--- product_id: 440422 title: "Celestron Illuminated RACI Finder Scope, Black (93781)" brand: "celestron" price: "β‚Ή 2114" currency: INR in_stock: false reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.in/products/440422-celestron-illuminated-raci-finder-scope-black-93781 store_origin: IN region: India --- # 9X magnification precision adjustable illuminated reticle 50mm bright lens Celestron Illuminated RACI Finder Scope, Black (93781) **Brand:** celestron **Price:** β‚Ή 2114 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Summary > 🌌 Upgrade your stargazing game with precision-lit clarity! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Celestron Illuminated RACI Finder Scope, Black (93781) by celestron - **How much does it cost?** β‚Ή 2114 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.in](https://www.desertcart.in/products/440422-celestron-illuminated-raci-finder-scope-black-93781) ## Best For - celestron enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted celestron brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - β€’ **Pinpoint Accuracy:** 9X magnification combined with a double-crosshair reticle ensures you lock onto stars and deep-sky objects with surgical precision. - β€’ **Crystal-Clear Targeting:** 50mm lens delivers bright, sharp images with a wide 5ΒΊ field of view for effortless celestial navigation. - β€’ **Intuitive Viewing Angle:** Right-angle, correct-image design keeps your view upright and natural, making star-hopping as easy as reading your favorite app. - β€’ **Customizable Illumination:** Battery-powered red glow reticle with adjustable brightness lets you maintain night vision while never losing your target. - β€’ **Effortless Setup & Support:** Quick-install dovetail bracket with oversized thumbscrews plus a 2-year US warranty and expert support keeps you star-ready. ## Overview The Celestron Illuminated RACI Finder Scope (model 93781) is a premium upgrade for Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes, featuring a 50mm lens with 9X magnification and a 5ΒΊ field of view. Its right-angle, correct-image design offers natural orientation, while the battery-powered illuminated double-crosshair reticle ensures precise alignment in low-light conditions. Easy to install with a dovetail bracket and backed by a 2-year US warranty, this finderscope is trusted by amateur and veteran astronomers alike for enhanced celestial navigation. ## Description The Celestron 9x50 Right Angle Correct Image (RACI) Illuminated Finder is a great upgrade to the stock finderscopes found on many Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes. The 50mm optics produce bright, sharp images with a magnification of 9X and a 5ΒΊ apparent field of view. Meanwhile, the right-angle, correct-image design keeps objects right-side up and left-to-right correct, making it easier to locate objects as well as track them as they drift through the field of view. The eyepiece module can be rotated left or right so you can find the perfect viewing angle. The double-crosshair reticle etched in the eyepiece makes it easy to center an object, whether you are aligning your computerized telescope or finding deep-sky objects on your own. The reticle can be focused separate from the finder itself. A battery-powered illuminator lights up the crosshair with a soft, red glow, and the illumination can be easily adjusted by turning the on/off knob. The Celestron 9x50 RACI Finder comes with a sturdy bracket consisting of two rings and an integrated dovetail. Adjusting the alignment of the finder is easy with the oversized thumbscrews. The dovetail allows for easy attachment to and removal from most Schmidt-Cassegrain and EdgeHD optical tube assemblies without affecting the alignment of the finderscope. Review: Celestron RACI Illuminated finderscope -- lots of nice features for new and veteran astronomers. NO instructions, but workable. - A pending 4-star... UPGRADED Dec 2015 to 5-stars: I retired my factory finder in favor of this RACI + Definitely easier for matching charts to the cosmos for navigating. + Definitely appreciate the parallel reticle, you can place your intended target in the center box. + Definitely appreciate the illumination, thought it would not be bright enough, but have been using lowest light and then turning off (saves the batteries) All seems OK with this finder, with the major exception there are NO INSTRUCTIONS. Not a big thing for those familiar with eyepieces, focusers and other telescopic equipment, but