Skywatcher skyliner 200p dob

[sticks]

How do owners of this scope get on with the finder - position, accuracy, ease of use etc.

[Orion_the_Hunter]

Everything about this 'scope is excellent. Except for the finder. A ridiculous right angle finder with the image upside down and back to front.

A Telrad or Rigel finder is a great solution.

[derekm]

Mine had a straight through finder. I replaced it with a 90deg, for comfort and added a Rigel, which was then used for 95% of the time. No balance problems with the Rigel; it weighs next to nothing.

[twotter]

The standard finder confused me too much, so I replaced it with a red dot finder which is much easier to get on with

[John]

The standard finder on these scopes is a straight through one. Replacing that with a right angled one and adding a Telrad or similar zero magnification as well really covers all the bases.

[Orion_the_Hunter]

Everything about this 'scope is excellent. Except for the finder. A ridiculous right angle finder with the image upside down and back to front.

A Telrad or Rigel finder is a great solution.

My mistake, I had a 'strawberry blonde' moment.

These scopes come with a straight through finder whereas a right angle finder would be much better.

[Telrad]

My mistake, I had a 'strawberry blonde' moment.

These scopes come with a straight through finder whereas a right angle finder would be much better.

I'm not keen on my straight through finder and will upgrade to the Right angle finder soon, although my Telrad does most the work anyway..

[ecosse]

I'm not keen on my straight through finder and will upgrade to the Right angle finder soon, although my Telrad does most the work anyway..

+1 to that

[sunshine185]

I hated the finder as soon as I tried it, so I sold it and put the money towards a new ep. No finder now on my dob, but I do have setting circles on the base and bought an inclinometer from Amazon.

[John]

I can't work with no finder at all. Most of the time the Telrad on it's own is enough but sometimes I need the optical right angle 9x50 as well.

[sticks]

Thanks - seems like I need a Telrad eh - FLO don't do them so where did you guys get yours?

[John]

These people have a decent reputation:

Telrad Red Dot Finder

Or you could try the UK Astro Buy & Sell website for a used one.

[derekm]

Look at the Rigel, as with the Telrad, ggod though they are, you'll need a lot of counterbalance weight at the mirror end. Rigel only weighs about an ounce or so.

[Damo636]

Look at the Rigel, as with the Telrad, ggod though they are, you'll need a lot of counterbalance weight at the mirror end. Rigel only weighs about an ounce or so.

From having used both i would say the Rigel is good but the Telrad is better. The Rigel suffers from motion induced parallax. If you move your head around slightly the recticule appears to move on the night sky. The further back you move the effect is worse. The Telrad does not suffer from this effect from any distance. The glass window is also bigger on the Telrad (plastic on the Rigel) and the recticule is sharper and better defined. As far as weight goes the Telrad is not very heavy at a little over 200gms and will not create a lot of balance problems on medium to large size dobs. I have one on my 8'' dob along with a 9X50 RA finder and wouldn't be without it.