Adventures with a new scope and difficulty of finding things!

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Texy

"Iordani" wrote in message
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Iordani wrote:

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For some reason this link doesn't come out as "clickable"


....because it doesn't have http:// in front of it.

Texy

In article , speedbird011
@hotmail.com says...
Is finding things really just a
case of trying to point the finder at what seems to be the right bit of sky
and wiggling it around until the object comes into view?

Yes, basically!

I have a Telrad finder, and love it (although others have reported not
finding them so easy to use). Finding things consists of...

(a) Fit low power eyepiece
(b) Look at star chart, memorise position of object relative to a few
identifiable nearby stars
(c) Point the bullseye at that location

Sometimes a bit of wiggling is needed if there are no obvious reference
stars nearby, though that could be a serious problem if you've got bad
light pollution.

Having said that, £55 seems like a lot of money for a couple of bits of
plastic!

http://www.greenwich-observatory.co....n/sh000001.pl?
REFPAGE=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2egreenwich%2dobservatory %2eco%2euk%2facatalog%
2findex%2ehtml&WD=telrad&SHOP=%20&PN=AC050_to_AC09 9%2ehtml%23aBCF_
2dAC079#aBCF_2dAC079

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Cheers,
John

John Aldridge wrote:
In article , speedbird011
@hotmail.com says...
Is finding things really just a
case of trying to point the finder at what seems to be the right bit
of sky and wiggling it around until the object comes into view?

Yes, basically!

I have a Telrad finder, and love it (although others have reported not
finding them so easy to use). Finding things consists of...

(a) Fit low power eyepiece
(b) Look at star chart, memorise position of object relative to a few
identifiable nearby stars
(c) Point the bullseye at that location

Sometimes a bit of wiggling is needed if there are no obvious
reference stars nearby, though that could be a serious problem if
you've got bad light pollution.

Having said that, £55 seems like a lot of money for a couple of bits
of plastic!

Make your own - I did!

Article on my website in sig.

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