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Aligning the Finderscope
You will need to line up the Finderscope with your telescope. A finderscope acts kind
of like a riflescope in that it helps you aim. To get started you should always use the
highest number eyepiece (lowest power) without the Barlow lens. If you use too
powerful of an eyepiece (low number) then it may be very hard to find an object or it will
be too dark to see anything as higher powers cause light loss. Below is an example of
why aligning the finderscope is important.
Without an aligned finderscope you might think you are aiming
directly at a star or planet but you could actually be way off!
But with an aligned finderscope, you can find objects in
the sky a lot faster and easier!
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