Black 9x50 Right-Angle Correct-Image Finder
by Orion
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Manufacturer: OrionProduct features:
- A powerful 9x crosshair finder scope with a comfortable right-angle viewing orientation
- 50mm diameter lens provides a bright image through the finder for easy aiming anywhere in the sky
- Right-angle design lets you use the finder without crouching or craning your neck in an awkward position
- Internal correct-image prism provides a daytime oriented view through the finder - not upside down as with standard finders
- Fully coated glass elements minimize reflection to yield crisp, bright images with a 5-degree field of view
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- Orion Schmidt-Cassegrain Finder Scope Base
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Customer Review: Which Telescope Finder For Your Scope?
Summary: 4 Stars
I love this finder. It does what a telescope finder is supposed to do: it helps you find and observe celestial objects.
Any right angle finder is best used with a red dot type finder. Without one, it is easier to find a bright star, a planet or the moon in a straight through finder.
This finder is best suited to alt-azimuth mounted telescopes with a narrow field of view, including big dobsonians, SCT's, and classic "slow" refractors. The narrower your telescope's field of view, the more you want a finder that magnifies, and has a wide field of view.
For a "fast" refractor, or any telescope with a wide field of view (perhaps 3 degrees or more) a red dot or similar 1x finder is all you need. A wide field telescope already acts as a finder.
I do not recommend this finder for any equatorially mounted telescope because the eyepiece so often seems to be placed where it is all but impossible to look through. Get red dot or straight through finder instead.
I like this finder because:
1. The eyepiece is located so you can look thrhough the eyepiece in comfort. When you are comfortable, you spend more time at the eyepiece, you can move the telescope more easily, and find find more deep sky objects in less time.
With a straight through finder you may have to get into some weird and uncomfortable positions to see through it.
2. Images appear as they do in binoculars in this finder: right side up in correct left-right orientation. Star fields look the same as they do in your star atlas, so you can more easily navigate the night sky than you could if the image was a mirror image or upside down, like it is in other optical
instruments. No mental gymnastics required.
3. The finder has a wide, 5* field of view, similar to 10x50 binoculars. The narrower your telescope field of view, the more helpful you will find a 5* wide field finder.
4. Optics are good. Again, this helps you dimmer stars and fainter "fuzzies".
5. Eye relief is good enough to see the entire field of view while wearing eyeglasses.
This is a great finder for alt-azimuth mounted scopes with a narrow field of view. Overkill for telescopes with a field of view over 3 degrees. Not suitable for equatorial mounted scopes. Best used with a 1x red dot type finder like the Orion EZ Finder Deluxe Reflex Sight For wide field telesopes, you don't need a finder like this one. A 1x finder is all you need.
Description of Black 9x50 Right-Angle Correct-Image Finder
Sometimes looking through a straight finder scope can be a strain, making you crouch down and crane your neck. Well, you can call off the chiropractors because our right-angle finder scopes let you view in contortion-free comfort! What's more, they have a built-in Amici prism to provide a correctly oriented view - not upside-down as with standard finders. These achromatic, crosshair finders feature fully coated glass lenses, internal baffling, and focus adjustment. Each includes an aluminum bracket with two perpendicular thumbscrews for easy alignment. Dovetail foot fits many Orion telescopes (see list). Dovetail base (#7214) can be purchased for custom installations. Prism and eyepiece are not removable.Finder Scopes
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