it would be nice to have SOMETHING, whereas the finder arrived with NOTHING. At the very minimum someone needs to ID the batteries for eventual replacement! Newcomers will find this exasperating. After 30 minutes of fiddling, the finder is now ready for some star-time; will update this review after ward, but it looks like a nice finder. I have been using a Telrad finder on my 8-inch SCT, and like it for the illuminated reticle and wysiwyg (what you see is what you get) view for star-hopping. It is however, not magnified, still very ok for general celestial navigation (planetary, constellations, major galaxies, nebulaes and clusters), but I wanted to try this magnified, illuminated and "upright" wysiwyg finder for a large telescope with deeper capabilities. Pros: 1) double crosshairs, meaning parallel vertical and horizontal lines (etches actually) so that you can place your target inside the crosshairs for a precise alignment. This means of course that your new snazzy RACI and your optical tube are 100% in agreement. Not always the case, and stars being what they are keep moving on us, or us moving relative to them. 2) Having your intended object appear "correctly" (upright, wysiwyg) as shown on star atlases and charts makes star-hopping easier for us amateurs. 3) I use an 11" Celestron SCT that has a big optical tube, so having the right-angle makes sighting (ie, "targeting") far easier than with the original factory in-line finder. ps on the absent instructions: this RACI uses the same mounting method as the factory finder -- 1 fixed set-screw (spring loaded), and 2 adjustable set-screws for exact adjustment. If your RACI body moves, notice a hex allen set-screw within the fixed spring loaded screw, one that can be tensioned for a more secure placement and alignment of the RACI. I had to increase that adjustment tension as the RACI body was "too soft" and easily moved. Not a big thing, just look for that buried allen screw. Cons: none technical. My RACI arrived with some scuffs and smudges and a noticeable scrape down to the bare metal near the mount, and it appeared to be somewhat put together but sloppy. Also a number of dirt/dust particles here and there inside the optics as if this unit had been partially disassembled. "In" as is requiring partial disassembly and blowing out the foreign debris. This leads me to believe this was once someone else's and they returned it. I hope to add positive feedback after it's been in service a while. Review: A must for your telescope if you want to see galaxies and nebula quickly. - I bought it to use on my Meade 10" Lightbridge telescope. As others have mentioned, it will affect the balance of your telescope. It weighs about two pounds. So plan on balancing it somehow. But it is completely worth it, and really...it's also completely necessary to do good deep sky observing. I also have a hand made (by my own hands) 6" newtonian reflector. I bought a red dot sight for that and thought that was a huge step up as I was finding things so much quicker. And then I bought this for my 10" scope and I realized why this is so much better. In this finderscope you'll see the fuzzy patches. With a red dot sight, there's no magnification. You're using your naked eyes..so let's say you're trying to find andromeda. You point your red dot at the area you think it's in, and then you have to look away and defocus your eyes to see the fuzzy patch. It's a lot of extra work. With this finder scope, you just point it to the area, and you'll see the fuzzy patch in the finderscope ! There's no having to defocus your eyes and trial and error. It's there, and it makes finding deep space objects so much easier. It doesn't come with any instructions unfortunately. ## Features - A GREAT UPGRADE TO STOCK FINDERSCOPES: The 50 mm lens produces bright images with a magnification of 9X and a 5ΒΊ apparent field of view. The right-angle, correct-image design keeps objects oriented correctly for easy, intuitive pointing and aiming. - BATTERY POWERED ILLUMINATOR: The crosshair lights up with a soft, red glow. It's easy to adjust or tun off the illumination if desired. - ILLUMINATED DOUBLE-CROSSHAIR RETICLE: Stars aren't obscured by the reticle so you can see and center them with pinpoint accuracy. - EASY TO INSTALL: Includes a double ring bracket with integrated dovetail. - UNBEATABLE WARRANTY & SUPPORT: Buy with confidence from Celestron, a leading telescope brand in California since 1960. Your purchase includes a 2-Year US Warranty and unlimited support from our team of US-based experts. