Re: Looking for advice on finderscopes.

William Hamblen wrote:
> It's useful to have both, even in a bright sky area. With a short
> scope like an SCT it is hard to sight down the tube in order to get a
> target into the field of the finder.

I don't sight down the tube. I use the finder exactly as I would a
Telrad. If the crosshairs were illuminated, the connection would be
easier to see, but it's there all the same.

Of course, I don't dispute that it would be useful to have both. The
question is whether it's worth the purchase. For me, it would not be;
for others, the answer might be different.

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