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60mm White Light Solar Scope (#8707) Instruction Manual WARNING! NEVER USE A TELESCOPE TO LOOK AT THE SUN WITHOUT A SOLAR FILTER! Looking at or near the Sun will cause instant and irreversible damage to your eye. Children should always have adult supervision while observing.
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Solar 60 refractor telescope (Solar60) combines iOptron’s 60mm f/6 achromatic refracting telescope and a durable SolarLite solar filter from Thousand Oaks. With the thread-on solar filter design, the S60 provides a safer view of the solar photosphere. Watching sunspots change and travels across the disk of sun day by day.
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Figure 3. Mount a Solar60 telescope onto a camera tripod Insert the diagonal into the eyepiece side of the telescope. Tighten the thumbscrews to a firm feel only. Slide the eyepiece into the open end of the diagonal. Tighten the thumbscrew. Remove the dust cover from the other end of telescope before observation.
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For terrestrial observation, such as land mark or bird viewing, you can buy an optional 45º Erect Diagonal to have a correct image from your eyepiece. 3.2. Selecting an Eyepiece The magnification of a telescope is defined by the focal lengths of the telescope and the eyepiece.
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