Orion Starblast 6i

Orion Starblast 6i (with optional intelliscope holster) and Orion Starblast 4.5.

Well, today I took the Starblast 6i telescope out to the backyard after collimating it and pointed the EZ Finder II on it so that it and the scope are ready for some stargazing. I’ve got to contact Orion though, the power switch on the EZ Finder II doesn’t seem to shut off correctly, I guess I got a bum one in the batch. It’s the third EZ Finder II I’ve had, the first being the one on my first telescope, an Orion Spaceprobe 3… and the second one being on my Starblast 4.5.

I took a photo of the Starblast 6i and the 4.5 today for comparison. The Starblast 6 is really much much larger. It doesn’t seem as heavy to me today as it did when I first put it together. I am able to take it out the back door for stargazing pretty easily from taking it out twice today. Hopefully things will be clear tonight, and I will get to try it out a bit.