Finally, it’s time for the high-powered eyepiece. Because your telescope may not fit in its case with the finderscope attached, you will appreciate the quick release feature on Explore Scientific finder brackets. FRANZELUTA Crisp Bread w/Poppy Seeds (Sushka Romashka) 400g-Online Food Celestron Finderscope Bracket Explore Scientific 8 X 50 Straight Through Finderscope Svbony Dovetail Check out our lavender get well soon gifts for women selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade pieces from our spa kits & gifts shops Slide the finder into place and adjust the screws inward until your finderscope is securely held in position. Length73mm Width61mm Height115mm I know it sounds like a lot of trouble to go through for such a “small” thing, but trust me, I have seen more beginners make the mistake of trying to do finder alignments in the dark on small, dim objects, and it is not a pretty sight! Set your telescope up in the daytime, and make sure you bring out a variety of eyepieces with you. To install your finder into the bracket, simply back the thumbscrews out so that you’ve opened up the full inside diameter of the rings. Now install the medium-powered eyepiece and check your view. Either way, once it is dark, find something bright, like the Moon or Venus or Jupiter, and center it in your finder. Doing that first fine alignment…the task of matching what’s in your finder to what’s in your eyepiece…can be tedious and frustrating sometimes, but once you complete the job, it should never be required again. The bracket itself dovetails into the finder base (sold separately), and locks down with thumbscrews. Starting with the lowest power eyepiece, adjust your finder bracket until you have “matching” views. The more accurate you are, the easier it will be when you trade out your low power eyepiece for something a little stronger. Here is a helpful hint when it comes time to do that first alignment. Explore Scientific finderscope rings are all made for 50mm finders. Now do just that; put in a medium-powered eyepiece and do the same thing, being as accurate as you can. Once you have finished this alignment process, you can either wait for the sun to go down to finish tweaking your finder, or you can put your telescope away and wait until the next time. Explore Scientific 8x50 Straight-Through Finder Scope with Bracket... Once you have made the necessary tweaks, you are good to go. From now on, unless you remove the finder from the bracket or something else happens to severely change alignment, you should only have to make small tweaks before every observing session.
