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When I look without the lens I don’t see a reflection of my eye but rather a very out of focus image of what the other end of the scope is pointing at.

Unfortunately there’s no barlow instaled its just the lenses and I can rotate a nob that makes the lens to go out or inside.

Tried looking at the stars at night and saw nothing. If I put light into the scope it does show light when I look into the optics but nothing more. Even took the parabolic mirror out to see if I could remove the black cap but it doesn’t come off without cutting it out.

Dear Stargazers, I received the Bresser Dobson 5 but it doesn’t work. Look through the optics and it shows black. Sent email to Bresser but no reply. Is there anyone here that could help? It might be I’m just doing something wrong and a quick facetime chat with a experienced member could have us stargazing this evening. Thank you for your help!

Thank you Stephan! I will research on the optics and use the maps you sent to avoid pollution. We are in the city here in Lisbon but close to the river and we have a garden so maybe we will manage to get some nice views.

Dear Stargazers, I followed everyone’s advice and just purchased a refurbished Bresser Dobson 130mm for 150€ with shipping to Portugal. The guy selling the used Heritage 150P was also selling a laptop with a big crack visable in the pictures but claiming it was in good conditions so I didn’t want to risk it and bought a 5 inch dobson directly from Bresser with 2 year warranty. @Nyctimene you suggested getting a 32mm super Plössl, would this make a big difference compared to the included optics ? https://www.bresser.de/en/Astronomy/Telescopes/BRESSER-Messier-5-Dobson.html

I’m down to these 2: Sky-Watcher Heritage 150P used for a negotiable 250€ but I’m scared to buy it because I don’t know how to check if it’s working properly. https://m.olx.pt/d/anuncio/telescpio-skywatcher-heritage-150p-IDHcQ9A.html BRESSER Messier 5" Dobson Parabolic 130mm refurbished for 150€ at Bresser website. https://www.bresser.de/en/Astronomy/Telescopes/BRESSER-Messier-5-Dobson.html

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Thank you for your advise. I now find myself trying to decide between: 1. telescope with a app that connects to the phone and the mount automatically aligns to view desired objects 2. telescope with a stand for the phone in the mount and a app that shows arrows to align the scope 3. Regular manual mount without any app but I fear I will not be very good at finding anything for my daughter nor will I know what I will be looking at to explain to my daughter. 4. Dobson Scope (quick to assemble) In terms of app based with automatic alignment I found this scope that is way off budget: https://www.astroshop.eu/telescopes/skywatcher-telescope-n-114-500-skyhawk-1145p-az-go2/p,75976 In terms of app based but without automatic alignment I have these two that are cheaper but have to place the iPhone on the mount and check the arrows on the app to move the mount to the desired object: https://www.discoazul.pt/telescopio-celestron-starsense-explorer-lt-70az.html https://www.telescopiomania.pt/telescopios-refletores-newton/9105-telescopio-reflector-celestron-starsense-explorer-lt-114az-newton.html?search_query=StarSense+Explorer+LT+114+AZ&results=1 If I go for a regular mount without any app these two seem like the better options: https://www.astroshop.pt/telescopios/skywatcher-telescopio-n-114-500-skyhawk-1145ps-az-pronto/p,69300 https://www.astroshop.pt/skywatcher-teleskop-ac-90-660-evostar-90-az-pronto/p,69290 Dobson https://www.astroshop.eu/telescopes/bresser-dobson-telescope-n-130-650-messier-dob/p,58039 https://www.telescopiomania.pt/telescopios-dobson/3218-skywatcher-telescpio-heritage-130p-retrtil.html Out of these 7 options what would you reccomend? Thank you again for everyone`s help!

Unfortunately nowadays buying from the UK to Europe isn’t a viable option because everything gets stuck in customs and we need to pay a crazy amount of customs and import duties. The telescope store that supplies Portugal and Spain is Telescopiomania below but they don’t have the Heritage 100P only the Heritage 76/300: https://www.telescopiomania.com/telescopios-dobson/10085-telescopio-dobson-skywatcher-heritage-76300.html# Is this one better than Celestron Firstscope?

Esteemed Stargazers, I kindly ask for your advice as I’m looking to buy a telescope for my 7 year old daughter that loves astronomy. My wife wants to spend the minimum amount possible on a Amazon kid telescope but I preffer to spend a bit more on something that actually allows my daughter to see the moon and stars. I was leaning for the Celestron Firstscope at 75,95€ but without a finder makes it harder for my daughter to use it: https://www.telescopiomania.com/telescopios-astronomicos-de-iniciacion/7193-telescopio-celestron-firstscope-76-edicion-especial-robert-reeves.html# I then found the more expensive Celestron Startsense Explorer 70 that has the app to find stars: https://www.telescopiomania.com/telescopios-refractores/9080-telescopio-refractor-celestron-starsense-explorer-70-lt.html# Also saw a lot of people here advise the Heritage 100P but it isn’t sold in Portugal and it would cost 200€ to get it from Germany (even more from the UK due to customs tax). Maybe there’s another option I’m missing and would really be grateful if anyone could help out. Thanks!