Re: ATM Finders

[Cary Chleborad <bennu@ns.net>]

Jack Schmidling wrote:
> 
> It's nice to see at least one person recognizing the utility of a
> real finder scope.
> 
> Perhaps I don't like Telrad's because I have never used one :)
> 
> On the other hand, I have never used one because I can't imagine
> how one could find anything with it that could not be found just
> siting along a couple of points on the scope.
> 
> With rampant light pollution virtually everywhere, the light
> gathering power of an optical finder is indispensable.  With most
> folks working in mag 2 or 3 skies, how on earth can one find
> anything with a Telrad.
> 
> Star hopping requires seeing stars and with a 50 mm finder, the sky
> becomes 7 or 8 (9?) magnitudes.

Just to add an item of novelty to this discussion.... I use a telrad and
a finder scope in combination.  I always thought it strange that one
would only use one or the other.

-Cary Chleborad