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ATTACHING THE TELESCOPE TO THE MOUNT
With the mounting rail securely attached to the rings, slide the rail into the dovetail shoe on the telescope
mount. Make sure you secure the rail to the mount with the hand screws on the mount. If you do not secure
the rail tightly, the telescope may slide out of the mount, causing serious damage to the telescope.
Step 1: Loosen the hand knobs on
the mount’s dovetail shoe.
Step 2: Slide the mounting rail into
the shoe
Step 3: Tighten the knob(s) securely.
ATTACHING THE MOUNTING RAIL
The telescope attaches to the telescope mount using one of two optional dovetail mounting rails. We supply
the telescope without a rail since different customers use different rails. The dovetail mounting rail is attached
to the bottom of the mounting rings using 1/4-20 socket cap head screws supplied with the rail. Purchase the
proper size of rail for the mount you are using.
Most larger mounts use the larger Losmandy-style rail, which is 4”
wide. Mounts using this size rail include the Stellarvue mounts with our
TDLV shoes, Paramount, Losmandy, Mathis, Discmounts, and larger
Celestron mounts.
Smaller mounts use the Vixen-style mounting rail, which is about 1 3/4” wide.
Mounts using this size rail include the Celestron AVX mount, Vixen mounts and
many other Chinese import mounts.
Screw the rail securely to the bottom of the rings. Vixen rails use one
screw per ring, Losmandy rails use either one or two screws per ring.
Using two screws in one ring and one in the other as shown in the pic-
ture to the left will securely hold the telescope in place.
