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I have a Jason Discoverer 454 telescope (yes old I know) and want to hook it up for the meteor shower tomorrow night! I have everything set up but the finder and telescope are both UPSIDE DOWN! how can I fix this? Do i need mirrors?
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Yes when i started out i realized that the finder scope was quite weird (never matched the star maps)

There is a fix for this with a special finders (right side up and even some with green lasers) that make it quite easy for us dobsonian users to see the sky.
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