ORION TELESCOPES & BINOCULARS 5064 User manual

#5064 Orion®1.25” 8-Slot Filter
Slider / #5065 Orion®2” 6-Slot Filter
Slider
Congratulations on your purchase of a quality Orion accessory.
The Orion filter sliders allow quick changing of multiple filters
for visual astronomy or astrophotography. With their innovative
design and compatibility with Orion filters, the Orion filter sliders
let you toggle through different filters with a simple push on the
slider rail without the need to thread filters onto eyepieces in
the dark.
Parts List
#5064
• 8slotfiltersliderwith1.25”nosepieceand1.25”eyepieceholderfittedwitha
brasscompressionring
• 2.5mmhexkey
#5065
• 6slotfiltersliderwith2”nosepieceand2”eyepieceholderfittedwithabrass
compressionring
• Six2”to1.25”filteradapters
• 2.5mmhexkey

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Figure 1.Attachingfilterstothefilterslider.
2. Makesurethefiltershaveallbeenthreadedsecurelyintothefilter
slider,andcheckforanyrattleswhichmightindicatealoosefilter.

#050652”6-SlotFilterSliderincludessix1.25”to2”adapterssothat
1.25”filterscanalsobeusedaswellas2”filters(figure 2).
Filter Installation
1. Simplythreadafilterintoanemptyslotonthefilterslideruntilitisfinger
tight.Notethatunlikeotherfilterslidersonthemarket,theOrionfilter
sliderisdesignedsothatthefiltersarepositionedwiththeanti-reflective
coatingofthefilterfacingtowardsthetelescopeinjustthesamemanner
asplacingafilterontoaneyepiece(figure1).Thispositioninghelps
reduceunwantedreflectionsfromwithinaneyepiecesinnerspace,lens
surfaceandfiltercoatings.
Figure 2.2”filterslidershowing1.25”to2”filteradapters.
Youmaynditusefultoleaveoneofthevethreadedlterlocations
empty,providinganunlteredoptionforviewingorimaging.

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Attaching the Filter Slider to a Telescope
Insertthelterslidernosepieceintoatelescope’sfocuserandlockdown
tightlytoavoidanoutofbalanceltersliderfromrotatinginplacewhen
atitsextremepositions.
Use
Placeeyepieceorcameraintothelterslidereyepieceholderandlock
downsecurelyusingthethumbscrew/s.
Figure 3.2.5mmhexscrewtoadjustsliderfriction.
Pushthelterslidertoselectdifferentlters.Theltersliderwillclickinto
placeateachlterposition.Byadjustingthehexscrew(gure3)using
theincluded2.5mmhexkey,thismechanismcanbetightenedorloos-
enedaccordingtoyourpreference.
KeepinmindthatuseoftheOrionltersliderrequiresapproximately
24mmofinwardfocustravel.Thiswillnotbeaproblemformosttele-
scopedesigns,butcouldbeaproblemforNewtonianreectors.
Careandstorage
Ifdewhasformedonthelterslider,letitdrybeforestoringit.
Removelterswhennotinusetoprotectfromdirtandscratches.
Toinsurelonglifeforyourlters,avoidtouchingtheglass.Anyquality
opticallenscleaningtissueandopticallenscleaninguidspecically
designedformulti-coatedopticscanbeusedtocleantheglasssurfaces
ofyourlter.Neveruseregularglasscleanerorcleaninguiddesigned
foreyeglasses.Beforecleaningwithuidandtissue,blowanyloosepar-
ticlesoffthesurfacesofthelterwithablowerbulborcompressedair.
Thenapplysomecleaninguidtoatissue,neverdirectlyontheoptics.
Wipethelensgentlyinacircularmotion,thenremoveanyexcessuid
withafreshlenstissue.Oilyngerprintsandsmudgesmayberemoved
usingthismethod.Usecaution;rubbingtoohardmaycausescratches.

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