ORION TELESCOPES & BINOCULARS StarBlast 10149 Manual de usuario

Orion®StarBlast™62mm

Compact Travel Refractor

#10149

IN 503 Rev. A 07/13

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

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Providing Exceptional Consumer Optical Products Since 1975

Congratulations on your purchase of the Orion StarBlast 62CTR Telescope. The high resolution optics

in this instrument will allow you to see many amazing sights on both the ground and in space. With the

standard configuration this telescope gives magnified, correct-image views that allow easy tracking of

moving objects such as birds or objects in the night time sky. With two quality Plössl eyepieces you can

get either wide field views that are perfect for bird-watching, landscape viewing or wide field astronomy

and a high-power view that will let you zoom in on the moon or see the rings of Saturn. The StarBlast 62

assembles in seconds and is a highly portable, compact and extremely versatile telescope!

Included with the Orion StarBlast 62 Refractor:

• Carrying Case

• Starblast 62 Optical Tube assembly (The Telescope) or

OTA, with Retractable Lens Shade

• Objective Dust Cap (also called a lens cap)

• Drawtube Dust Cap

• 1/4x20 Tripod Adapter Block (installed on the bottom of the

Optical Tube Assembly)

• 20mm, 1.25" Plössl Eyepiece (26X), with dust caps

• 4mm 1.25" Plössl Eyepiece (130X), with dust caps

• 45-Degree Erecting Prism Diagonal, with dust caps

• Camera Adapter Tube

Assembly Instructions for

Viewing

1. Remove contents of the carry/shipping case.

2. Holding the telescope tube remove the lens caps on both

ends and extend the sliding lens shade from the front of

the tube (Figure 2).

The front objective dust cover simply slips off, the drawtube

dust cover also just inserts into the drawtube that moves dur-

ing focusing, but it may be held firmly in place by a thumb-

screw on the rear of the telescope. SAVE THE DUSTCAPS for

later storage of your StarBlast 62

3. Remove the dust caps from the 45 Degree Diagonal, and

insert it into the back of the telescope. Secure in place

with the Diagonal Locking Thumbscrew (Figure 3).

Figure 1. The StarBlast 62mm Compact Travel Refractor

Eyepiece locking

thumbscrew

Diagonal

locking

thumbscrew

Focus

wheel

Lens shade

Drawtube

Tripod

adapter

The Diagonal Locking Thumbscrew may need to be loosened

to insert the Diagonal. Tighten the thumbscrew to secure the

diagonal.

4. Insert the 20mm Plössl Eyepiece into the Diagonal;

secure with the Eyepiece Locking Thumbscrew

(Figure 4).

5. Attach the assembled telescope to a photographic tripod

using the 1/4x20 receptacle on the bottom of the tripod

(Figure 5).

The tripod is optional with the StarBlast 62. Orion offers the

Paragon and the VersiGo tripods that are excellent choices to

securely mount this telescope.

The StarBlast 62 tripod block will also fit “Vixen style” dove-

tail mounting systems. The tripod adapter block simply slides

into the groove on the top of a mount with a “Vixen Dovetail”

and the screw on the side of the doetail adapter on the mount,

locks the telescope into place. The StarBlast 62 will also fit

WARNING: Do NOT look at the Sun without a

professionally made solar filter on the telescope;

serious eye damage may result if you look at the

Sun with any unfiltered optical instrument. Do

not leave the telescope unsupervised around

children. Always cover the lenses when leaving the

telescope in direct sunlight.

Figure 2.

Figure 3.

Figure 4.

Figure 5.

nicely on the motorized StarBlast AutoTracker Mount (for auto-

matic tracking of objects in the night sky), and the AZ4 mount

with slow motion controls (both of which have vixen dovetail

mounting systems). (Figure 6)

6. Point the telescope at a target and focus! Focusing the

telescope is accomplished by simple turning the large

silver focus wheels on either side of the back of the

telescope (Figure 7).

We suggest that you practice during the daytime to get a feel

for how to point and focus your new telescope. With low power,

aiming is simply done by sighting along the tube. The back end

of the telescope has set screws that cover mounting holes for

an optional dovetail mount for a finderscope. For astronomy,

the Orion Red Dot finder is an effective and inexpensive option.

Changing the

Telescope’s Power

To switch to the higher power, loosen the eyepiece thumb-

screw and remove the 20mm Plössl. Replace the dust caps on

the eyepiece and put it in the case for safe storage. Remove

the 4mm eyepiece and place it in the diagonal, focus.

