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    By tibbs1972,

    16th January 2011
    I Managed to get out about 9pm tonight as the weather cleared.
    Finally, I was able to focus the Telescope on The Moon.
    I was really surprised at the detail I could see. e.g. Craters Impact etc.
    I managed to tape the 20mm lens to my webcam.
    After a bit of time adjusting the webcam settings, I managed to
    filter out the suns relection on the Moons surface.
    Unfortunately, the Webcam doesn't show the detail you can see through the eyepiece, but a great result for my second night.
  2. tibbs1972

    Tibbs Blog

    By tibbs1972,

    15th January 2011
    Telescope setup and alignment
    Using the instruction manual, I setup up the Telescope.
    I also found videos on "YouTube" to aid me in balancing and aligning the Telescope.
    I found these videos invaluable, as the instructions with the
    Telescope can get a bit complicated for the beginner.
    I had a play around with the Telescope the first night for a few hours, but
    had issues finding celestrial objects. I realised the problem was with
    the finder scope. I've aligned this today, with the aid of one of
    the videos I've linked and hopefully, weather petmitting, I'll
    have a better night tomorrow.
  3. tibbs1972

    Tibbs Blog

    By tibbs1972,

    14th January 2011
    I've been thinking about it for a while now and have finally decided to jump in to Astronomy Feet first.
    I've spent hours reading reviews for the last two weeks to try to decide which telescope to purchase. I finally decided on a
    Celestron Powerseeker 127EQ.
    The reviews seemed pretty positive, and Celestron seems to have a good reputation for beginner Telescopes.
    I suppose this seems to be quite a large scope to purchase for a beginner,
    but after reading all the reviews, I get the impression that a
    Telescope with an aperture less than five inches wouldn't give me good results.
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