I'm v new to star gazing. I got a cheap Celestron travel scope several years ago for viewing the Jupiter, Saturn and Venus conjunction around Christmas here in the UK and a pair of binoculars last year but I finally bit and got a sky watcher 72 ED 72mm aperture 420mm fl) this year on an eq3 pro mount. I'm happy with the photos I'm taking now with a mirrorless Canon. See attached, 180 second exposures x45 stacked of the Iris nebula very roughly processed and a single 90 second exposure of M5 globular cluster.
However, straight after aligning on M5 and taking the attached photo I swapped for a 20 mm eyepiece from the old Celestron and refocused using some stars in view and I could only see a blurry distortion in the middle where M5 was, I tried the 10mm from the same kit and same result. If I thought this was what astronomy was like I would definitely forget about it. I can't overstate how disappointing the view was. But I'm completely satisfied with the photos which is my primary aim.
So do I try a better eyepiece or something?