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B00DEOM534 | | Additional Features | Illuminated reticle, right angle correct image design | | Best Sellers Rank | #69 in Telescope Finder Scopes | | Brand | Celestron | | Built-In Media | Finder Scope | | Coating | StarBright XLT | | Compatible Devices | Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes | | Customer Reviews | 4.1 out of 5 stars 434 Reviews | | Exit Pupil Diameter | 5.56 millimeters | | Eye Piece Lens Description | Non-specific | | Field Of View | 5 degrees | | Finderscope | Reflex | | Focal Length Description | 450 millimeters | | Focus Type | Individual Focus | | Global Trade Identification Number | 00050234937818 | | Item Dimensions D x W x H | 7.5"D x 6"W x 5.5"H | | Item Type Name | Celestron illuminated raci finder scope, black (93781). | | Item Weight | 16 ounces | | Manufacturer | Celestron Acquisition LLC | | Manufacturer Part Number | 93781 | | Model Name | Illuminated RACI Finder Scope | | Model Number | 93781 | | Mount | Dovetail mount | | Number of Batteries | 1 Lithium Ion batteries required. (included) | | Number of Items | 1 | | Objective Lens Diameter | 50 millimeters | | Product Dimensions | 7.5"D x 6"W x 5.5"H | | Telescope Mount Description | Dovetail mount | | UPC | 050234937818 | | Unit Count | 1 Count | | Warranty Description | 2-YEAR WARRANTY | | Zoom Ratio | 9 | ## Product Details - **Brand:** Celestron - **Compatible Devices:** Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes - **Eye Piece Lens Description:** Non-specific - **Finderscope:** Reflex - **Focus Type:** Individual Focus - **Item Weight:** 16 ounces - **Model Name:** Illuminated RACI Finder Scope - **Objective Lens Diameter:** 50 millimeters - **Product Dimensions:** 7.5"D x 6"W x 5.5"H - **Telescope Mount Description:** Dovetail mount ## Images ![Celestron Illuminated RACI Finder Scope, Black (93781) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51UmKYU8xyL.jpg) ![Celestron Illuminated RACI Finder Scope, Black (93781) - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51cu56cGJqL.jpg) ![Celestron Illuminated RACI Finder Scope, Black (93781) - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51WgAtJb2oL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Celestron RACI Illuminated finderscope -- lots of nice features for new and veteran astronomers. NO instructions, but workable. *by J***K on December 8, 2015* A pending 4-star... UPGRADED Dec 2015 to 5-stars: I retired my factory finder in favor of this RACI + Definitely easier for matching charts to the cosmos for navigating. + Definitely appreciate the parallel reticle, you can place your intended target in the center box. + Definitely appreciate the illumination, thought it would not be bright enough, but have been using lowest light and then turning off (saves the batteries) All seems OK with this finder, with the major exception there are NO INSTRUCTIONS. Not a big thing for those familiar with eyepieces, focusers and other telescopic equipment, but it would be nice to have SOMETHING, whereas the finder arrived with NOTHING. At the very minimum someone needs to ID the batteries for eventual replacement! Newcomers will find this exasperating. After 30 minutes of fiddling, the finder is now ready for some star-time; will update this review after ward, but it looks like a nice finder. I have been using a Telrad finder on my 8-inch SCT, and like it for the illuminated reticle and wysiwyg (what you see is what you get) view for star-hopping. It is however, not magnified, still very ok for general celestial navigation (planetary, constellations, major galaxies, nebulaes and clusters), but I wanted to try this magnified, illuminated and "upright" wysiwyg finder for a large telescope with deeper capabilities. Pros: 1) double crosshairs, meaning parallel vertical and horizontal lines (etches actually) so that you can place your target inside the crosshairs for a precise alignment. This means of course that your new snazzy RACI and your optical tube are 100% in agreement. Not always the case, and stars being what they are keep moving on us, or us moving relative to them. 2) Having your intended object appear "correctly" (upright, wysiwyg) as shown on star atlases and charts makes star-hopping easier for us amateurs. 