Orion 5303 instruction manual iPhone camera lens

2.Now attach the longer arm of the L-bracket to the back of the cradle bracket using the triangular lock knob (Figure 4). Leave both lock knobs slightly loose for now to allow adjustment.

It is easiest to first align the telescope eyepiece with the phone’s camera lens before installing the whole eyepiece/ SteadyPix/iPhone assembly on the telescope.

3.Insert your iPhone into the cradle bracket by placing the bottom of the iPhone into the padded retaining tabs, then pushing the top of the iPhone under the upper, rubber-coated tab (Figure 5). Once installed in this way, the iPhone will not fall out, even when facing down toward the ground.

4.Now, place the iPhone face down (place a cloth on the table to protect the iPhone’s screen from getting

Figure 4. The triangular lock knob fastens the long arm of the L-bracket to the cradle bracket.

Figure 5. Push the iPhone under the rubber-coated upper tab to secure it in place.

Figure 6. Rotate the eyepiece clamp and insert the eyepiece, then tighten the clamp around the housing with the triangular lock knob.

scratched) so the eyepiece clamp is facing up. Using a fairly low-power (long focal length) eyepiece to start with, like a 25mm, insert it into the eyepiece clamp and tighten the clamp bolt (Figure 6).

5.Rotate the eyepiece clamp so that the eye lens of the eyepiece is facing the iPhone’s camera lens, then lower the clamp until the eyepiece is touching, or nearly touching, the cradle bracket.

6.Looking through the rear of the eyepiece barrel, move the eyepiece until the lens of the iPhone appears approximately centered in the lens of the eyepiece (Figure 7). Then lightly tighten both the lens height thumbscrew and the triangular L-bracket lock knob. Make sure the eyepiece is flat relative to the cradle bracket, not skewed (Figure 8).

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Figure 7. Adjust the eyepiece clamp in the L-bracket so that the iPhone’s camera lens appears roughly centered in the eyepiece lens, as shown in this view from the bottom of the eyepiece.

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Figure 8. The eyepiece lens should be flat relative to the cradle bracket (a), not skewed at an angle (b).

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