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Originally Posted by janoskiss
If you know a little electronics it's easy to fix yours so it's not so bright (if you don't give it to someone who does). I agree with you on the size, it's ridiculous.
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Steve - I find that my Telrad winds right down to almost invisible - but there's still too much "image" in the circles which I find mess up my FOV. A dot is just as dot and is less obtrusive for me.
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Originally Posted by janoskiss
The red dot does not quite do it for me. I much prefer the circles around the object rather than a single dot on top of it. The circles are also easy to relate to chart, 8x50 finder, and low-power EP views.
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This is why I use both on my 12" SCT. Charts seem to use a Telrad circle as a constant field of reference, and that's good for understanding distances in reference to these concentric circles.
I find that as a single dot
progresses across an object that you're trying to center, it doesn't get in the way of the object, while a bunch of three circles do. Once you're there the circle around the object is probably better though.
So.... who's going to produce a device that has a remote momentary switch that can go from sharp red dot to Telrad-compatible circles at the press of a button and give us the best of both worlds without being the size of a shoe?
