Finder / Finder telescope
Even larger celestial objects such as the moon or the sun must first be found with the telescope at corresponding focal lengths or magnifications. If you want to image the moon, for example, you have to align the optics to less than one degree. Even though our finder does not contain magnifying optics, it saves you the tedious sighting over the telescope. A big advantage of our viewfinder is that when aligning it to the sun, you can simply take advantage of the shadows cast and thus work without any danger and in a way that is easy on the eyes.
The viewfinder fits on all our telescopes, but can also be easily clamped by means of an adapter in a standard viewfinder shoe or even on the flash mount (hot shoe) of a camera.
Download and accessories
DOWNLOAD
The required model files can be downloaded here at www.Thingiverse.com downgeloaded werden.
Component overview
Viewfinder
For the finder to be adapted to our telescopes, the following files must be downloaded and printed:
- simpleFinderscope_-_Scope.stl (Main component of the finder)
- simpleFinderscope_-_Clamp.stl (Required clamps for mounting)
Accessories
If the viewfinder is to be attached to a standard viewfinder shoe or the hot shoe of a camera, this is possible with the following adapters.
- simpleFinderscope_-_Adapter.stl (Adapter for mounting to a standard viewfinder shoe)
- simpleFinderscope_-_Adapter.stl (Adapter for mounting to the hot shoe of a camera)
