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Adapter plate
Dovetail base
(shoe)1/4"-20 x 1"1/4"-20 x 1/2" socket screw
socket screw
Figure 1. The Deluxe Mini 50mm Guide Scope with Helical Focuser and included components
Congratulations on your purchase of the Orion Deluxe Mini 50mm Guide Scope with Helical Focuser. It’s a wonderfully versatile, compact, and lightweight guide scope designed for use with the Orion StarShoot AutoGuider, Orion StarShoot Planetary Imager & AutoGuider, or similar
Parts List
150mm guide scope optical tube with precision helical focuser
1Dovetail finder scope bracket, aluminum
1Dovetail base (shoe), aluminum
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1Adapter plate
1Socket head screw,
1Socket head screw,
Assembly
The Deluxe Mini 50mm Guide Scope with Helical Focuser (DMGS) comes fully assembled and mounted in the dovetail bracket. Refer to Figure 1 to familiarize yourself with the features and parts of the guide scope.
Mounting the Deluxe Mini Guide Scope
The DMGS’s mounting bracket has a dovetail foot that fits the Orion dovetail finder scope base included on many Orion telescopes. The guide scope also comes with a separate dovetail base, or shoe (Orion part #7214), with two
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Figure 2. a) The dovetail shoe threads into the adapter plate with two screws.
b)The adapter plate attaches to an optional dovetail bar with one of the included socket head cap screws.
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WARNING: Never look directly at the Sun through your telescope or its finder scope – even for an instant – without a professionally made solar filter that com- pletely covers the front of the instrument, or permanent eye damage could result. Young children should use this telescope only with adult supervision.
To mount the DMGS on a dovetail plate such as Orion’s Wide or Narrow Universal mounting plates, or similar plates produced under other brand names, we’ve included an adapter plate that makes it easy (Figure 1). The DMGS can then be piggybacked on top of your main instrument’s tube rings, or on a side-
On the adapter plate there are three threaded holes. The two outer holes are for attaching the dovetail base to the adapter plate using the two included
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