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Conclusion: cycleguy
Review: Worked great first time out of box.Easy to adjust to a fine point.A SUPER little product. Had to cut the base to fit to our scope and this was easy and caused no problems. Would reccomend to anyone.
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Conclusion: Telrad is still king
Review: If your telescope is large enough for a Telrad (it's about 10" long), there is no better reflex sight on the market at comparable prices. Cheaper "Red-Dot" finders only display a single dot, which actually interferes with your target! The Telrad's three concentric rings are 1/2deg, 2deg, and 4deg. The 1/2deg center ring correponds with the typical field of view of most amateur telescopes. And because it's a ring and not a dot, you can still see the target planet, star, or object in its center.
The Telrad's adjustment controls are large and easy to reach. And finally, it uses two standard, low-cost AA batteries, which assures long life - as long as you remember to turn it off after observing!
I don't think the pulse kit is much help. Get it if you like that sort of thing.
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Conclusion: Telrad Finder Sight
Review: Very , very nice .
This should be your first accessory for your new scope .
Take the finder scope that came with your scope and chunk in the woods .
If you can see your target look through the bullseye in the Telrad and it is in your eyepiece .It's that easy .
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Conclusion: Helps find stars and other objets in a hurry
Review: The Telrad finder helps me find objects in the sky in a big hurry. Instead of looking at an upside image of a small part of the sky with the finder scope, the Telrad gives you a bigger picture of the sky that you can quickly train your scope on with the red circles displayed on the glass screen. I mount the Telrad on my 4.5" Reflector with an equitorial mount. Normally it is a pain to find stuff in the sky looking thru the spotting scope and having to deal with the strange axis created by the equitorial mount. With the Telrad, it is kind of like training in on objects with an Etch-a-sketch.
I also made some circles on transparency sheets to use with my sky charts making the device even more valuable for finding fainter objects in the sky.
Overall, I am very satisfied with the product and it has tremendously increase my productivity while star gazing.
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Conclusion: Telrad: a great "finder scope"
Review: As many new astronomers have discovered, finding an object to look at can be the most difficult part in the hobby. Due to the small field of view most telescopes provide, a wider field of view "finder scope" (essentially a small telescope) is used in conjunction with the main viewing telescope in order to find the desired object(s) more quickly and easily. However, this may not provide enough assistance for the beginner and they become frustrated and lose interest.
This is where the Telrad, and other so called "Red Dot Finders", come in. It is not a telescope. It only projects a red dot, or in the case of the Telrad, a series of concentric red circles, into the sky, letting you know where your telescope is pointed without restricting your field of view at all. This provides you with a much better idea of where you ARE looking and helps your get your telescope pointed where you WANT to look. Just move your telescope with Telrad mounted to it until the red circles are projected over the part of the sky, or object, you wish to view and then look through the telescope eyepiece. More times than not, you will find the desired object within your telescope's field of view on your first try. It gets you "into the ballpark".
The Telrad can be adjusted left/right and up/down so it is aligned with the telescope it is mounted upon. This is critical and a good feature.
It runs on a 9v battery which seems to last quite a long time (battery not included). There is a switch which allows the user to dim or brighten the red circles, making them easier to see.
My favorite design feature of the Telrad is that it can be removed from the base (which attaches to your scope with double stick tape) so you can use the same finder on multiple scopes without having to buy a whole new finder. You just buy an extra Telrad Spare Mounting Base for each scope (trust me, once you get into this hobby, you'll end up with more than one!) and move the finder from scope to scope. Some folks don't like messing up their scope with the double stick tape. It depends on what is more important to you; easy to use telescope or pristine telescope finish.
Another good design feature is, unlike many of the other red dot finders, such as the Orion EZ Finder Deluxe Reflex Sight (my second favorite), the Telrad can be mounted to nearly any telescope.
The only drawback I can think of is that the Telrad is on the large side compared to other red dot finders. However, when compared to most finder scopes, it is on the small side.
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