Televue Sol-Searcher Solar Finder

Needed this for the last eclipse. Has to modify the mounting, but all worked as expected. Kind of expensive for three black pieces of plastic. Looks better than the one I made using PVC pipe and end caps.

This is an insanely simple, but brilliant, effective, design. Used it for an eclipse several years back and was stunned at how easy it was to manually track the sun without going to the eyepiece.

This solar finder is a simple, safe, and foolproof way to get the sun into your telescope's field of view. I attached mine to this adapter (YUEOCT Adapter Mount with 1/4" Mounting Screw for Finderscope Dovetail Base https://a.co/d/g8Nhoty) to mount in the dovetail finderscope rail of my Orion telescope.

It works well. But in my opinion, too expensive for a little piece of plastic.

I'm always safety conscious when it comes to solar viewing. The Televue Sol-Searcher allows you to safely point a telescope (with solar filter on main aperture) towards the sun. It uses solar projection for pointing and all you have to do is make sure the solar disk is centered on the projection screen. It's a bit pricey since you need to buy an optional dovetail bracket to use it on a vixen-style finder mount. However, the simplicity of the system and safety features make it a winner.

Lunt recommends this finder for their solar scopes. I use the SolSearcher with my Lunt 60mm pressure tuned solar scope. The SolSearcher fits perfectly, and it works so easily. I usually can center the sun in less than 30 seconds, safely. A simple yet very effective product. Just be sure that it can be fastened to your scope.

Well-made & pre-aligned. Works perfectly with my Lunt LS60THa hydrogen alpha solar scope, which was designed to accept this finder. Entirely safe & reliable device for finding the Sun for observation in the eyepiece. A bit pricey, but everything by Televue is. Televue quality is top-notch, however.

For a couple weeks after buying my solar scope, I was using shadow to try to find the sun, then a 40 mm EP to try to pinpoint it. This would sometimes take 5-10 minutes so with that amount of time, I'd have to reposition by shadow again. Very frustrating. I finally broke down and bought this and should have done it on day 1! Such a simple little device but after it's adjusted for your scope is spot on, even after removing it from my scope several times. It is very, very easy to calibrate it to your scope with 2 small Allen screws. It comes with 2 Allen wrenches. One to adjust it and one for the larger mounting Allen bolts. It is plastic but heavy duty plastic, not flimsy at all. Comes with sensible instructions on how to mount, calibrate and use. It you sun gaze, you absolutely need this.