The StarBlast 62 uses standard 1.25-inch (1.25") diameter

eyepieces (also called oculars). The next most popular size

is 2" eyepieces, but these are too large to fit this telescope.

Inexpensive toy telescopes use 0.96" and are too small. By

changing 1.25" eyepieces, you change the power. To get the

power with any 1.25" eyepiece, divide the focal length of the

telescope by the focal length of the eyepiece (they are labeled

by a number in mm, this is the eyepiece focal length). The

StarBlast 62 has a 520 focal length; therefore, POWER = 520/

Eyepiece focal length (in mm). Using the standard 4mm eye-

piece the power is 520/4 = 130x.

Orion sells many additional, quality, 1.25"eyepieces that will

complement your telescope. Good first choices would be a 25

or 32mm wide angle eyepiece for even wider, brighter views

and the Orion 1.25" “Shorty” Barlow Lens, which doubles the

power of any 1.25" eyepieces.

NOTE: While high power might sound tempting, low pow-

ers give sharper, wider fields of view that most people

prefer. High power is usually best used only when you

are looking to see detail on the Moon or on a planet like

Jupiter or Saturn. High powers magnify the object being

viewed, but also amplify the impact of air turbulence

(what astronomers call “seeing”), so views are generally

not as sharp, but this will vary with observing conditions.

Your First Night Out,

Hints for Using Your New

Telescope

For astronomy, we suggest your first target to be a partially illu-

minated moon, around first quarter is ideal. The StarBlast 62

will allow you to see hundreds of craters and the lunar “seas.”

The Orion Learning center has star charts and maps, along

with articles on how to use a telescope.

For a good astronomical viewing experience, Orion always

recommends:

1. The “Golden Rule for Astronomy” – Seek out an

observing site as far from city lights as possible.

If you cannot get away from the city, go to a location away

from streetlights and other sources of nighttime light pollution.

Astronomical objects are very dim, and light pollution strongly

Figure 7.

Figure 6.

impacts how much you can see through any telescope. Your

StarBlast 62 is the perfect companion to take camping! From

a “dark sky site” – a place remote from city lights where the

Milky way is visible – there are hundreds of objects that can be

found with the StarBlast 62 – See Appendix A

Even if “remote “observing is the “Golden Rule” for astronomi-

cal observing, the StarBlast 62 has high resolution, quality

optics and will be able to show you objects from near or within

a city – the moon, the planets and the brighter star clusters are

within reach of this telescope. Refer to a star chart or Orion’s

online learning center to learn where to look.

2. Start with Low Power

The 20mm low power eyepiece means the images you get

are brighter and you get a WIDE field of view, so it is much

easier to find objects with your StarBlast 62 at low power. The

bigger the number on the eyepiece the sharper and brighter

the view will be. After you locate an object in low power, switch

to the high power eyepiece to see if the view is better.

3. Don’t View through Windows

The optics in your StarBlast 62 have been polished to an accu-

racy of a millionth of an inch. Window glass is thousands of

times less accurate; by looking through a window, you are

effectively putting a “distorting warp filter” in front of your

telescope, and views will never be sharp. That said, you can

accomplish some casual daytime or lunar viewing through a

window at low power, but the view will never be sharp.

4. Take the Proper Tools with You

a. Dress warmly, if you go out in wintertime; Orion’s view

is that you can never overdress in winter – hats, gloves,

insulated shoes, layers of jackets, etc.

b. Take binoculars – they are the perfect complement to

a telescope and will help you find larger objects in the

nighttime sky or terrestrial targets on the ground. A

good general binocular for astronomy is a 10x50 size –

10 power and with 50mm diameter lenses.

c. Bring a star chart – this will help you find your way

around the night sky. Better ones, and astronomy

guidebooks will show you how to “star hop” to find faint

objects outside the solar system like star clusters and

nebula.

5. Attend a “Star Party”

d. It’s always fun to share astronomy. Larger cities have

local astronomy clubs that will tell you the best places

to observe and will hold public observing events that

can give you great tips on using a telescope and what’s

good to look at during the night (this varies during the

year!!!).

For many more tips on observing, star charts, and much more

help in using a telescope, go to www.telescope.com/community.

Photography Through the

StarBlast 62

Single Lens Reflex or SLR cameras work best with a powerful

lens like the StarBlast 62. It is simple to attach a SLR Camera:

1. Remove you camera lens and place a standard “T-Ring”

in the camera body where the lens normally goes. These

vary with camera brand and are available through Orion

or many camera stores.

2. Remove the eyepiece and diagonal from the back of the

StarBlast 62.

3. Thread on the Standard T-thread Camera Adapter

(T-Adapter) onto the back of the StarBlast 62.

