Hello Richie: I noticed that the 5" reflector has been "Discontinued" by Celestron, But it should be easy enough to spot the Moon with it. once you have your...
hey group i saw saturn last night and was amazed with it, it's the frist time i see it live!! it appear like a tiny disk with a like across it (rings), i was...
Your 1 and 2 are both possible. Additional possibilities are 3. Low quality telescope 4. Collimation needed 5. Seeing conditions (steadiness of the air)...
Richie, your 5" scope should handle 150x. I am not familiar with the quality or build of the powerseeker, but a 5" scope at a maximum of 50x to 60x per inch of...
Richie, The addition of your Barlow is the cause that you cannot reach focus. The solution might be as simple as inserting a diagonal between your Barlow and...
Hi Richie: I am glad you found Saturn: Before going out to observe with your scope, try keeping it under a shed or in the garage about 30 minutes before...
yes W. i can fully adjust the focuser in / out, but object is not clear.... although the planet was clear though the 20mm eyepeice, but looks a very small...
thank you Travis. i'm using the barlow and eye peices supplied, they are Celestron Brand and did not bought any additional yet until i get familiar with the...
thank you oscar, you are very right about the adaptation of temp with the mirror, specially my place is very humid and hot these days, and i was keeping the...
Rich, collimation tools do not contain lenses. I use 3 tools: site tube, chesire, and autocollimator. The site tube is a long tube with crosshairs. It is used...
Where do you live? I Live In East Central Florida where the Humidity is way high most of the nights, They do sell Dew Heaters and straps for your eyepieces...
Tell Me Richie: In your neck of the woods, what time do you observe Saturn, and in what location? Last night I was observing Saturn around 10pm Eastern time...
hey i located saturn on the south west, but with the help of starts of Arcturus and Spica to the south of it, then saturn lay at the top of the almost 90...
Hello Rashad Ujaimi: Pleased to meat you . I tell you the best information on how to collimate your telescope is to buy if you can the following item . It's...
Hello Oscar my main mirror does not have a center point :( i have adjusted it however to be better, by looking direct into the focuser and making the 4...
pls. tell me, can i use that lazer collimator if i dont have a center dot at the main mirror? ... From: Oscar Sifuentes <osifuentes2003@...> Subject: Re:...
To put a "target" on the center of your mirror is easy to do. Cut a circle of paper the same size as your mirror and cut it out with scissors. Then fold the...
... Catboat, I'm a little too nervous to put paper against my coatings as it could leave scratches. I always lay a rigid ruler across the mirror so that it...
Sure you can !!! Just make sure It's pointed at the center of the mirror, once the smaller reflectors are collimated They stay collimated!! you have to...
just a last question pls. if i take the main mirror off to draw a circle on paper with it, the mirror is concaved, so how do i make the perfect circle by...
... Rich, if you use the paper, it will be very very close to the size of the mirror. Unless you are f/2, it won't matter much. With the ruler, exact...
Hi Rashad: Don't get to techinal, both the paper circle and the rulr work great! If the Mirror is 6 inches, the center will be 3inches right? It doesn't matter...
hello i had my main mirror now marked and used a ruler to mark 3 lines, one from each mirror fixture, i did not watned to take the mirror out (only took the...
Richie, I would adjust the secondary until you can see the primary and focuser draw tube in the reflections. But before I do this I would make sure that the...
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