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TwinStar 76mm Cassegrain Telescope Assembly Manual

Assembly Guide : 76mm Cassegrain Telescope

INTRODUCTION

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

instrument, and you have many wonderful evenings of observing the night sky ahead of you. This

guide is to help you assemble your telescope properly.

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

helpful. We have put this guide together to help you assemble your telescope for your first night of

observing.

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 . . .

Necessary Parts

For Assembly:

1x Telescope Tube

1x Telescope Tripod

2x Eyepieces (one is attached

to the telescope)

Table of Contents

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Page 1 Assembly Guide : 76mm Cassegrain Telescope INTRODUCTION Congratulations! You have bought a wonderful telescope. This is a precision optical instrument, and you have many wonderful evenings of observing the night sky ahead of you. This guide is to help you assemble your telescope properly.
Page 2 Step 1 Remove the tripod from the box, and extend the legs as shown in Figure 1 below. Figure 1 – Extending the tripod legs. Unscrew the handle to loosen the Step 2 up-down motion of the tripod. Set the tripod level and screw the handle in to tighten as show in Figure 2.
Page 3 If no light is viewable through the Step 4 eyepiece, you may need to align the inner mirror. Simply twist the lens pictured in Figure 4 one full rotation, while viewing through the eyepiece. Stop once you see light. Figure 4 – Adjusting the lens and mirror To change eyepieces, simply Step 5 unscrew the current one to remove it.