Using Red Dot Finder Scope
• Aligning it with the Telescope
Step 1: Locate a distant
daytime object (at least a
quarter mile away) through
the telescope and centre
it in the eyepiece. In this
example, a chimney tip of
a house is centered in the
eyepiece.
Step 2: Pull out the plastic
piece in the red dot finder
scope.
Step 3: Turn on the
switch.
Step 4: Look through the
red dot nder window with
one eye from 15 to 30cm
away.
Step 5: Move your head to
make the red dot appear
at the center of the finder
window. (because this
point best represents
where the finder scope is
pointing at)
Step 6: Now without
moving the telescope,
adjust the panning screw
and tilting screw on the
finderscope until the red
dot, when kept at the
center of the nder window
by moving your head,
overlaps what is centered
in the view field of the
telescope. In our example,
it should overlap the tip of
the chimney.
Due to the very limited eld of view, locating stars directly by looking through the telescope is
difcult. A nder scope provides a wide eld of view to help you locate celestial objects before
observing them through the telescope, but it must be aligned accurately to the telescope before
use.
• Aligning it with the Telescope
1. Pan and tilt the tripod head to put the red dot on a new target.
2. Look into the eyepiece of the telescope and check to see if the target is in the view of the
telescope. If yes, they are aligned. If not, redo the alignment process.
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