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Telrad Finder Sight |  | Brand: Telrad
Category: Photography
Buy New: $36.95
as of 9/8/2010 05:01 CDT details
New (4) from $36.95
Seller: Adorama Camera
Rating:  40 reviews
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
MPN: ATTFS
UPC: 410000011263
EAN: 0410000011263
ASIN: B0000ALKAN
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| | The easiest way to aim a telescope. The view seen through the window of the Telrad is continuous with the sky around it, not magnified or upside down. |
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Product Description
The easiest way to aim a telescope. The view seen through the window of the Telrad is continuous with the sky around it, not magnified or upside down. Three rings are lighted and appear to lie among the stars. The small ring outlines the Moon-sized area seen in the telescope. The large outer ring outlines the area seen in a standard Finderscope. To point your telescope, just look through the Telrad and move the telescope until the rings are centered on the object. The Telrad is 8 inches long. Weighs 11 ounces and mounts on any telescope without drilling any holes. It unlocks from its base for separate storage. Requires 2 AA batteries (not included).
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 40
 Makes aiming the telescope a joy August 15, 2010
Mark R. Hamburg
I bought a 6" Orion Dobsonian so that I could encourage my 7-year-old's interest in the stars and planets. I love the scope, but found the red dot finder that comes with it to be almost useless. I have no experience with telescopes, but talked to a friend who is very active in his local astronomy club and he recommended this.
I couldn't be happier with it- I attached it to the telescope, aimed the telescope at a distant tree, and aligned the finder with the telescope all in about 2 minutes. Then waited for nightfall and was able to instantly go to any object that I wanted to see. This is so easy to use that I was able to teach my 7-year-old and her 5-year-old sister how to aim the telescope with it.
If you're having problems aiming a telescope, this is the simple solution. The only downside, as others have mentioned, is the size of the device. That's not an issue on my telescope, which is about 5' long, but it could be an issue wtih small telescopes.
To further enhance this, find star maps designed for it. Some are available for printing on the internet, you can also order them from the company. Having the Telrad's "targets" on a map helped me quickly and easily find a couple of Messier objects that otherwise would have eluded me.
How did I get by without one August 4, 2010
gripster55
As a stagehand I frequently run a follow spotlight for numerous shows ,Large and small. I paired the TELRAD with 2 50 lb magnets that I sent away for from "K & J Magnetics", stuck it onto the "Super Trooper" and hit my mark every time. Made for a GREAT /TIGHT show.
 Must have for star hopping, alignment. Size could have been smaller July 28, 2010
Nishanth Vepachedu
The Telrad finder is simple and easy to use. Makes spotting stuff, star hopping, aligning and guiding scope manually really quick and easy, esplly if you have a dobsonian telescope. I have an 8" Orion XT8i with the 9X50 finder scope. Performing the 2 star alignment for the intelliscope is a little difficult initially with the finder scope, but I was getting pretty used to it. More than alignment I wanted the telrad for star hopping and I think it is the best finder out in the market. As in other reviews, I wish if the size was made a little smaller, there seems to be so much of useless space inside the rectangular box which houses the red LED and batteries. The size also increases weight which can mess up the balance of the scope, esplly if you are using heavy EP. Nevertheless, it is a must have for any scope with a dobsonian mount larger than 6". Also the 4 inch riser is a must have, as to find objects close at zenith, it gets quite difficult if there are no risers. I saw the problem in a star party and order both the finder and the riser in one go.
Very pleased but dews easily June 24, 2010
Thomas Erickson (Lutz Fl and Felt Oklahoma)
I have this Telrad. It is big which might be a problem on a small telescope. On my 20in Obsession Dob scope its great. Most times I don't even need my big finder scope. The variable intensity red circles work great and to me battery drain is not great. I keep mine on all night long while observing. A complaint I do have not necessarily with the the Telrad is living in Florida with high humidity I get lots of dew on my telescope accessories. Sometimes my Telrad gets very hard to use because of lots of dew, then I use a hair blower and in a few seconds the Telrad is perfect. ( Just bought an electric dew buster to be installed for less dew on eyepiece).
A word of caution and advice. Get a white sock to put around your Telrad if you are are not putting a cover over your scope in the daytime (like I sometimes see at star parties). You don't want the sun's direct rays to damage the reticule of the Telrad. I also have a sock to put around my secondary mirror holder and a big wooden light weight cover to protect the primary mirror plus a full cover for the telescope. Telescopes are expensive ...you got to protect them from the elements especially the sun.
Ive had my Telrad for a few years and have never had a problem with it. Take care of it and it will really help you easily center a naked eye star. The screws with the Telrad allow easy adjustment of the Telrad. After a minute looking through the Telrad and looking through the eyepiece you slightly adjust the Telrad and lock it with the screws. A star in the Telrad bulls eye is usually CLOSE to the center of my eyepiece...not too far out. Only have to adjust the Telrad once per evening. Most times if the Telrad is not bumped it does not need adjustment for another evening. I get this done, than use the Argo Navis for goto ( star in bulls eye of Telrad and same star in eye piece with Argo Navis goto is usually almost dead on) with the Servo Cat for tracking.
As an amateur astronomer of over 40 years I find the Telrad Finder Sight is a great telescope accessory I would not be without. 5 star. I didn't buy my Telrad from Adorama Camera but have bought other stuff from them. Good company and had no problems.
Telrad Finder June 7, 2010
Kent C. Redford (S. Cal)
I have had the Telrad Finder for just a little while and after mounting it and doing a simple alignment found to to be spot on and easy to use locating deep space objects I had never seen before.
I am very pleased with the Telrad Finder!
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