Set Up Instruction; Tripod & Mount - Spectrum ST-AZ30 Series Instruction Manual

SET UP INSTRUCTION

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Tripod & Mount
1. Release the tripod leg lock
extend the spread tripod legs
the proper height
2. Place the tripod (3) on a relatively flat
ground where you have a clear view to
the sky (if you are viewing celestial
objects) or distanced ground (if you are
viewing land objects).
3. Adjust the height of the legs to level the
top of the tripod.
4. Attach the accessory tray
center spreader bars (5) and temporarily
place all the accessories there.
5. Rotate the control handler
clockwise to loosen the altitude axis.
Unfold mount till the saddle plate
relatively parallel to the ground.
6. Lock the altitude axis back by rotating
the control handler clockwise when
done.
7. With these steps done properly, your
tripod and mount are now set up
correctly.
Please DO NOT look at the Sun through your telescope without a proper filter. This may damage your eyes permanently.
OTA
(6) and fully 1. Locate the two threaded holes on the
(7) to set bottom of the Vixen dovetail
place the Optical Tube Assembly (OTA)
(1) onto the saddle plate
the mount
knob (9)
2. Install the view finder
by tightening the lock knob
feel.
3. Install the diagonal
(4) onto the tube, and secure the diagonal by
tightening the diagonal locking screw
(17).
(12) counter- 4. Selectively install the Barlow Lens per
desire
(10) is 5. Slide an eyepiece
and secure it by tightening the eyepiece
locking screw
(8) and
(10) located on
(2) and tighten the OTA lock
to a firm feel.
(14) and secure it
(15) to a firm
(18) into the optical
(20) into the diagonal
(19).
View Finder Alignment
1. Point the OTA at a distanced land object during
the daytime, such as a distanced light pole.
2. Look through the lower-power eyepiece first
and center the object in the eyepiece
3. Focus the telescope by turning the focus knob
(16) till the object is sharp and clear.
4. Look though the viewfinder and adjust the
crosshair by tightening and loosening one of
the three view finder alignment knobs
the same time till the crosshair is overlapping
the same object centered in the eyepiece.
5. Repeating the same process at night by
pointing at a celestial object such as the Moon
will further align your viewfinder and OTA.
(21) at