sighting markers of a reticle and the placement of photoluminescent material on or around a reticle is a matter of choice 0033 fig2 illustrates a conventional circle x reticle 30 a reticle 30 a presents four wide band cross hairs 42 a 42 b 42 c 42 d encircled by a circumscribing ring 44 crosshairs 42 a 42 b 42 c 42 d each present a first end 46 adjacent ring 44 and a second end 48 which terminates at interior ring 50 which circumscribes two thin band cross hairs 52 54 which are oriented perpendicularly to each other in this embodiment ring 50 and cross hairs 52 54 have a quantity of photoluminescent material deposited thereon which illuminates the center of the reticle thereby providing an enhanced sighting marker at the center of the reticle which is useful in low light conditions the photoluminescent material could be deposited on ring 50 and cross hairs 52 54 using any conventional process including painting dipping airbrushing standard brushing powder coating vacuum deposition sputtering gluing or even be used as the reticle itself of course the reticle can be formed of any material which could be used as a reticle such as thin pieces of metal wire spider webs or even thin film alloys such as a nickel alloy some of these materials use a photolithographic process to etch a reticle pattern out of the material and this etched out pattern may be applied to a plate of optical material and subsequently covered with.