Baldurth

Thanks everyone for great advice. I took my scope outside during the day as adviced and I was able to see the mountains that surrounds the town I live in. When I was going back out in the evening it was to cloudy to see anything so I will try again tonight.

Hi everyone, I am stepping my first steps in the star gazing world and am stuck. I have SkyWatcher Explorer-130 and have set it up best of my knowledge along with the latitude. When I try gaze in the sky at night I don't see anything. I have tried different sizes of lenses but no luck. Should I not be able to see something even though I have not polar aligned the scope? Thank

Hi everyone I am trying to set up my SkyWatcher Explorere 130 EQ". As I am living in Iceland I set it up according to instructions to the Latitude around 65°. AS you can see in the pictures the scope is almost point direct north and I am having hard time seeing anything. I have viewed videos on Youtube and as far as I can see I have set it up correctly but for some reason I feel like I am doing something wrong? Any advice?

Hi @Zermelo No I am living in Iceland. Thanks for the link. I will check it out.

Hi everyone, My wife gave me Skywatcher Explorer 130m EQ2 for birthday. I have not been able to use since it is bright 24X7. So until I can start to use i am doing research. My scope came with three lenses: 25mm (36x) 10mm (90x) 2x Barlow. I have been trying to find a bag for it and lenses and filters. I have found lenses online but what I am trying to find is how I can tell what quality the lenses are. Are there brands of lenses I should stay away from and so on. What online stores are good to find products and information about products for the telescope? Appreciate any advice given. Baldur