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Assembly Instructions for a Bushnell Telescope

From distant galaxies and nebulae to the moons of Jupiter and rings of Saturn, you can observe the wonders of the Universe from your own back yard with a Bushnell reflector or refractor telescope. A telescope is an expensive, precision instrument that must be handled with care. Even a small mistake during set-up can lead to blurry, out of focus images. Assembling a Bushnell telescope is a straightforward job that should not take more than 10 minutes. Bushnell telescopes ship with a hardware pack containing all the required nuts, bolts and screws. (Reference 1)

Things You'll Need

Screwdriver

Instructions

- 1
  Take one of the three tripod legs and extend the middle section.
- 2
  Insert a tripod leg lock screw into the lower bracket on each tripod leg. Tighten the screw to lock the middle section in place.
- 3
  Position the yoke mount over the tripod leg, aligning the holes in the leg with the holes in the mount. Insert the long bolts through the holes at the top of the tripod legs. Place a washer over the bolt on both outer sides of the tripod leg. Screw on wing nuts to each bolt.
- 4
  Insert the stablilizer bar mounting screw into the opening at the base of the vertical stabilizer bar.
- 5
  Attach the finder-scope to the main telescope barrel. Remove the two nuts at the front of the telescope, near the eyepiece. Place the preassembled finder-scope and bracket assembly over the exposed screws. Replace the nuts and tighten them to fix the finder-scope in place.
- 6
  Attach the accessory tray. Fold down the accessory tray braces and place the accessory tray on top of the braces. Secure the accessory tray with the tray bolts and wing nuts. Position the wing nuts beneath the accessory tray.

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