The Omegon® Advanced X
Series
Congratulations on the purchase of one of the
new Omegon® Advanced X Series telescope. This
telescope will give you hours of fun, with its
optical precision polished mirrors and huge light
gathering capability; it is the ideal companion for
the beginner or intermediate amateur. It’s simple
design and optical quality makes the Advanced X
one of the most exciting Dobson telescopes you
will ever find in the market.
1. What’s included? The telescope is shipped in
two boxes. The tube box and the base box. To
keep box volume to a minimum, the base is
supplied disassembled. To assemble the base you
only need a screw driver (Philips-type) – not
supplied. Assembly takes about 20 minutes and
all supplied parts and ware are easily put
together. Below you can see the included base
parts and ware. Please take a few minutes to
familiarize yourself with it.
Telescope base parts
1. Disc (top);
7. Handle & screws;
2. Disc (bottom);
8. Feet & screws;
3. Side panel (right);
9. Side friction kit;
4. Front panel;
10. Wood screws;
5. Side panel (left);
11. Azimuth friction kit.
6. Eyepiece Rack & screws;
2. Assembling the telescope base. The telescope
base is shipped in a flat cardboard box. Please
provide a clean and flat surface where you can lay
the parts and enough space to assemble it.
2.1. Step 1 - Assembling the side and front
panels. Identify parts #3, #4 and #5. Used the
supplied Allen wrench and 4x of the wood screws
#10. Please notice that the side panels #3 and #5
are slightly different. Panel #5 has two additional
holes to fix the eyepiece rack #6. The front panel
#4 has two sides. Make sure that the metal
washers are not visible from the outside. When
Step 1 is finished make sure that the side panel
(right) #3 is on the right side of this assembly and
the front panel washer (plated) do not show to
the outside - marked with arrows - below.
These instructions apply to telescopes of different sizes. Therefore, the
parts may have slightly different proportions than shown above.
