Well.. got the telrad out for the first time tonight, as well as my quickcam 3000 for the first time. 1st point. Don't get 2 new toys at the same time.. because u've gotto split u'r obs time between the 2. The telrad made me want to hop around. the quickcam made me want to stay on a target to try to figure out how all this imaging stuff works
But back to the telrad. in a word, RAD!
yes.. i haven't heard or said that word since the 80's.
As a noob who lives under light polluted skies a thing that takes some getting used to is the way things look different in u'r normal finderscope. You'll target something you can see naked eye, look in the finderscope then not only is it upside down and back to front but there's other stars there that you couldn't see before. Also, there's also a niggling thought if you have the finderscope actually ligned up to the star you wanted to look at in the first place. Which is why i wanted a reticle finder
It's incredibly easy to use, aligning it was as simple as it is with a finderscope. I aligned the finderscope and my scope first, then aligned the telrad to the finder. Simple. Finding things was so much easier with the telrad, but, as I live under light polluted skies, it was only helpful in finding targets that were relitively close to visible stars, having said that, most of the 'good stuff' is in or near the milky way anyhow, and there are plenty of visible stars there. I could target an area that i wanted to look at, then look in my finderscope for the fuzzy, then there it'd be in my eyepiece
The only 'con' to the telrad is dew. It dews up in a flash! and I'm now scouring the net for telrad dew solutions.
all in all.. a top purchase.. something i'd definately recommend.
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Telrad... first light.
on the telrad...C'mon!!!
What's 'RAD' mean??...........just joking!!
