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How to Use a Telescope Finder Scope Today we’re going to talk about the Finder
Scope. Now I want to show you how to look through the finder scope correctly. Of course
it has little end caps on it. Now this particular one has an illuminated reticle. And you should
get one with an illuminated reticle so you can actually see the crosshairs when your
aligning your target at night. You have your finder scope on your telescope, when you look
at it, you don’t close one of your eyes and look through it like that, because you
won’t be able to find your target. What you do, when you look through the finder scope
is you keep both eyes open. And when you look through it, you look right at your target,
and then you move your telescope, until the star comes into the reticle, into your area
there. When you look through it, remember, keep both eyes open, one eye closed you’ll
never find your target! With your second eye open, you can then kind of look at it real
time with where your target is and look through the finder scope at the same time and you’ll
find your target! Ok here’s another little tip that I’m going to show you here, After
you have your star aligned, your finder scope has these little adjustment screws. So when
you get your target aligned in your telescope and you have it centered. Take the time on
the first star adjustment and move these little screws, until the reticle comes perfectly
centered with it, because remember; we’re trying to align our telescope, and not the
finder scope. The finder scope is just to get us close enough to it, but when you move
to the second star, if you take these screws, and you move them slightly to adjust it until
its perfect, then the next time you move to go towards your target, you can use your finder
scope, and you finder scope will be right on target, and you’ll have your image right
in there for your star alignment. Ready to go? Cool! That’s the little demonstration
of using your finder scope!