watsonville, CA 95076
Providing Exceptional Consumer Optical Products Since 1975
IN 303 Rev. B 02/09
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- Page 1 Manual orion VersaGo ® ™ altazimuth Mount #5682 Figure 1. The VersaGo Altazimuth Mount. customer support (800)‑676‑1343 E‑mail: support@telescope.com Corporate Offices (831)‑763‑7000 89 Hangar Way, Watsonville, CA 95076 Providing Exceptional Consumer Optical Products Since 1975 IN 303 Rev. B 02/09...
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Page 2: Parts List
Congratulations on your purchase of a quality Orion product. Your VersaGo Altazimuth Mount is a sturdy, yet highly portable observing platform for small telescopes. The simple design makes setting up and using the mount very easy. Teflon bearing surfaces for both axes of motion insure smooth telescope pointing, even when making very small, precise positional adjustments. - Page 3 4. Place a small Teflon ring onto one of the knob shafts. Then, Slot Figure 3. Groove Upper base Connect the place four of the disc springs onto the knob shaft. The disc arm to the upper base springs should be stacked with their curved surfaces fac- with the two socket head ing away from each other.
- Page 4 6. Place the other large Teflon bearing ring onto the lower 9. Stand the tripod upright and spread the legs apart. Tighten base as shown in Figure 8. the leg lock knobs at the base of the tripod legs. For now, keep the legs at their shortest (fully retracted) length;...
- Page 5 Dovetail mounting bars and tube rings are both avail- Thumb screws (2) able from Orion (Figure 14). Additionally, if your telescope has a 1⁄4"-20 threaded mounting hole, Orion offers two different dovetail adapters that will thread into this hole; one orients the Figure 12.
- Page 6 ly, and moving the dovetail bar slightly forward or back in the dovetail holder. If you are using tube rings, you can move the telescope tube forward or back in the tube rings. When the telescope doesn’t move up-and-down by itself when the arm’s tensioning knob is not very tight, you have achieved good bal- ance (Figure 15a-c).
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Page 7: Care And Maintenance
For extra portability, you can also remove the VersaGo mount entirely from the tripod; simply unthread the knob under the tripod head. To protect your mount during transport, Orion offers optional soft pad- ded carry cases. 6. specifications... -
Page 8: One-Year Limited Warranty
This warranty is for the benefit of the original retail purchaser only. During this warranty period Orion Telescopes & Binoculars will repair or replace, at Orion’s option, any warranted instrument that proves to be defective, provided it is returned postage paid to: Orion Warranty Repair, 89 Hangar Way, Watsonville, CA 95076.