Detailed Assembly

Remove all components from the carton and identify all components. READ THROUGH ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE YOU ASSEMBLE YOUR TELESCOPE.

Attach Accessory Tray and Telescope

1.Fold down the accessory tray braces and place the Accessory Tray on top of braces. Attach Accessory Tray with three small accessory tray bolts and nuts (included).

2.Locate the pre-assembled Tripod and Equatorial Mount. Remove attachment bolts at top of Equatorial Mount. Attach Telescope Main Tube, pre-assembled in Cradles, to the top of the Equatorial Mount. Secure in place by reinserting bolts through Equatorial Mount into base plate of Telescope Cradles.

Attach Fine Adjustment Cables, Counterweight, and Finderscope

1.Locate the Fine Adjustment Cables. Screw the silver collars, located at the end of the Fine Adjustment Cables, to the corresponding silver posts found on the Equatorial Mount.

2.Locate the Counterweight and Counterweight Shaft. Loosen the thumb screw located on the Counterweight and slide the Counterweight onto the Counterweight Shaft, and tighten thumb screw to secure the Counterweight. Thread the Counterweight Shaft into the hole located directly below the Declination Lock Knob. Make sure that the shaft is securely locked into mount.

3.Locate the Finderscope with pre-assembled Finderscope Mount. Remove the two nuts located near the front of the telescope (closest to the eyepiece) and place the Finderscope and Finderscope Mount over the exposed screws. Replace the nuts, and securely tighten the Finderscope and Finderscope Mount in place.

4.Adjust tripod leg height to suit by opening tripod leg lock and extending tripod legs to desired height. TightenTripod Leg Lock when complete.

5.Remove objective dust cover and finderscope dust cover ensuring that the entire diameter of the telescope tube is exposed.

6.Insert Eyepiece into focusing tube to begin viewing.