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4. How to use and how to align the
finderscope?
4.1. A distant object is centered with an
eyepiece. This as seen through the telescope’s
eyepiece. In this example we have a house
with a chimney. The chimney is the reference
point. The LED finder point should point
exactly at the center. We first look through
the telescope with the lowest magnification
possible (a 20mm eyepiece should be used) so
we have the widest field of view possible and
make sure the object is really centered.
4.2. Looking through the finderscope (it
should be powered on) we see the same
building but in this case the red dot and
chimney are not centered. We adjust the
finderscope using the two thumbscrews
(figure below) so that the finderscope’s red
point moves slightly until it matches the
chimney. This is enough to correct the objects
position in the finderscope. Trial and error is
required to get a satisfactory result.
4.3. After playing with the two findercope’s
thumbscrews and some trial and error we get
the finderscope recticle close to the center (in
this case the chimney). The finderscope is
now ready to use!