Siguy,

Thanks for your quick reply! We are enjoying our scope very much! I do shop around so no worries on buying from Celestron website (unless they offer something special). The red dot finder that came with the scope seems to be permanently attached to it. I can't see a way to remove it. I personally think it is bad since it floods the plastic/glass with the dot with so much light that all I see is a blob of red when I turn it on and not really the sky with a red dot superimposed. Then again, I am not sure how far from the red dot finder my eye/face needs to be. Maybe I don't know how to use it. A red dot replacement sounds appealing at less than $40 but I would be nice to test drive one to see if it does it for me.

I did check out the Orion website before posting and that is why I wanted some suggestions. Your comments and overview helped a lot! I do not want to overkill but the 9x50 Right-Angle sounds really good except it doesn't have the illuminated crosshairs (any out there with right-angle and illuminated?). I can just imagine trying to look at an object high up in the sky and trying to look through a straight finderscope

Right angle finderscopes

One last question, where do I attach the dovetail base (Orion Dovetail Base for Finder Scope #07214 $12.95) on my telescope? is it on top of the rings that hold the tube?

Thanks in advance for your help.