Telrad Reflex Finderscope Guide

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Telrad make the most famous reflex finder for a telescope. Find out what they are and how they work in our latest guide. Read the Full Review here: lovethenightsky.com/telrad-fi...
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Thanks to Rother Valley Optics for loaning the Telrad in this video: www.rothervalleyoptics.co.uk/

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28 июл 2024

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Комментарии : 45

@sergeauvin8479 3 года назад

A very nice review, indeed. It would have been nicely completed by an in situ demonstration... to show us how you use it on your own telescope.

@peterdonnelly1074 3 года назад

Answered all my questions - - many thanks

@rlwalker2 3 года назад

Wonderful explanation. Thank you.

@aldocontreras7032 3 года назад

Muchas gracias, excelente explicación. Saludos desde Chile.

@mikesmith9781 3 года назад

Hi I'v had this for about 15 years and I think it's great and easy to use and it's very lightweight which helps when I'm adding big over wait eyepieces. I just removed the upside down finder and used the same hole's to fix it

@editorrbr2107 3 года назад

This was a great video. Thank you.

@darrenhawkes598 4 года назад

clear, concise, real easy to understand. Think I may get one now!

@lovethenightsky5778 4 года назад

Great feedback, thanks Darren and enjoy your purchase!

@gwzapo 4 года назад

Very thorough guide. Sorry I didn't see this before now. Thank you for your time and effort putting this together!!!

@lovethenightsky5778 4 года назад

You are most welcome Gary, thanks for the kind feedback!

@kennethdavis2383 3 года назад

Well done. Subscribed!

@ericnicholson870 Год назад

How is it different or better than the basic red dot finder?

@ajingar 3 года назад

Great video and content - many thanks!

@lovethenightsky5778 3 года назад

Thanks for the kind feedback, much appreciated!

@cadelepski5161 4 года назад

Very helpful. Thanks.

@lovethenightsky5778 4 года назад

You are most welcome!

@zhouly Год назад

Instead of mounting the base to the telescope tube with sticky tape, some users use a pair of elastic bands (the type used to hold up our shorts) to secure the base. That way, it’s easy to move the telrad to use on a different telescope 😀

@michaelfrazier9537 Год назад

Yeah, I wouldn't feel comfortable using sticky tape to attach it to my expensive telescope.

@Shlotzkin 4 года назад

Nice review. Just repaired one of these for a friend. Shockingly, the LED was dead! Ended up buying one for my Celestron Classic 8.

@lovethenightsky5778 4 года назад

Thanks Moivan, appreciate the feedback!

@Harutjun 2 года назад

great video thank you

@randolphwalker 3 года назад

Very good, thank you.

@lovethenightsky5778 3 года назад

You are welcome!

@mikejones741 3 года назад

Thanks mate

@lovethenightsky5778 3 года назад

No worries!

@MountainFisher 2 года назад

Use a heavy piece of spandex and you can use it on the front of a refractor aimed straight up and move it around. It is long enough of a base you don't need to sight it in again.

@toml.8210 3 года назад

I'l like to modify the Telrad to work on a 9V battery. The solid core wiring and metal cell holder is awful, and the solder joints break easily! If I could get it apart, I could re-wire it with stranded wire and a nice plastic holder, as in the video.

@hornsby5533 2 года назад

I have a problem with the mounting. I am looking for a solution for my Zeiss Diascope 85. Unfortunately, the housing is not cylindrical, but rather it resembles a truncated cone.

@neiltonks Год назад

Wouldn't it be nice if someone came up with a finder that was low profile and even perhaps part of the scope. I use a red dot finder, which for me, works great, but having it stick out so far means it's just begging to be knocked out of line when getting your scope out/putting it away or just transporting it.

@kisho2679 3 года назад

how can a smartphone be used as a Finderscope (app, telescope-mounting, settings, etc.)?

@therepresentative1619 11 месяцев назад

That thing is hilarious.

@richardparrott7192 3 года назад

Great review! How would this go on a big Dobsonian, like my 12" telescope?

@lovethenightsky5778 3 года назад

Hey Ricard, thanks for the kind feedback. The Telrad should attach fine at the side of your existing finder. Use the Telrad for broad positioning and the magnifying finder for fine-tuning and/or seeing fainter objects to help with positioning.

@richardparrott7192 3 года назад

@@lovethenightsky5778 thank you! I use red dot finders on my smaller 6” Dobs, this looks like it might even improve on that!

@waynegarrett1614 2 года назад

can you mount a telrad to a dovetail plate?

@MobilMobil-kv5ke 2 года назад

There is a mount adapter for Meade/Explore Scientific finder bracket. (Scopestuff # TEES). I found it on eBay.

@RobBatt 2 года назад

Many thanks for a really helpful explanation. You've convinced me NOT to get one! I need a right angle erect image view. This would just cause me to crick my neck. Anybody care to redesign one?

@giaxxone 11 месяцев назад

The Telrad is simultaneously the ugliest, most unnecessarily oversized and most useful thing you can double sided tape to a telescope. I’m pretty sure it was designed in 1974 and has remained unchanged since, besides perhaps an update to the light source. But, with the(decades of) charts, guides and even apps that use it’s precisely placed rings as aids in locating harder to find objects, nothing else comes close to it’s utility while “star chasing” with a manually operated telescope.

@Praetorianguard2001 2 года назад

Dude the close up of the device…back the camera away from your face…thanks

@mgoony 2 года назад

Works well, but can it be any more non sexy? My goodness its ugly. Why can't this be updated to modern standards? :)

@lovethenightsky5778 2 года назад

That is so true! Maybe I should look at making a Love the Night Sky version and drag the design kicking and screaming into the 21st century!

@denodan 3 года назад

Talrad, to big, ugly and bulkier than it needs to be. Not a fan of them. To big. Poorly made, the way the batteries are held in is very home made style.