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Non-Magnifying Finderscopes For Telescopes

Non-magnifying finders are small, lightweight telescope aiming devices that mount on the top of telescope tubes to help you find your way around the skies at night. They are descendents of the heads-up gun sight display in a military aircraft cockpit. They consist of a battery-operated red LED (light emitting diode) that projects a small dot of red light or a reticle pattern onto a clear plate of glass or plastic inside the finder housing. When you look through the finder, the red dot or reticle pattern appears to float in space wherever your telescope is pointing, day or night, making it easy to quickly and intuitively center the scope on distant objects by moving your scope until the red dot seems to rest on top of your target. The red aiming dots or reticles can be seen from virtually any distance behind the finder, from two inches to two feet, so eyeglass-wearers can easily use them. Finders with reticle patterns are very popular with Dobsonian owners, as the circular patterns have known diameters (2°, 4°, etc.) that make it easy to starhop from object to object in known and repeastable increments.

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TeleVue Sol-Searcher Solar finder for TeleVue and Lunt scopes

$45.00

7 Review(s)

The TeleVue Sol-Searcher finder helps line up TeleVue and Lunt refractors on the Sun for daytime solar observing . . .
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Tele Vue Starbeam Finder for Schmidt-Cassegrain scopes

$349.00

This Starbeam model has a dovetail bar and mounting bracket that fits the rear cell of any 8" or larger SCT . . .
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Telrad 4" Riser base for Telrad finder

$19.95

2 Review(s)

This Telrad riser base raises the Telrad finder 4" above the side of your scope's optical tube for more comfortable viewing . . .
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Telrad 2" Riser base for Telrad finder

$19.95

1 Review(s)

This Telrad riser base raises the Telrad finder 2" above the side of your scope's optical tube for more comfortable viewing . . .
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Astro-Tech Vixen-Style mounting bracket for Astro-Tech multiple reticle finder

$10.00

1 Review(s)

This Astro-Tech mounting stalk lets you use the Astro-Tech multiple reticle finder with many Vixen/Celestron/Orion-style refractors or reflectors . . .
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Extra mounting bracket for Astro-Tech multiple reticle finder

$17.95

This Astro-Tech two-part mounting base for the Astro-Tech #ATF multiple reticle finder lets you use the finder on two telescopes without having to change the base between scopes . . .
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Astro-Tech Illuminated multiple reticle finder

$69.95

14 Review(s)

This Astro-Tech metal-body straight-through illuminated gunsight-type non-magnifying finder has four different reticle patterns, seven brightness levels, and a two-part mounting base for extra mounting flexibility . . .
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Celestron StarPointer Illuminated red dot finder

$19.95

5 Review(s)

This straight-through red dot-type finder has two bases - one to fit telescopes 5" and under in diameter, and another to fit 8" and larger scopes . . .
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Telrad Illuminated Non-magnifying Telrad finder

$39.95

36 Review(s)

The Telrad is the best-known and best-selling non-magnifying "red dot" finder for Dobsonians, equatorial reflectors, refractors, and Schmidt-Cassegrains alike . . .
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Tele Vue Starbeam With flip mirror for TeleVue refractors and Quick release

$347.00

4 Review(s)

The Starbeam non-magnifying red dot finder fits the clamshell tube ring of TeleVue refractors . . .