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4.  Place the accessory tray on TOP of the center bracket 

between the tripod legs and secure it with the three 
wingnut locking knobs from UNDERNEATH. (

Figure 3)

Telescope Assembly
1.  Remove the Altitude Tightening Knobs on the side of the 

tube. (

Figure 4)

2.  Slide the telescope tube into the slots on the ends of the 

fork arms of the Yoke Mount, use the Altitude Tightening 
Knobs to secure the tube to the Yoke Mount. (

Figure 5

3.  Insert the Micro-Adjustable Altitude Control into the 

Altitude Knob Control Assembly on the side of the yoke 
mount; the end with the fine adjustment knob goes 
towards the back (the way the yoke curves). (

Figure 6

Remove the Machine Screw installed on the side of the 
telescope and use this to attach the Micro-Adjustable 
Altitude Control to the side of the telescope tube. 
(

Figure 7)

Finder Scope Assembly
1.  Remove the thumbscrews on the top of the Telescope.

Figure 5.

Figure 4. 

Figure 6. 

Figure 3.

Altitude 

tightening 

knobs (x2)

Altitude fine 

adjustment 

connector

Finder scope 

thumbscrews

Summary of Contents for 10028

Page 1: ...10028 StarBlast 70 10029 StarBlast 90 IN 506 Rev A 08 13 instruction Manual Customer Support www OrionTelescopes com contactus Corporate Offices 89 Hangar Way Watsonville CA 95076 USA Providing Excep...

Page 2: ...rews Optical tube Focuser Focus knobs Altitude fine adjustment control knob Altitude fine adjustment locking screw Yoke mount Accessory tray Dust cap Dew cap sun shade Yoke locking knob elevation alti...

Page 3: ...sen the height adjustment clamp extending the tripod leg retighten the clamp securely finger tight no need for tools 3 Spread the tripod legs apart and stand the telescope tripod upright Adjust the tr...

Page 4: ...Yoke Mount Figure 5 3 Insert the Micro Adjustable Altitude Control into the Altitude Knob Control Assembly on the side of the yoke mount the end with the fine adjustment knob goes towards the back the...

Page 5: ...hten or loosen the Altitude and Azimuth locking bolts ten sion control knobs if needed so that the telescope is easy to move but secure enough to keep the telescope pointed where you aim it Use your h...

Page 6: ...objects are best seen with the wide angle eyepiece 7 The high power eyepiece will probably be needed to see the rings of Saturn and details on Jupiter the moon will look spectacular The StarBlast 70...

Page 7: ...in the sky slowly moves east to west caused by the earth s rotation motorized or computer controlled telescopes do this tracking for you automatically Figure 17 Finder Scope Assembly 1 The finder wil...

Page 8: ...e and where other interesting objects in the night time sky are located and how to star hop to locate them http www telescope com catalog community jsp 6 The 10mm high power eyepiece gives higher powe...

Page 9: ...2 V block 1 25 filter When viewing planets at high powers above 100x the color fidelity can be improved with an Orion v block filter 1 25 Simply thread it into the bottom of the eyepiece and observe...

Page 10: ...er 10mm Eyepiece 1 25 60 Power Red Dot Finder scope correct image 90 Degree Star Diagonal 1 25 Inverted Image Adjustable Aluminum Tripod Weight 13 5 Pounds Height of Eyepiece 58 telescope tripod fully...

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