Using the Tripod

Knurled ring

Figure 3. The knurled ring of the diagonal connects to the threads on the rear of the GoScope. To change the viewing angle, loosen the knurled ring, rotate the diagonal, then retighten the ring.

Altitude

Azimuth

Figure 5. The GoScope tripod moves about two axes of motion: altitude (up-and-down) and azimuth (left-to-right).

5.Insert the 20mm eyepiece into the diagonal (remove the caps from the eyepiece). Secure the eyepiece with the thumbscrew on the diagonal.

6.Connect the EZ Finder II reflex sight to its bracket on the telescope tube. Loosen the two knurled silver thumbscrews on the reflex sight, and slide its base onto the rail on top of the bracket. The reflex sight should be oriented on the GoScope as shown in Figure 4. Retighten the knurled sil- ver thumbscrews so the EZ Finder II is firmly connected to its bracket.

7.Re-connect the tripod’s quick-release shoe, now with the GoScope attached, to the tripod. Push the quick-release lever to allow the shoe to seat onto the tripod head.

Your telescope is now fully assembled and should resemble Figure 1.

The tripod allows motion of the telescope either left-to-right (azimuth) or up-and-down (altitude) (Figure 5). To move the telescope in azimuth, first loosen the azimuth lock knob (Figure 1). You do not need to completely loosen this knob,

Azimuth adjustment

Altitudeknob

adjustment Power knob knob

Battery cover

Figure 4. The EZ Finder II reflex sight.

Third axis lock knob

Figure 6. The tripod’s third axis of motion is rarely, if ever, used.

as having some tension makes pointing the telescope easier. To move the telescope in altitude, first rotate the tripod handle (Figure 1) counterclockwise. Again, do not completely loosen the handle, or the telescope will move too freely and become difficult to point.

Once the telescope is pointing where you wish, you can re- tighten the azimuth lock knob and rotate the handle clockwise to lock the tripod position into place.

For additional tripod height, you can extend the elevator shaft of the tripod. First loosen the elevator shaft lock knob, and use the hand crank to raise or lower the telescope to the desired height (Figure 1). Tighten the lock knob firmly when done.

The tripod also has a third axis of motion, as the telescope can be rotated 90° to the left about the axis parallel to the telescope’s body. Because this is a photo tripod, this fea- ture allows you to rotate a camera from portrait to landscape mode. This feature will rarely, if ever, be used with a tele- scope. However, if you wish to rotate the telescope in this way, first loosen the third axis lock knob (Figure 6), make your adjustment and retighten the knob.