TwinStar FirstView Owner's Manual

1, 1 FirstView 3” Reflector Telescope Owner’s Manual 1. Horizontal Locking Auxiliary Screw 2. Main Mount 3. Pitching Auxiliary Knob 4. Pitching Shaft Screw 5. Rack and Pinion Focusing Knob 6. Thumb Nut for Finder Scope 7. Finder Scope Bracket 8. Finder S…

2, TwinStar FirstView 2 ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS 1. Remove the tripod legs (#16) from the box and separately extend them to suitable length from top to bottom. Tighten the locking knobs. 2. Connect each leg to the mount base (#15) with the long screw and wing nuts (Pg. 4, Fig. 2a), but do not tighten yet. …

3, 3 as xylene and alcohol for cleaning purposes is not recommended. Eyepieces should be cared for and cleaned like any other optical element. Eyepieces are constructed so that they can be taken apart. The inexperienced person should not attempt this because the lenses of the eyepiec…

5, 5 FOCUSING THE TELESCOPE & ALIGNING THE CROSSHAIR FINDER SCOPE 1. Focusing (see Pg. 5, Fig. 3) Leave the telescope in the same position as when assembling (terrestrial position). Loosen the set screw attached to eyepiece adaptor (#10) on the main telescope tube. …

6, 6 For planetary viewing, try observing Venus first, as it is one of the brightest objects in the night sky at most times of the year. The planets will tend to appear like flat discs through your telescope, and you will probably be quite surprised by the rapidity with which they move acro…