Browsing Time Capsule from a DIFFERENT mac

My primary mac is in the shop. I have a time capsule backup of that mac
I borrowed an IMac and need to get some files from the usual mac off of the Time Capsule. I do NOT want to back up the IMac on the Time Capsule...I only want to find selected files off of the Time Capsule with it.
Is this possible? I can see the TC from the IMac, but can only see a ".sparsebundle" file. When I choose "browse other Time Machine disks" from the Time Machine icon, it doesn't see my time capsule
thank you very much in advance for your help

thank you so much for the response
I had been able to get as far as you instructed, and I can see both my time capsule and the sparsebundle file within it.
what I don't understand is how to utilize that sparsebundle file in order to find the specific files I'm looking for within it
is it simply a matter of double-clicking on the sparsebundle file to "mount" it like a disk? Is there any risk of me doing damage to the backup on the TC?
thanks again for your help

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