The UPS guy finally brought my much awaited package this afternoon. It wasn't until around 11:00 pm that I had the opportunity to install it on my tube.

It's rather light, came with a lithium battery and two bases. I wanted it close to the eyepiece as I could, but it meant that I needed to relocate the finder scope. So be it.



I moved the finder scope over to the right, which required two new drilled holes. I used the double sided tape that also came along with the Rigel for now. It also can be screwed onto the tube which I will do later on when I decide that this is the set up I desire.



One looks into a slanted projection screen and displayed onto it are two red concentric rings. When I first got it, I turned it on and peered thru it around my house...and was rather disappointed in how it was not that bright. But now, in the darkness of the night, the brightest setting is TOO bright. I need to turn it down to get a comfortable view sight. I like this location, as it is close to the focuser and it's just a quick five inches between the two. Before...I was using screw heads on top of the tube to align my targets, and had to sight it from the end of the scope. Those days are now over!



In front are the five controls. The top three adjusts the position of the screen and aligns it to the tube. It was a matter of seconds to accomplish this as I focused on a distant chimney. I set the screen dead center in the Rigel, and...there it was, dead center in my focuser!! Too Cool!

The next control adjusts the brightness, and the final one is the pulser. It adjusts the interval of the pulsations of the reticle circles. This feature is indeed well worth the entire cost of the device. I found out that keeping the reticle constantly on, even at it's lowest setting, was rather obtrusive. But as it flashed on and off, at my desired intervals, it allows one to see the field of view unobstructed.

With final micro adjustments both the tube and Rigel were as one. I was jumping to roof peaks, chimneys, distant trees...and was greeted each time by the sight of them centered in my eyepiece.

It was cold, quite cold out, and I attempted now to align my finder scope, but not this morning. It will be for a warmer day. But I am extremely pleased on the Rigel Quickfinder, and quite anxious to put it thru it's first night of targets.