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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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Tele Vue flip mirror for older Starbeam finders

$31.00

This pivoting first surface mirror allows an older TeleVue Starbeam finder to be used as a straight-through finder, a right angle finder for observing at the zenith, or at any angle in between . . .
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Tele Vue Starbeam With flip mirror for reflector telescopes

$225.00

This Starbeam non-magnifying red dot finder fits equatorial mount reflectors and Dobsonians . . .
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Dew Shield Plus For Telrad (allows right angle viewing)

$27.95

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This lightweight plastic dew shield allows using the Telrad without having to turn your head upside down to see through it when observing at the zenith.
The Dew Shield Plus attaches to the Telrad finder using existing screws at the rear of the finder body. It pivots forward to cover the Telrad viewing plate to retard the formation of dew when the finder is not in use. Simply pivot the dew shiel . . .
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Replacement Telrad reticle

$6.00

Occasionally, repeated exposures to heavy dewing or excessive sunlight will cause the thin plastic Telrad reticle to wrinkle or come loose from the LED (light emitting diode) illuminator housing. This replacement reticle can be installed in the field in place of the damaged reticle to restore the Telrad to proper working order. The reticle is red, with clear circles. The red light of the Telrad LE . . .
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Dew Shield For Telrad

$15.95

This lightweight plastic dew shield attaches to the Telrad finder using existing screws at the rear of the finder body. It pivots forward to cover the Telrad viewing plate to retard the formation of dew when the finder is not in use. Simply pivot the dew shield back for an unobstructed view through the Telrad. Friction holds the dew shield in either an open or closed position. The amount of fricti . . .
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Pulsar Pulsing reticle module for Telrad

$22.95

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This electronic module installs in an existing Telrad finder. It converts the variable brightness (but either constantly on or turned completely off) red reticle to a variable brightness/variable pulse rate pulsing reticle.
Many observers feel that a constantly glowing reticle tires the eye and makes it more difficult to locate faint objects. They feel that pulsing the reticle on and off lets y . . .
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Extra Telrad mounting base

$8.95

This extra Telrad base is for those who have more than one telescope, and who want to transfer their Telrad finder from scope to scope to save the expense of buying a second Telrad. It comes with double-faced tape for mounting to metal tubes, plus screw holes should you want to attach it to a Sonotube Dobsonian or equatorial mount optical tube. The two plastic locking thumbscrews make removing and . . .
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Rigel QuikFinder Illuminated red bullseye finder

$47.95

9 Review(s)

This straight-through viewing non-magnifying finder has a bull's-eye reticle, rather than a red dot, with two concentric circles of red light seemingly projected on the sky to help you aim your scope . . .
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Tele Vue Qwik Point finder

$24.00

1 Review(s)

The compact, lightweight Qwik-Point is the ideal sighting companion for any small scope!