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Astrophotography Guide Part 3: Filters, eyepieces and other hacks to elevate your stargazing experience

_Editor’s Note: This story is part two of a three-part series about the basics of equipment used in astronomy. Let’s have a look at all the extra goodies you can buy: Finderscope The finderscope is the smaller telescope that’s attached to your “bigger” telescope. Typically, red dot finders offer zero magnification, and at least a little is needed to find night sky objects, so they’re rather limited in use. Eyepieces A telescope’s primary lens takes light and converges it on to a point. Another thing to check, eyepieces come in two popular sizes depending on the size of the adapter your telescope has: 1.25 inch and 2.0 inch.

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