is this aright angle finder, or will i have to crouch and look along the telescope tube to aim it?
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You look thru the back. It laminates glowing circles. Very quick way to locate items in the sky. I am able to use it to spot things much quicker than with spotting scope
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The Telrad is like a gun sight in that after it is mounted and aligned on your telescope you can point the red dot in the circles at what you want to look at and your telescope will pointed the right way. It is used by many amateur astronomers that I know and they all love it as well as I do.
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The Telrad is like a gun sight in that after it is mounted and aligned on your telescope you can point the red dot in the circles at what you want to look at and your telescope will pointed the rightway. It is used by many amateur astronomers that I know and they all love it as well as I do.
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Great finder but in the stock configuration you do have to sight through the back so yes you would have to lean over the scope tube. My understanding is that if you add the dew shield with the mirror than you can look straight down onto it to see your object.
387965
Without a doubt, yes! Tracking objects can be tricky. But other than that, it's a wonderful scope. I would definitely recommend the moon filter. The moon is incredibly bright without the filter.
420724
The range finder is simple horizontal lines below center crosshair, NOT a digital laser with readout. You must have a known subject at a known distance for a base point to calculate any other further subjects at further distances. For what it matters, my binocular had a broken none functioning compass when I received it!
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I do not believe there are any built in controls for adjusting the angle. I have used tape to block out detection areas on similar sensors. I would recommend getting some white duct tape to place over the parts of the sensor dome where you don't want it to detect movement.
196563
This is not a 'scope' as it has no targeting apparatus. It is merely a magnification device. As such, there is no way to 'zero' it because there is no need to 'zero' it. If your other optics are zeroed, this will not effect them. So, my answer is no.
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Add to my previous answer, the motion sensor is adjustable in all directions to aim at the angle you'd like
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I am a new be, but when I received my scope the problem I had was getting the finder scope to match the telescope. My view was also blank. Using the wrong eye peice can cause the same problem. The wrong focal length, due to eye peice, and or the wrong eye peice tube. I had to fiddle with it for a while, I started with small tube, and large eye peice, focused the scope with the spotter scope, best view of the moon with out being there. Patience, dont throw it out. I hope I could be of help, trial and error
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Yes, you can zero in with the spotting scope and then see detail through the telescope. Easy and crystal clear.
2045424
The short answer is no. The GPS only provides accurate latitude, longitude and time rather than you entering them manually. This is especially helpful when you observe from multiple locations. The Starsense provides telescope alignment with the sky after the GPS has done its job. The auto guider tracks a star closely to keep the telescope on subject for photography without star trails in the image.
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It depends on how and under what circumstances you plan to use the spotting scope. I have found that when sighting in your rifle or if you are road hunting in a vehicle and using a scope window mount, the straight version tends to works better. If you are "spot & stalk" hunting, and looking for animals up the sides of mountains and/or hills, the angled version is much superior and more practical. Alex Wilcox (huntingglobal.com) o) 719-783-4128
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Unless you have a different compass than I do it should move freely.the compass should float to level by watching bubble.the chrome outer ring with lines should move. I'm not advanced with it yet to do the side sighting. I hope this helps.
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Hi Milton,The scope comes with a star diagonal and red dot finder which have to be placed on the optical tube.This is very easy. There is a dovetail plate already mounted on the tube, and you simply slide thebase of the finder into the plate and tighten the supplied set screw to secure it. The star diagonal screws into the end of the telescope and is held secure by its threaded collar. The mount comesfully assembled and you just put the wedge shaped base of the scope into the similarly shaped sloton the mount and tighted the supplied set screw to secure the scope to the mount. Very simple.Once you have carefully unpacked the box, you will assemble the telescope and be ready to useit in two minutes. Hope this helps. Joe R Hi Milton,The scope comes with a star diagonal and red dot finder which have to be placed on the optical tube.This is very easy. There is a dovetail plate already mounted on the tube, and you simply slide thebase of the finder into the plate and tighten the supplied set screw to secure it. The star diagonal screws into the end of the telescope and is held secure by its threaded collar. The mount comesfully assembled and you just put the wedge shaped base of the scope into the similarly shaped sloton the mount and tighted the supplied set screw to secure... » Read More Hi Milton,The scope comes with a star diagonal and red dot finder which have to be placed on the optical tube.This is very easy. There is a dovetail plate already mounted on the tube, and you simply slide thebase of the finder into the plate and tighten the supplied set screw to secure it. The star diagonal screws into the end of the telescope and is held secure by its threaded collar. The mount comesfully assembled and you just put the wedge shaped base of the scope into the similarly shaped sloton the mount and tighted the supplied set screw to secure the scope to the mount. Very simple.Once you have carefully unpacked the box, you will assemble the telescope and be ready to useit in two minutes. Hope this helps. Joe R « Show Less
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I'm unsure; this tool is primarily designed for a NON schmidt-cassegrain telescopes; read online to see what they are. So far it has not worked out well for me. So for now I'd recommend the traditional method using a star OR artificial star and following the instructions you can find online for best results.
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The Nexstar series scopes have three rubber feet. They could sit on a table, but unless your table was stone on a concrete pier, it would probably not be stable enough to get much use out of a telescope.The level of the table has nothing to to with the GoTo function BTW. If you do a 2 star alignment, the telescope will perform goto just fine, even if the base is polar aligned (which by me would be inclined around 42 degrees).
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It should fir on any newer Celestron telescope, however this pointer is Very Cheap (as told to me by Celestron customer service) and it will only last a short time and has other issues. You might want to consider upgrading to the Orion 7228 EZ Finder II Telescope Reflex Sight which is pretty good or a Telrad Finder which is the best and mounts on any scope with double stick tape. It's a little big, but do a computer search for telrads and you will see that almost everyone recommends them.
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It's a Push-To scope - once the Intelliscope has been aligned (a fairly simple process of aiming the scope at two designated stars) the computer knows where it is. You enter the celestial object you want to see, and the Intelliscope guides you as you push the scope -- not unlike the the children's game of Warmer/Colder -- until that object is in view.
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Yeah, it'll work just fine. All of the Celestron, Orion, Astro-Tech, etc. scopes use the Vixen-style dovetail. Heck, a lot of those scopes come out of the same factories, and just get different brands stamped on them. And I know for a fact that this finder works with Celestron's NexStar 102 tube because I have both of them and have used them together. You're safe!