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Its great reading these posts. I will be getting the 32mm plossl as well as a set of good binoculars I think. Having had a proper look around this site, I can tell it’s easy to spend serious money on stargazing! Thanks for the diagram, @Stu. I have also been watching youtube videos about this, and reading a book called “Backyard Astronomers Guide” which my wife bought me years ago along with the telescope. Things are slowly coming together. But this forum was the key! Cheers

Just to say that I have got everything working and it is incredible. @Stuyou were absolutely bang on I think. The mount being set to the correct latitude and pointing north made the difference. I dont fully understand why it made such a difference but hopefully I will become more knowledgeable about all this stuff. Not sure if anyone is still reading this post but thanks so much.

Hello, I have spent a bit of time today looking at a mountain through my telescope in the daylight. Unfortunately its the same situation - a perfect little image through the scope but as soon as I put the eyepiece in its just an undefined blur. Below is a picture of what can be seen without the eyepiece (its a mountain with a small peak). I have gone through every position on the focusser/tracker but perhaps im just not skilled enough yet. I couldn’t get a good photograph of the image produced through the eyepiece but it just looks like a tiny ball of white light. I am wondering if I am inserting the eyepiece correctly so I have added a video of how im placing it in the diagonal. Again, thanks for all the help. Im really grateful for your time. This site is a 💎 FullSizeRender.mov

Just took it back indoors. Again, thanks a lot for the help tonight. WFH tomorrow so will have a go at viewing objects in the small amount of daylight we have, and I will definitely update on here. Have a good evening!

Thank you all for your replies and valuable advice. It turns out I do have “floaters”, I just never realised! Im glad to hear they are normal enough. What a revelation though.. I am pretty sure everything thats required is attached. I will take a picture/video. There are a few things I know are missing - the long rubber bit which make it easier to adjust, and the viewfinder. Please do let me know if anything else important is missing though. I have adjusted the focuser the whole way through but no improvement unfortunately. I will purchase a set of new eyepieces (hopefully in the sale because the sets are more expensive than I expected). Thanks again IMG_5193.MOV

Thanks. Its a F=700 D=70 refractor. Im still at it. When I dont have the eyepiece in I can see a perfect tiny moon through the telescope but when I put the eyepiece in its all a blurred mess. I’m thinking you are probably right with the magnification. Its the obvious reason but I don’t understand whats making all these random lines and dots.

Hello, Firstly, apologies if this question has been posted and answered elsewhere - I had a look around but could not find anything. Also, sorry if this is in the wrong section. About ten years ago my wife purchased me a Skylux Bresser telescope. I used it once, couldnt figure it out and set it aside for a decade (terrible attitude). However, my obsession with space has returned and I am determined to stick with it now that im a grown up. The problem is that every time i aim at the moon and look through the eyepiece all I see is an undefined blur and a load of dots and squiggles (and occasionally my eyelashes). I purchased a new 10mm 62 degree “Aspheric” lens - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0749PC72L/ref=cm_cr_othr_mb_bdcrb_top?ie=UTF8#cm_cr_carousel_images_section but that has not helped much. The image is still just a blur. Its almost as if its ultra zoomed in but no matter how much I adjust, I can’t get an image of the moon that looks anything like what other newbies seem to have. Does it sound like the telescope might just be rubbish/damaged? I have been at it for hours and I am just in to boil the kettle. I thought i would join up here and see if anyone is feeling helpful. Thanks for reading. Any advice at all is most welcome.