3) I use an 11" Celestron SCT that has a big optical tube, so having the right-angle makes sighting (ie, "targeting") far easier than with the original factory in-line finder. ps on the absent instructions: this RACI uses the same mounting method as the factory finder -- 1 fixed set-screw (spring loaded), and 2 adjustable set-screws for exact adjustment. If your RACI body moves, notice a hex allen set-screw within the fixed spring loaded screw, one that can be tensioned for a more secure placement and alignment of the RACI. I had to increase that adjustment tension as the RACI body was "too soft" and easily moved. Not a big thing, just look for that buried allen screw. Cons: none technical. My RACI arrived with some scuffs and smudges and a noticeable scrape down to the bare metal near the mount, and it appeared to be somewhat put together but sloppy. Also a number of dirt/dust particles here and there inside the optics as if this unit had been partially disassembled. "In" as is requiring partial disassembly and blowing out the foreign debris. This leads me to believe this was once someone else's and they returned it. I hope to add positive feedback after it's been in service a while. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A must for your telescope if you want to see galaxies and nebula quickly. *by G***Z on December 17, 2014* I bought it to use on my Meade 10" Lightbridge telescope. As others have mentioned, it will affect the balance of your telescope. It weighs about two pounds. So plan on balancing it somehow. But it is completely worth it, and really...it's also completely necessary to do good deep sky observing. I also have a hand made (by my own hands) 6" newtonian reflector. I bought a red dot sight for that and thought that was a huge step up as I was finding things so much quicker. And then I bought this for my 10" scope and I realized why this is so much better. In this finderscope you'll see the fuzzy patches. With a red dot sight, there's no magnification. You're using your naked eyes..so let's say you're trying to find andromeda. You point your red dot at the area you think it's in, and then you have to look away and defocus your eyes to see the fuzzy patch. It's a lot of extra work. With this finder scope, you just point it to the area, and you'll see the fuzzy patch in the finderscope ! There's no having to defocus your eyes and trial and error. It's there, and it makes finding deep space objects so much easier. It doesn't come with any instructions unfortunately. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very Nice, But.... *by W***I on March 18, 2014* Bought this for my Celestron 8" Edge HD which came with a straight through finder of the same power. I just find the diagonal much easier to use due to the image corrector. I have spatial relations issues so when I see one thing upside down (regular finder) and then same image right side up (scope), it makes it very difficult for me to reconcile the two images. Now I can view through both and see the exact same image, depending on angle. Like others have said, the reticle light adjusts very low so it is useful. Also, like others have said, there are no instructions anywhere, including Celestron's site. It is very well made and heavy duty. You can focus the front objective by loosening a lock ring and rotating the barrel and you can focus the reticle at the eyepiece. It mounts exactly like the original finder so no problem there. But with the adjusting system it uses, it very easily loses it's alignment. On the rear mounting ring, it uses a spring loaded spindle on one side and the other two screws are adjustable. So, once you are aligned, due to the nature of the spring not being fixed, if bumped or manipulated at all, the spring changes the alignment. Another part that is not completely fixed is the front mounting ring wherein a rubber O ring fits to hold the finder in the ring. Again, this allows small movements of the finder. It takes the most minute movement of the finder to lose its alignment with the scope. At first, when aligning the finder, it only took the screws barely touching the finder to bring it into alignment with the scope which was very unstable. So, I looked to the rear of the spring barrel and lo and behold, there is an adjustable Allen screw to tighten the spring down. Now, I'm able to tighten all three points very firmly. The only give remains in the O ring which is slight. So, 4 stars for the silly dynamic nature of the design and lack of instructions. Not sure why they couldn't just use 3 screws on the rear ring and 3 screws on the front ring like everyone else. 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