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Old 03-11-2008, 09:37 PM
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Miaplacidus (Brian)
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What sort of scope do you have?

For my dob, I spoil myself with a green laser pointer, telrad AND a RACI finder. Obviously I hate to muck around. What do I find most useful? Well, the laser gets me in the ball park much quicker, then the telrad alone gets me into the eyepiece's field of view. Probably the finder is redundant, but then having the right angle correct image view is helpful if I don't want to twist my neck when the scope is near zenith. (I don't find the mirror on the telrad all that helpful.)

For my refractor I use either a green laser or a red dot finder. No magnifying optical finder at all.

Cheers,

Brian.
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