I had a 6x30 on my first scope a 6" dobs. I got really good at being able to use the finder with both eyes open and bring the two images together. This works sweet. Then, my next scope - a refractor - had a 7x50 finder and I could not do this because it was too large in diameter and so my unaided eye couldn't see the target whilst the other could. So when I got my NEXT scope a C9.25 I sez to myself, "Self: You know those 6x30 finders are CHEAP and they're everywhere!! What a deal. Just what I want!" So I bought a LER (Long Eye Relief) one made by Celestron - more because of price than any other consideration. Perfect, right? No. What I find now is that when I get the cross hairs in the finder exactly on the image I see with my unaided eye, what I want to target isn't in the middle of the finder. It's halfway or better to the edge of the field of view. This is baffling. It isn't workable for me. Is this because it's a LER or is it somehow defective?
Perplexed in Aurora. Thanks,
Randy
Perplexed in Aurora. Thanks,
Randy
