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dgs©
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Reged: 03/29/04
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Loc: West Monroe, Louisiana
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Re: Seeing More
04/20/06 10:18 AM
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Amoreau13, you are an ideal candidate for a Telrad finder.
Here is a copy of my standard spiel on the subject:
If you are unfamiliar with the Telrad, it projects 3 circles (4°, 2°, & ½°) onto a piece of glass angled at 45° to the tube axis (like a Heads-Up Device), and you can adjust the brightness to suit dim stars. The calibrated circles aid in measuring angular distances from brighter 'guide' stars to the object you are trying to find.
Check out these Telrad Charts for Messier Objects to see what it looks like looks like plotted on star charts and how useful it can be. I printed all of the charts, slipped them into plastic sleeves and put them in a ring binder to take outdoors. Just match the view in real life with the view on the charts, and you are there. 
Also see this Reflex Finder Shootout for a comparison of 9 of the most popular of these type finders.
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- david
8"Ø Newtonian on SVP, Moonlite CR2, Telrad
PST Oberwerk Ultra 15x70 Orion Ultraview 10×50
Hand-me-down Sears Refractor (Discoverer) 60mm×900mm
"What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world, remains and is immortal." --Albert Pike
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