Illuminated finder scope eyepiece

[Rattler]

Hey guys. I'm after an illuminated eye piece for my finder scope. I've seen the Altair Astro one but are there any others? I don't want to be spending too much on it really. Cheers.

[PeterCPC]

Look on E Bay - there's one for £25. I got a cheap one from E Bay and it does the job.

Peter

[Rattler]

Yeah been having a look. What magnification would be good for the finderscope? These all seem to be 12.5mm eye pieces which would give me magnification with the finderscope of x16.5. Cheers.

[PeterCPC]

That's what I use.

Peter

[newbie alert]

To be honest I don't' like the altair one..prefer my old 12.5mm illuminated one..i find the red illuminated cross hairs brilliant but find the stars are too small..not too sure on what size equivalent ep it is but its too wide

[Louis D]

I picked up a used Orion 20mm finder eyepiece.  Even after resoldering the connections inside the illuminator, the wiring came apart again due to a poor design.  I just defocus a bright star and use the airy disc to backlight the crosshairs now.  No loss of dark adaptation is a benefit.