TwinStar Telescopes 4.5 Inch Reflector Telescope with iOptron Mount Assembly Manual

Assembly Guide : 4.5" Reflector with iOptron

INTRODUCTION

Congratulations! You have bought a wonderful telescope. This is a precision optical instru-

ment, and you have many wonderful evenings of observing the night sky ahead of you. This on-line

guide is to help you assemble your telescope properly.

We know that many people are visually oriented and that pictures of the assembly process would be

helpful. Since your telescope assembly guide and instruction manual does not have a lot of pictures,

we have put together this online guide to help you assemble your telescope for your first night of ob-

serving.

Once your telescope is assembled and ready to go, the rest is up to you. Learning astronomy is all

the fun anyhow! So let's get started . . .

Attach the iOptron SmartStar Cube to

Step 1

the tripod as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1 – Attaching the SmartStar Cube.

Table of Contents

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Page 1 Assembly Guide : 4.5” Reflector with iOptron INTRODUCTION Congratulations! You have bought a wonderful telescope. This is a precision optical instru- ment, and you have many wonderful evenings of observing the night sky ahead of you. This on-line guide is to help you assemble your telescope properly. We know that many people are visually oriented and that pictures of the assembly process would be helpful.
Page 2 Step 2 Attach the Accessory tray to the tripod as shown in Figure 2. Figure 2 – Attaching the Accessory Tray. Your iOptron SmartStar tripod and Step 3 mount is ready to go! Figure 3 – The completed iOptron Smart- Star tripod and mount.
Page 3 Next, you can attach the optional sight- Step 5 ing scope to the main telescope as shown in Figure 5. Figure 5 – The optional sighting scope can be attached to the telescope tube. Finally, insert one of your eyepieces into Step 6 the focusing tube, as shown in Figure 6, and you are ready to begin observing.