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Universal Finder Shoe

Bernard Karpinski — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 20:36:27 +0000

Universal Finder Shoe – A versatile and stable base for attaching finder scopes and mini guidescopes to telescopes and tube rings.

Safe mounting of your finder or mini guidescope to the telescope.

Better support through two knurled screws – no tilting.

Also suitable for all Schmidt-Cassegrains, ACF, EdgeHD from Celestron or Meade.

Matches flat and curved surfaces

Versatile mounting through four slotted holes

Suitability: All finders with standard bracket (SkyWatcher, TS-Optics, Orion etc)

Fits: All tubes with at least 178 mm diameter and also flat surfaces

Spacing of the mounting screws: From 10 mm to 28.5 mm and also offset by 90°

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Bracket (only) for Sky-Watcher 9 x 50 Finders

Bernard Karpinski — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 12:28:04 +0000

Bracket (only) for all Sky-Watcher 9 x 50 Finders

[Finder and finder Shoe are NOT Included with this Product ]

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Red Dot Finder

Bernard Karpinski — Wed, 26 Aug 2015 22:28:05 +0000

This Red Dot Finder from Sky-Watcher, is a simple light weight finder which superimposes a red dot onto your view of the sky.

Perfect for GOTO and portable scopes.

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Sky-Watcher 9 x 50 Right Angled Finder & Bracket

c.rogers — Thu, 14 May 2015 15:16:25 +0000

Provides an upright image with reversed left/right orientation.

Matches the image seen through Refractor or Maksutov-Cassegrain telescopes with star diagonal.

Provides exceptionally comfortable and convenient operation compared to a traditional straight-through viewing finder.

Supplied with finder-scope bracket, but not with the Shoe.

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Shoe for Sky-Watcher Finderscope Bracket

c.rogers — Thu, 14 May 2015 15:05:32 +0000

A Shoe for attaching a Sky-Watcher 9 x 50 or 6 x 30 Finderscope Bracket to your telescope, can be adapted to most brands of telescope. Colour may be Black or White.

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SkyWatcher 9×50 Straight Through Finder

c.rogers — Thu, 14 May 2015 14:53:00 +0000

The SkyWatcher 9×50 Straight Through Finder is a high quality 50mm optical finder fitted with cross-hairs and supplied with bracket.

Compatible with most SkyWatcher, Orion USA and many Celestron Telescopes.

Makes an effective & lightweight guidescope when used with our Finder Guider Adapter and a suitable C mount camera.

[A Finder Shoe is NOT Included with this Product ]

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