john haldane Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Hi, very new to this hobby,have obtained telescope free, what is the small telescope attached to the main body for. Thanks John h Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johninderby Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Hi Welcome to the hobby The small scope is the finderscope. A low powered wide angle scope that you use to find an object that you want to look at then switch to rhe main scope to see it properly. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putaendo Patrick Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 It's the finder scope. Generally magnifications in the main telescope are too much to easily find your way around the sky. The smaller low-power scope enables you to find the object you are looking for - often it will have cross-hairs. This finder needs to be aligned to the main scope, then when you centre an object in the cross-hairs it will be the same as you see in the bigger telescope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruud Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Use a distant landmark to align the finder with the main tube. After that you may have to do a tiny bit of extra adjusting against the sky. The Moon's cusps are good targets for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john haldane Posted February 3, 2016 Author Share Posted February 3, 2016 Tanks for reply's, looking forward to seeing what is in the night sky. John H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mak the Night Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 A finder scope/sight is pretty invaluable, they are incredibly useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARS1960 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 And when you go hunting and then look through your finder scope and spend an hour trying to figure out why what you swear should be there is not there or anywhere else, remember that your finder is giving you an upside down mirror image that looks nothing like the constellation you are looking for . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARS1960 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Unless of course like aeajr has pointrd out someone gave you a scope with a raci or telrad, but in the likely event they didnt, bear in mind what i said, i wish i'd known when i first started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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