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hi GaZ, least Santa was kind. the situation with the telrad vs finderscope is the telrad has no magnification, and since being in the burbs that possibly will annoy you more because you can't see the fainter stars you need to star hop to objects. those you can see with a finderscope.
is it a 50mm right angle? if so they should be fairly easy to align. I take my finder off when I move my dob because my hair normally gets caught in it somehow when carrying the scope.
easiest way is to put in a low mag ep in the scope say 20mm. use the eyepiece to locate a star/planet/moon, then quickly check the finderscope. give it a quick adjustment to get the object in centre, then check the ep. realign the object in the center of the eyepiece then jump to the finder again, fine tuning ... remembering that the right angle is correct, so up is up and down is down. through the telescope it is mirrored .. so it will be the opposite.
the key is to be quick because by the time you've switched between finder and scope, it's already moved, so allow for this when fine tuning ... goto higher mag with the eyepiece to verify you are pretty close.
I probably explained it not the best but with practice you should have it spot on within minutes. the thing to remember is the view between scope and finder is not the same orientation.
on mine one side of the finderscope is nearly touching the side of the bracket. I don't know if that's good or not, but that's how far I had to go to get it aligned.
matt
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