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There is just no comparison with the Stellarvue with illuminated finder. I wouldn't be without mine. To make things easier in the mean time, you could go for a standard right angle finder and hold a red torch so that a little bit of light enters the objective of the finderscope. It makes the X hairs stand out really well. Alternatively you could drill a hole in the side of the dew shield and fit a red LED (with suitable adjustment control) in the hole. someone here did it with great results apparently.
many DSOs are too faint anyway to be seen in the finderscope. Star hopping is the usual way around this problem.
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