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I have just one question, Russ. Why do you need another finder? I also own
a 10" LX200 and find that I use the finder only once on most viewing
sessions...to do an alignment. I find that the stock finder does this job
very well. Unless you are using the scope without the GoTo function, there
is not much need for a finder. If you find that you must have a new finder
(for star hopping), get a Telrad.

Al
----- Original Message -----
From: "Russ Burns"
To: ;
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 4:32 PM
Subject: [M]: Finder scope recommendations?


> I am looking into a new finder scope for my 10" lx200. While most of my
> problems, are due to my own ineptness, but we all have to overcome
> something... Here are the issues I ran into:
>
> 1:Lack of focusing adjustment. Since I wear glasses, I would have to put
on
> my glasses to view into spotting scope, and was more comfortable with them
> removed when viewing thru the LX. Tough to do while wearing a hat.
>
> 2: The magnifaction was to large. Being unfamiliar with the sky, I had a
> hard time fixing the scope on the stars I wanted. A zoom would be nice. A
> dark Wyoming sky makes it worse. More stars to be confused by.
>
> 3: The cross hairs were miserable. Of course it didnt help that I was
> trying to align up the finder scope on a dark cold night. But I just could
> not get comfortable with them.
>
> Any recommendations ?
>
> Thanks
> Russ Burns
>
>
>

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