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The Meade 8x50 Viewfinder with Dovetail Base is a straight-through finder scope designed to easily locate and center deep sky objects for telescope alignment and spotting. Featuring 8x magnification with a 4.7-degree field of view and a 50mm aperture, it can detect objects over one magnitude dimmer than 6x30 finders, making it ideal for pinpointing faint galaxies and nebulae. The package includes a 6-point aluminum bracket with protective nylon-tipped thumbscrews and an extra-wide universal dovetail mounting base specifically designed for SCT and ACF optical tubes, with slotted holes for compatibility with various aperture sizes.
| Type | Straight-through |
| Field of View | 4.7° |
| Mounting Base | Universal Dovetail |
| Compatible Optical Tubes | SCT/ACF |
| Bracket Material | Aluminum |
| Objective Aperture | 50 mm |
| Magnification | 8 |
| Reticle | Crosshair |
| Quick Release | ✓ |