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Originally Posted by croweater
I pefer the telrad to a red dot finder (I have a rdf on my small scopes). I find the red circles better. If you the get the object inside the 4 degree circle it will be in your finder. Inside the .5 degree circle the object will be visible in a low power eyepiece in your main scope. The circles also help judge distance while starhopping.
Cheers Richard 
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I've found a rigel quickfinder scope for $70. Am tempted to grab that since I won't need to buy a riser also. Have read that the telrad is better but is very close?