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FIRST LIGHT

VERDICT

Assembly

Build & design

Ease of use

Features

Optics

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Mount

The mount is a single-arm

altaz design allowing manual

movement up, down and side to

side. There are two slow-motion

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altitude and azimuth position.

Rough positional adjustment is

done by manually pushing the

system by hand. The telescope

is attached via a Vixen-style

CG5 bar.

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