The TELRAD ®
To
see objects through the telescope it must be pointed to exactly the right
spot. The
Telrad® is a sight for pointing telescopes to that
"right spot". Through a Telrad® you can see the sky the way
the star charts show it. Not a small upside down and magnified portion
of it, but the "real sky" with three lighted target rings set against it.
The large ring is 4 degrees across. It outlines the area covered by the
finderscope. The small ring is 1/2 degree across and outlines the area
seen in the telescope eyepiece.
Select an object on the chart and note its position
among the visible stars. Then set the Telrad® rings on that
spot in the sky. A quick rough setting will put the object in the field
of a finderscope. With no finderscope, or a faint object that won't show,
use a more careful setting to put the object in the field of the telescope.
Accessories available for your Telrad include
DewShield Helps to cut down on Dew
forming on the glass surfaces
Dewshield Plus It is a DewShield with Flip
Mirror inside for Right Angled Viewing
Spare Base Have a spare base for
your other scopes and just move the Telrad between them.
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In memory Steve Kufeld inventor of the TELRAD