Orion StarBlast Instruction Manual
9814 4.5" altazimuth reflector tabletop telescope
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#9814
4.5" Altazimuth Reflector Tabletop Telescope
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Providing Exceptional Consumer Optical Products Since 1975
IN 201 Rev. B 02/09
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- Page 1 Manual orion ® starBlast ™ #9814 4.5" Altazimuth Reflector Tabletop Telescope customer support (800)‑676‑1343 E‑mail: support@telescope.com corporate offices (831)‑763‑7000 89 Hangar Way, Watsonville, ca 95076 Providing Exceptional Consumer Optical Products Since 1975 IN 201 Rev. B 02/09...
- Page 2 Figure 1. The StarBlast.
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Page 3: Collimation Cap
The StarBlast will give you breathtaking views of the Moon, planets, and even deep sky objects like the Orion Nebula. These instructions will help you set up and use your StarBlast telescope, please read them thoroughly. -
Page 4: Table Of Contents
Getting started Appendix B: Cleaning the Optics..11 It’s best to get a feel for the basic functions of the StarBlast dur- assembly ing the day, before observing astronomical objects at night. This way you won’t have to orient yourself in the dark! Find a spot out-... -
Page 5: Focusing The Telescope
Figure 4. eyeglass The StarBlast has two axes of motion: altitude (up/down) wearers. and azimuth (left/right). Long eye relief allows full field of view to be seen with or without eyeglasses. -
Page 6: Using Your Telescope
You’ll be amazed at how many more stars and deep-sky objects are visible in a dark sky! Note: Remember that the image in the eyepiece of the StarBlast will be upside-down (rotated 180°). This is nor- mal for Newtonian reflector telescopes. light Pollution Without moving the telescope, use the EZ Finder II’s azimuth... - Page 7 Once you’ve centered the object in the eyepiece, you can be continuously adjusted over time to keep an object in the switch to a higher magnification (shorter focal length) eye- field of view. This is easy to do with the StarBlast because...
- Page 8 Jupiter, and Saturn are the brightest objects in the sky after Remember that you are seeing these objects using your own the Sun and the Moon. Your StarBlast is capable of showing telescope with your own eyes! The object you see in your you these planets in some detail.
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Page 9: Care And Maintenance
Mirror center Mark temperature changes and humidity. Do not store the telescope Your StarBlast comes with a collimation cap (17). This is a outdoors, although storage in a garage or shed is OK. Small simple cap that fits on the focuser like a dust cap, but has a components like eyepiece and other accessories should be hole in the center and a silver bottom. -
Page 10: Aligning The Secondary Mirror
length of the telescope. If it isn’t, as in Figure 10b, it must be adjusted. This adjustment will rarely, if ever need to be done. drawtube It helps to adjust the secondary mirror in a brightly lit room with the telescope pointed towards a bright surface, such as white Reflection of primary paper or wall. -
Page 11: Appendix B: Cleaning The Optics
ary mirror. This is done by alternately loosening one of the have that dot centered as much as is possible in the ring, your primary mirror is collimated. The view through the collima- three alignment set screws while tightening the other two, as depicted in Figure 12. - Page 12 To do this, you must remove the three one‑Year limited Warranty This Orion StarBlast is warranted against defects in materials or workmanship for a period of one year from the date of purchase. This warranty is for the benefit of the original retail purchaser only. During this warranty period Orion Telescopes &...