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Originally Posted by swannies1983
I guess the question is, would a Telrad help at all in my situation?
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Like Brendan says, you need the finder as well as the Telrad. The Telrad can get you to the right area, and with software like Stellarium, CdC, and C2A you can overlay Telrad circles to see what bright objects are close by, position them correctly in the Telrad and then use the finder to center the view.
You do need to have the scope, finder and Telrad all agreeing on the same alignment. Centre a bright object in your camera, adjust the finder and the Telrad to center it too. You could use a terrestrial object like a street light a few hundred metres away to get close.
In my case, I have to get this accurate enough so the star in the finder is in the central square formed by the double cross hairs otherwise it falls off the CCD chip.