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If you're an amateur astronomer and you use a Telrad finder, that's a distant descendant (much simplified) of the Norden sight.

Sure there are better solutions nowadays, including finders that are actually mini-telescopes, but the low-tech Telrad is still popular for its air of nostalgia.




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