Vixen Battery Case for the Sphinx Mount

first you take the HAL 130 tripod and you level it by using these knobs here to move the legs up or down once you have found a level position which can be done by using a simple bubble level then place this tab facing north we figure out north by pointing at the North Star don't use magnetic north because that could be off as much as 18 degrees if you're in the States and you can find the North Star by using the front two stars of the Big Dipper just draw a line right through them to the North Star you can look it up on on the web to see a better description one last thing it's best to place the tripod on the grassy area as heat rises from the concrete from heating during the day so that it will distort your image especially at high power we place the Sphinx sxw or sxd head they're both the same procedure onto the Hal 1:30 tripod first thing I suggest doing is actually loosening these g