Finder scope question

[banjaxed]

I have been looking at finder scopes recently and was wondering if you could use a 50mm guide scope with a 1.25 focuser as a finder scope by fitting a star diagonal and a 1.25 32mm eyepiece.

I don't see why not but would appreciate the thoughts of our more experienced members.

[paul mc c]

You could but you may have to shorten the tube to gain focus.This is one i made a while ago.

[timwetherell]

If you're going to shorten the tube, might be worth considering fitting a 2" diagonal so you can use 2" EPs and get a huge field of view. My finder is a short focus 66mm and with a 2" 40mm ep has a field of view of almost 8 degrees. The downside is that it may introduce weight issues depending what your mount etc is

[MarsG76]

I don't see why not.. as long as you have a low power wide FOV, it'll be just as good.