4. The T-Ring in the camera body will thread onto the

t-adapter. The StarBlast is now directly coupled onto your

camera and it acts like a 520mm telephoto lens! Focus

and center your target through the camera viewfinder.

The Starblast 62 can be used with Smart Phone Cameras

and cameras that do not have removable lenses (non-“reflex”

camera, such as simple point and shoot cameras) by using

the optional Orion SteadyPix camera adapter. To use the

SteadyPix, take the 45 degree diagonal off the telescope,

place the eyepiece directly into the drawtube of the telescope

and secure it with the thumbscrew. Clamp the SteadyPix

around the back of the telescope and place your camera on

the SteadyPix. Look through the viewfinder of the camera to

focus and center the target; in this mode, the image will be

inverted through the camera viewfinder.

Taking Care of the

StarBlast 62

The StarBlast 62 is a ruggedly build quality, optical instrument;

if you don’t drop it or toss it around/handle it roughly while out

in the field it should never need service or adjustment. How to

care for the StarBlast 62:

a. Keep it clean – wipe dust from the surfaces (not the

lens) if needed.

b. Keep the lens covers on the telescope when not in use

– if you do always do this, you may never need to clean

the telescope lenses.

c. Use a lens brush and optical cleaning solution/tissue if

you get fingerprints, etc. on the lenses and they require

cleaning for sharp views. Cleaning kits are available at

better camera stores and Orion.

Specifications

Telescope diameter: 62mm

Optical System: 4-element Refracting

telescope

Telescope Focal Length: 520mm

Eyepiece Diameter: Standard 1.25-inch

Weight (OTA Only): 3.1 Lbs.

Minimum Length (focuser

racked in, dust caps on and

Lens shade retracted):

12.75 inches

Maximum Length (Lens shade

extended, diagonal and 20mm

eyepiece installed, focus

racked all the way out):

21.25 inches

Resolution Power: 1.87" (Seconds of Arc)

Light Gathering Power: 78 times the light gathering

power of a dilated human eye

(assumes 7mm pupil size)

Limiting Visual Magnitude

(faintest star visible):

12.5

Solar Filter Size: Orion 7745, 3.68"(this filter

has a slightly oversize cap,

but can be secured onto

the front of the StarBlast 62

with the three adjusting/lock

screws on the solar filter).

Focuser: Single Speed “Crayford” Style

Appendix A – Deep Sky

Observing with the Orion

62mm CTR Telescope

The Starblast 62 is a powerful, little telescope! It will show you

all the Messier Objects (the best deep sky objects) and many

more astronomical wonders.

During the final testing of the Orion StarBlast 62 our devel-

opment team took the telescope to Deep Sky Ranch, a dark

sky site 90 miles from the San Jose, CA airport in Paicines,

California. Below is a log of objects we observed over a couple

of hours spread over two nights of testing in February of 2013.

These objects were observed without filters and the standard

20mm eyepiece (at 26 power).

Gaseous Nebulas (Emission Nebula)

• M42 (The Orion Nebula) – including splitting the trapezium

• M78

• M97

• NGC 2359 – Thor’s Helmet

• NGC 2467

• Witch Head Nebula (Reflection Nebula near the star Rigel)

• M76 – Planetary Nebula

• The Flame Nebula (Next to Zeta Orion)

• M57 (The Ring Nebula)

• M8 (The Lagoon Nebula)

• M20 (The Trifid Nebula)

• M16 (The Swan Nebula)

• M17 (The Swan Nebula)

• M27 (The Dumbell Nebula)

• M1 – The Crab Nebula, a Supernova remnant

• The California Nebula, NGC 1499

• NGC 2174

• Flame Nebula near Zeta Orionius

• M76

• NGC 2392

• IC443 – The Jellyfish Nebula in Gemini- a Super Nova

Remnant

• Open Star Clusters

• M46

• M47

• M45 (The Pleiades)

• M44 (The Beehive)

• M41

• M35 and companion Star Cluster

• 2451 – Open

• M67

• The Double Cluster in Perseus! (NGC 869 & 884)

• M36

• M37

• M38

• NGC 2420

• NGC 2281

• Globular Star Clusters

• M92

• NGC 5139 (Omega Centauri)

• M4

• M80

• M22

• M28

• NGC 5297

• NGC 6939

• Galaxies

• M81 & M82

• M65/M66

• M108

• NGC 2903

• 2613

• M106

• NGC 3344 – Very faint, but there!

• M51

• M101

• NGC 5128

• M86

• M99 (Faint!)

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