how about telrad

How about geting a telrad, for super easy star hopping? \
You'll see a lot of useful info here on it, especially in couple of threads
that I started, since I am a newbie too and people helped me with
everything, star hopping too. Also you can google about it and so forth.

"schwing" <shawing@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I'm almost too embarassed to even post this question, but it is causing
> me a lot of stress trying to learn to use my telescope, so here goes...
>
> I have a 6" Orion Skyview reflector and I'm trying to learn how to do
> star hopping. I have a lot of trouble remembering which way is "up"
> and which way to "turn". I've read that the image should be
> upside-down with reflectors but right-side should still be right-side.
> (Please correct me if I'm wrong.)
>
> I think my problem comes from my orientation to the eyepiece and the
> direction of the scope. If I have it on Polaris and look through the
> eyepiece, and, for lack of a better description, my ears are orientated
> with the ends of the scope, is the top of the image really the top, or
> is it the right side and I need to turn my head the other way? Which
> is the proper orientation for viewing? Also, what happens when I spin
> it to look at Vega, near the zenith? Do I have to wrench my head
> sideways to see it correctly.
>
> Thank you for your kind replies.
>
> -ken
>


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