ORION TELESCOPES & BINOCULARS GoScope II Assembly Manual

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

Orion GoScope™ II 70mm Refractor

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Orion Quick Start Assembly & Operating Guide

Components

• Dust Covers

• Objective Lens (70mm diameter and 400mm focal length)

• Focus Knob

• Focus Drawtube

• 45 Degree Diagonal

• Eyepiece (two included: a 20mm and a 10mm); also called

an ocular

• Tripod Adaptor Block (on telescope)

• Tripod Adaptor Screw (on tripod)

• Tripod Pan-Tilt Handle & Up-Down (or Tilt) Locking Screw

• Tripod Center Column (adjustable height)

• Tripod Legs (adjustable height)

• Center Column Locking Screw

• Tripod Leg Cam Locks

• Azimuth (Left-Right) Locking Screw

Thank you for your purchase of an Orion 70mm GoScope
II. Use these quick instructions to get started on a high­powered exploration of the world around you and into the
depths of Outer Space! More learning materials, including
monthly sky maps, can be found in Orion’s Community page
at OrionTelescopes.com, including articles on observing the
planets and locating deep sky objects. Also see the support
page for the GoScope II on the website for updates and tips.

SOLAR WARNING: Never Use the GoScope II, or its
finderscope, to look at the Sun without a proper, safe
solar filter. Using a telescope or binocular to observe
the Sun may cause instant eye damage or blindness.
Use under appropriate adult supervision.

• Backpack

Assembly

Step 1: Unpack Your GoScope

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Figure 1: Unpacked; save the lens caps and packaging.

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Step 2: Deploy the tripod.

Step 3: Attach the optical tube assem-

bly to the tripod.

Step 4: Attach the finderscope to the
optical tube assembly.

Step 5: Insert the 45-degree diagonal.

Step 7: Remove dust caps – on finder,

the main telescope and eyepiece.

Step 8: Point the telescope towards a
distant object; while looking through the
eyepiece, turn the focus knob to adjust
focus.

Step 6: Put the 20mm eyepiece in the
diagonal.

Step 9: Align the finderscope.

Step 10: Start looking!

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