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Originally Posted by iceman
Ditto, and I'd hate to think how you're going to mount it on your 12" water heater. It will just be too heavy and cumbersome.
There are several 9x50 RA finders out there, or you can even make your own RA 1x mirror finder like BD has done, do a search or BD himself may post the link to the thread.
I certainly wouldn't spend over $100 on a finderscope, the extra money will be well served on a premium eyepiece  |
Mounting is easy for me as I can easily knock up some rings and brackets.
I am really after a better finderscope that doubles as small refractor. I'm hoping that if I get a high quality one, I can use it on planets, and larger open clusters where my 12" doesnt really capture all of them.
The weight isnt really an issue for me as I can just chuck on some more magnets on the bottom.
Now I'm thinking of an Orion st80.
My final 3 picks are:
Lumicon 12x80 RA finder.
Orion ST80 Refractor.
Megrez 80SD.