Fitting right angle finder to an LB

[kidlands]

Thinking of buying a right angled focuser to fit onto my Lightbridge as the stock RDF one is not the most comfortable/practical to use.

How would I fit it to my LB? are the brackets fitted with bolts so a couple of extra holes to drill? Looking at the photos of the Orion 9x50 the bracket foot looks very similar to the RDF foot.

Thanks

Steve

[NGC 1502]

Hi Steve, if you wish to fit right angle finder in addition to the RDF, then you would

need to drill holes to take the extra shoe. Double sided tape ( which is ok for much lighter finders ) would not be adequate.

You may well find that the new finder would

fit the existing shoe for the RDF ( sometimes a bit of filing or packing is needed ) but

many users of right angle finders use a RDF or Telrad as well.

If you have a right angle finder only, it is a bit difficult to find the general area of sky

before homing in on your target, and thats where the RDF is useful.

HTH, Ed.