Skywatcher Red Dot Finder Alignment Problem

[oreu]

I have a new Skywatcher Heritage 130p dob which came with the standard Skywatcher red dot finder. I've had the same telescope and finder before, which worked fine. However, I can't get the finder that came with this scope to align properly. When I shift the bottom adjustment barrel all the way to the left, the red dot still appears slightly above whatever I have centered in the eyepiece. Does anyone what's causing this and how I can fix it?

Thanks for any help.

[oreu]

Just to clarify... shifting the bottom adjustment barrel on the RD finder to the left moves the red dot (as you see it) downwards, but when I have the barrel as far leftwards as it will go, the red dot still appears higher than the object centered in the eyepiece. Hope that makes sense...

[Gazabone]

Had a similar problem with my Nexstar 6se. Quite easily cured; the attachment plate on the scope itself just had to be realigned slightly and I was able to align the rdf easily. Hope it works out for you.

[oreu]

Hi Gazabone, thanks for the reply. On the Heritage dob you can't do that because there is no attachment plate, the RD finder just attaches to a bit of plastic. I think maybe I need to adjust the base of the finder itself, but I don't know how to do it.