First daft question

[Briddo]

Here is the first of many daft questions about simple things. I have a Celestron Astromaster 130 EQ now I have perused the forum and it seems that the red dot finder scope on these telescopes are next to useless so I was thinking of changing this for one of these:

Rigel QuikFinder Compact Reflex Sight.

If I do how easy is it to fit the Rigel on to the telescope?? Is it a case of just swopping one for the other or do I have buy something else to mount it on or have to do drilling or something a bit more technical??? I would prefer to do a straight swop - if I can't do a straight swop can someone suggest a finder scope that will just swop over (not to expensive as I already have one expensive hobby!)

Jan

[Bizibilder]

Personally I would go for the Telrad finder (which uses concentric rings rather than just a dot to aim with) - but its really down to personal choice.

[John]

I think the way the standard RDF is fitted to the scope is unique to that range so it's not really a case of swapping out.

The Telrad and Quikfinders have bases with sticky pads (very sticky !) so they can be fixed anywhere on the tube where there is room - the Quikfinder needs much less space than the Telrad. The finders can be quickly removed from their bases when not in use.

[g0ibi]

The Rigel Quickfinder is really easy to fit, just use supplied sticky tape. I use mine all the time, then the 9x50 finderscope then the EP, no problems so far.( Also it unclips from its base if needed!

[cosmological]

RDFs are really more suitable to telescopes with GOTOs, they're a waste of time on anything else.

[John]

RDFs are really more suitable to telescopes with GOTOs, they're a waste of time on anything else.

Sorry to disagree but my mounts are undriven alt-azimuth and I rarely use anything but RDF's. I add an optical finder when it will help to combine it with the RDF's but my mainstay is RDF for finding.

[Briddo]

Thanks for the replies folks much appreciated, sticky pads sound okay to me - unless of course I stick to something else by mistake