JamesGlasgow

Thanks a lot @PeterStudz just ordered.

Thanks @Mandy D didn’t even think to pull out the eyepiece. Just been outside again with my boy, wife’s going to kill me keeping him up so late( he’s only 9). But it was worth it to see his face light up running up and down the street shouting ‘ I’ve seen Jupiter’ thanks a lot to everyone. You’ve made a boy very happy.

Thanks a lot, a picture paints a thousand words. The one I bought is only around 3cm high, I was just confused now I sort of know. Are the ones in the pictures around 2 inch’s high, just so I buy the correct one. As the telescope didn’t come with any, the person I bought it off used 2” eyepieces

I know this might sound stupid, however here we go!! Bought my son a skyliner 200p classic of eBay, had a few ups and downs since, but with the help on these forums sorted most. However one hing that confuses me, is why the different eyepieces he has end up needing different 2” to 1.25 adapters. It didn’t come with any adapters, just 2 2” Celestron luminous eyepieces, got advised to buy an adapter. So bought one of these https://www.firstlightoptics.com/adapters/astro-essentials-2-to-125-reducer-adapter.html which works with a couple of plossl eyepieces he got for Christmas, but I got him a couple of bst in 8mm and 12mm as an upgrade and I can’t get focus with them. Have tried them in this https://www.firstlightoptics.com/dobsonians/skywatcher-heritage-76-mini-dobsonian.html which he got last year and they get focus fine. I take it I need a different type of adapter? Could anyone point me in the right place please. thanks for any help given.

Again thanks for all the tips and using the guide. Have now managed to collimate the scope. Not as hard as I thought it would be.

Thanks for all the help. Looks like panic is over. That’s the problem being new to all this and watching YouTube, when something doesn’t look the same, panic sets in. Then I didn’t want to touch anything in case I made it worse.

Bought skywatcher skyliner 200p of eBay, for my son's Christmas thinking I got a good deal and think I have been shafted. The screws at thebottom to collimate it are missing. It has Philips headed screws which I believe are locking screws and then 3 holes were I believe the adjustment screws go. Have tried to look to see if I can buy them, but am new to all this, any hep is appreciated on possible size I need. Please be easy on me.

My son has started to show an interest, in the worlds above. I have not had or looked through a telescope since the 90’s, so am going to be asking a lot of questions(I will Google in advance for answers). However I get the feeling already that I might be on a uphill struggle. I will look through the others posts and if I can’t find anything will know doubt start a new thread. thanks in advance