[iceman (Mike)]

Hey guys..

When doing my morning imaging, because I don't have tracking, I have to realign each time using the finderscope. This isn't *too* bad if the finder is aligned well enough, you get used to where to put the planet in relation to the crosshairs so that a couple of seconds later it will drift through the FOV of the ToUcam.

However it can be really, really hard to see the crosshairs, so I end up having to shine my red light across the front of the finder which illuminates the blackness with some red, so that I can see the black crosshairs as well as the bright planet, and then slew the dob to get it in the right spot.

This works fine, but it's a pain, so what I want to do is this:

I'd like to have some red leds taped around the front-edge of my finder, controlled by a small battery compartment with AA's and a switch to turn the red leds on and off when I need them.

So, can anyone help me build one?

What do I need and from where? How do I hook it all up with batteries and a switch?
I'm guessing i'll need to do some soldering, I can find a soldering iron to borrow from someone at work I'm sure..

Thanks for your help.