The Sunseeker-Solar Finder
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Sunseeker Solar or Sun Finder
Solar Finder for Solar Telescopes, Telescopes fitted with Solar filters or Binoculars fitted with Solar filters
The Easiest Way to find the Sun
No tools, No glue, No screws. It is held in place by a small adjustable Bungee cord
For Tubes 1" to 8" in diameter (200mm)
Takes only seconds to install or remove. Lightweight, versatile, portable
It is the only Solar Finder that would be approved by Alvin Clark and John Brashear as it will not scratch your Antique Telescope
Great for Solar Eclipses, and other solar events such as Transits of Mercury
How to use the Helio Pod Model 2 and 2 B (Big), to find the Sun
Installation
Set up your solar telescope.Squeeze the cable lock and gently pull it away from the Helio Pod.Slide the Pod over your telescope with the disk without a cross hair, towards the sun.Squeeze the lock and tighten the bungee cord, so the Helio Pod is on the telescope tube. It does not have to be too tight.
Use
Helio-PodsThe hole in the first disk casts a bright spot on the second screen.Adjust the angle of your telescope until the spot in centered on the cross hairs.You may need to add a offset for calibration.
So I have two different types, the older "HelioPods" and now this one. To be honest, I was going to leave a 4-star review and say that I liked the Heliopods better with the black cross-hairs better ... But really, I don't even miss it. This is working great. It slips right around the barrel of the telescope. With my back to the Sun, I can line up the little light with the little hole, and then go to my eyepiece and fine-tune the view.
My wife's telescope has the eyepiece at the top of the barrel, so it's perfect for her. My telescope has the eyepiece at the bottom, and this style is a little harder to line up when I'm looking up from the eyepiece, at the Finder, and towards the Sun. The Heliopod was a little thinner, and the sunlight came through better. Of course, I **shouldn't** be using it in this direction, so maybe it's better off that it doesn't work that way.
The point is, it works great, it's probably safer, and the feature I thought I would miss, I don't miss at all.