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Hi Doc Morbius
I purchased an Orion 9x50 right angle finder scope for my Vixen 102mm refractor on a German Equatorial Mount (GEM).
It wasn’t quite the divine experience I was looking for! I found it more awkward squinting along the much shorter OTA to place objects in the finder field of view. I also found that it required mental gymnastics to flip between the upside down ‘scope view and the right way up, but mirror imaged, finder view.
In the end, I kept the Vixen 7x50 straight through finder (easy to sight along the tube), and fitted the Orion right angle finder mounted on the spare dovetail bracket on the other side of the focuser. Now, I find stuff in the original 7x50 but then centre it in the Orion 9x50.
Also, as I am using a GEM, the right angle finder sometimes ends up in an awkward position, which is probably not an issue for a Dob?
Cheers
Dennis
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