STAR-FINDER RINGS

To mount the star-finder on your main telescope you need a bracket of some sort. The bracket needs to be adjustable so that you can line-up the star-finder with the main telescope. A pair of star-finder rings provide one way to solve this problem. Each of the rings has three clamp screws to cradle the star-finder. By adjusting these clamp screws, the position of the star-finder within the rings can be altered until it points in just the right direction.

SFR. 1

A pair of finder rings on a support bar.
This consists of two metal rings with an internal diameter of about 3”. The rings are mounted, one behind the other, about 4” apart, on a sturdy rectangular aluminium bar. The aluminium bar can be bolted to your main telescope by means of two holes, set 2” apart. This set of star-finder rings is painted in satin black to contrast with our brass star-finders.

£60.00

SFR. 2

A pair of brass finder rings

Each ring is mounted on a pillar that is provided with a 'foot' by which the ring is bolted to your telescope. Each of the six adjustment screws is provided with a soft-lined pressure pad (not shown) to cradle the finder telescope, so that it is not damaged when the adjustment screws are tightened.

We recommend these luxurious brass rings whenever appearance and quality are of the essence.

£120.00

SFR. 3

We acquired a quantity of star-finder brackets that we think were made by Charles Frank, of Glasgow, many years ago.

The bracket consists of a cast aluminium base, 7” long, 2” wide and ¼” thick, with a semi-circular cradle at the front end to support a telescope of about 2” diameter.

The idea was that the star-finder was held at the front of the bracket by resting it in the cradle and securing it with a long coiled spring that passed over the finderscope. At the rear, the star-finder was secured in the ring by the three adjusting screws. Some of these brackets are the bare alloy casting, others have been painted black.

The brackets we have in stock do not have the spring. You can buy these extension springs from a good engineering supplier or you can just use a strong elastic band instead. If one of these brackets would suit a star-finder of yours, we’ll sell it to you ever so cheaply!

£4.00 (Told you so!)