Telrad - Telrad

To see objects through a telescope it must be pointed to exactly the right spot. The Telrad is sight for
pointing telescopes to that ″right spot″.

Through a Telrad you see the sky the way the star charts show it. Not a small unside-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 a finderscope. The small ring is 1/2 degree across and
outlines the area seen in the telescope.

Select an object on the chart and note its position among the visible stars. Then set the 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
finder, or a faint object that won′t show, use a more careful setting to put the object in the field of the telescope.

The Telrad is 8 inches long. weighs 11 ounces and mounts on any telescope without drilling holes. It unlocks from its base for
separate storage.