Another write-up on a subject so trivial that it deserves a detailed explanation! How do you use a Telrad properly? Many people use it as just a glorified red-dot finder, which is sad to see when you know its potential rivals even the most advanced GoTo systems.
But let’s start from afar with the most frequent question a beginner or mature amateur astronomer constantly faces: How do you point a telescope at a deep-sky target that is completely invisible to the naked eye? And how do you do it reliably?
