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
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 😀
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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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
Nice review. Just repaired one of these for a friend. Shockingly, the LED was dead! Ended up buying one for my Celestron Classic 8.
Thanks Moivan, appreciate the feedback!
Answered all my questions - - many thanks
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 😀
Yeah, I wouldn't feel comfortable using sticky tape to attach it to my expensive telescope.
Very thorough guide. Sorry I didn't see this before now. Thank you for your time and effort putting this together!!!
You are most welcome Gary, thanks for the kind feedback!
Wonderful explanation. Thank you.
Muchas gracias, excelente explicación. Saludos desde Chile.
How is it different or better than the basic red dot finder?
This was a great video. Thank you.
clear, concise, real easy to understand. Think I may get one now!
Great feedback, thanks Darren and enjoy your purchase!
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.
Well done. Subscribed!
Thanks mate
No worries!
Great video and content - many thanks!
Thanks for the kind feedback, much appreciated!
Very good, thank you.
You are welcome!
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.
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.
great video thank you
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.
That thing is hilarious.
Very helpful. Thanks.
You are most welcome!
how can a smartphone be used as a Finderscope (app, telescope-mounting, settings, etc.)?
Great review! How would this go on a big Dobsonian, like my 12" telescope?
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.
@@lovethenightsky5778 thank you! I use red dot finders on my smaller 6” Dobs, this looks like it might even improve on that!
can you mount a telrad to a dovetail plate?
There is a mount adapter for Meade/Explore Scientific finder bracket. (Scopestuff # TEES). I found it on eBay.
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.
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?
Dude the close up of the device…back the camera away from your face…thanks
Wow...that's some lazy engineering/manufacturing and does not justify the $115CAD price. Thanks for the demo.
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.
Works well, but can it be any more non sexy? My goodness its ugly. Why can't this be updated to modern standards? :)
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!
Terrible attempt
Thanks for your positive and valuable feedback.