shape and have a bottom wall 22 with a plurality of mounting tabs extending radially outward from the bottom wall 22 each mounting tab is attachable to the bottom surface 14 of a housing 11 of the optical system 10 such as by means of fasteners which extend through apertures in each of the mounting tabs into the housing 11 the bottom surface 22 of the mount or base 20 has a central aperture for disposing the mount 20 around the lens 12 on the bottom surface 14 of the optical system housing 11 an outer sidewall 26 projects from the bottom wall 22 one or more telescoping legs with four legs 30 32 34 and 36 being illustrated by way of example only in fig1 4 are carried on the mount on base or mount 20 each leg 30 32 34 and 36 is formed of at least one or more legs with two legs 38 and 40 being depicted by way of example only for each leg pair 30 32 34 and 36 each leg 38 and 40 is formed of a plurality of telescoping segments 42 44 and 46 by way of example only any number of segments and any length segments may be employed to form each of the legs 38 and 40 for example each leg 38 and 40 may be extended from a fully retracted total length of about three inches to a total expanded length of about six to eight inches one end 50 of each leg 38 and 40 is pivotally connected to a swivel mount 52 which is fixed to the bottom surface 22 of the mount 20 and projects away from the bottom surface 22.