Orion STEADYPIX 5303 User Manual

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2. Now attach the longer arm of the

L-bracket to the back of the cradle
bracket using the triangular lock
knob

(Figure 4). Leave both lock

knobs slightly loose for now to allow
adjustment.

It is easiest to first align the telescope
eyepiece with the phone’s camera lens
before installing the whole eyepiece/
SteadyPix/iPhone assembly on the
telescope.

3. Insert your iPhone into the cradle

bracket by placing the bottom of the
iPhone into the padded retaining tabs,
then pushing the top of the iPhone
under the upper, rubber-coated tab
(Figure 5).

Once installed in this way,

the iPhone will not fall out, even when
facing down toward the ground.

4. Now, place the iPhone face down

(place a cloth on the table to protect
the iPhone’s screen from getting

scratched) so the eyepiece clamp is
facing up. Using a fairly low-power
(long focal length) eyepiece to start
with, like a 25mm, insert it into the
eyepiece clamp and tighten the clamp
bolt

(Figure 6).

5. Rotate the eyepiece clamp so that the

eye lens of the eyepiece is facing the
iPhone’s camera lens, then lower the
clamp until the eyepiece is touching,
or nearly touching, the cradle bracket.

6. Looking through the rear of the

eyepiece barrel, move the eyepiece
until the lens of the iPhone appears
approximately centered in the lens
of the eyepiece

(Figure 7).

Then

lightly tighten both the lens height
thumbscrew and the triangular
L-bracket lock knob. Make sure the
eyepiece is flat relative to the cradle
bracket, not skewed

(Figure 8).

Figure 4. The triangular lock knob fastens
the long arm of the L-bracket to the cradle
bracket.

Figure 7. Adjust the eyepiece clamp in
the L-bracket so that the iPhone’s camera
lens appears roughly centered in the
eyepiece lens, as shown in this view from
the bottom of the eyepiece.

Figure 5. Push the iPhone under the
rubber-coated upper tab to secure it in place.

Figure 8. The eyepiece lens should be
flat relative to the cradle bracket

(a), not

skewed at an angle

(b).

Figure 6. Rotate the eyepiece clamp and
insert the eyepiece, then tighten the clamp
around the housing with the triangular
lock knob.

iPhone

camera lens