200mm Manual Dobsonian. SkyWatcher or StellaLyra

[Lurcher]

On 04/09/2023 at 23:06, Spile said:

Why would you want to change the RACI?

So sorry for not replying to your question before! You're probably past caring now! Lol. I want to change it for a larger 9 x 50 finderscope which I'm more used to using.  (The StellaLyra comes with an 8 x 50). Sorry I didn't reply sooner! All the best!

[Ricochet]

18 hours ago, Lurcher said:

So sorry for not replying to your question before! You're probably past caring now! Lol. I want to change it for a larger 9 x 50 finderscope which I'm more used to using.  (The StellaLyra comes with an 8 x 50). Sorry I didn't reply sooner! All the best!

I believe the 8x50 and 9x50 finders are exactly the same model. Some vendors advertise them as 8x and some as 9x for an unknown reason. 

[bosun21]

7 minutes ago, Ricochet said:

I believe the 8x50 and 9x50 finders are exactly the same model. Some vendors advertise them as 8x and some as 9x for an unknown reason. 

My thoughts are that they’re probably closer to 8.5x so labeling them 8 or 9 will suffice.

[Lurcher]

5 hours ago, Ricochet said:

I believe the 8x50 and 9x50 finders are exactly the same model. Some vendors advertise them as 8x and some as 9x for an unknown reason. 

 

4 hours ago, bosun21 said:

My thoughts are that they’re probably closer to 8.5x so labeling them 8 or 9 will suffice.

Oh this is really interesting!  Thanks! Maybe it's the different  make that's making the difference then. It definitely looks different to what I'm used to seeing. I'll give it a few more tries before rushing into buying another one, but it seemed a lesser view.

Thanks for your comments.

[John]

I have an Orion (USA) branded 9x50 RACI on my Skywatcher 8 inch dob but it seems to be the same unit as the Skywatcher branded 8x50 RACI that I also own and has the same field of view. 

 

Edited October 3, 2023 by John