Altair 10x60mm Right Angle Finder - worth the money???

[Adrian23]

Thanks for your help Tingting. Where did you end up sourcing the bolts from ?

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[tingting44]

They were the ones I used from the stock sw shoe

[Moonshine132435]

Prompted by this thread, and the fact that I also have a lot of trouble with the contortions a straight-through finder requires, I've ordered a Altair 10x60.

It arrived at home today and I'm beyond exited. Given that I also received a new eyepiece this week I'd like to apologise in advance for the next 2-3 weeks of cloudy skies.

[Adrian23]

Let us know how you get on Moonshine should we ever have a clear sky again ;-)

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[Moonshine132435]

So it turns out "We have it in stock" actually means "We're picking some up at the Astronomy show this weekend" so I'll only be getting it next week. Dagnabbit.

[Adrian23]

I'm sure the wait will be worth it ...

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[Moonshine132435]

"We'll be picking it up at the show" has turned into, quite literally, into "it's on a boat from China somewhere". I recall reading somewhere on this board that you take whatever delivery time you are quoted and double it; true words.

[Adrian23]

:-( good job it's raining outside

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[johnd]

Hi I was going to get this Finder Scope as a Birthday present but could find one in-stock for sale. Where did you get yours from? The one provider I could find didn't reply to either my mobile call to call me back nor my email to them. Didn't inspire confidence.

[faulksy]

Hi I was going to get this Finder Scope as a Birthday present but could find one in-stock for sale. Where did you get yours from? The one provider I could find didn't reply to either my mobile call to call me back nor my email to them. Didn't inspire confidence.

theres one for sale in the classified

[johnd]

theres one for sale in the classified

Are you sure, I've looked at each page and can't see the ad you refer to?

[Macavity]

Success (re. optical finders) is more likely for "fork mounted CATs"... alt-aziumuth mounts... refractors...

For my equatorial, obsy-based, NEWT, the b... finder usually ends up about 2' above my head!

Aside: But this is actually just about right for a red dot finder like the Baader  Skysurfer V. 

The above mounting TIP is great ... Attach this (larger!) finder closer to the balance point - I have

multiple locations (added screws / wingnuts!) so I can re-locate it for a particular sky region!

I think Sir Patrick mentioned the idea of having SEVERAL finders on the one scope.

[Moonshine132435]

JohnD, if your question is for me then message me and I'm happy to share, but I'd rather not de-rail this thread.

[faulksy]

Are you sure, I've looked at each page and can't see the ad you refer to?

think its sold mate, it was there yesterday

[russ.will]

It was mine and it was sold. I've replaced it with a WO 50mm RACI finder from Agena Astro. I think it also parades as a Stellarvue F-50M.

I had bought the WO for my ES 80 Apo as it would fit in the supplied flight case. The problem was that for my use, the AA 10x60 was too heavy for my Dob and the WO was sharper across the FOV, whether with the AA illuminated reticle EP and especially with the 20mm Maxvision SWA I prefer to use.

Your mileage may vary and it is a beautifully built finder. It worked really well as a mini spotting scope too, but I don't do enough of that to have justified keeping it.

Russell