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Old 18-01-2010, 10:50 AM
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And remember - nothing is as it seems! The view through the finderscope is different to reality (upside down for a standard refractor) and the view through the telescope is sideways and back to front (or whatever). No it's not broken, that's the way it is and you'll get used to it.

Now, I may have to take that all back re your finderscope because you might have an RACI finderscope - right angle, correct image! A right angle bend in the light path to save your aching back and a prism inserted which corrects the image to the same orientation as you see with your eye looking at the sky.

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