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[M]: Re: Finder scope recommendations?

Subject:[M]: Re: Finder scope recommendations?
From:Steven Drexler
Date:Tue Jun 06 03:17:16 2000
I have the Rigel Quickfinder and find it very easy to use, adjust and locate
objects.

----- 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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