MalusDB

Guys I finally got a good night, and was able to get an ACTUAL look at jupiter. it was tiny but i could make out 4 of the moons, 2 which couldn't be resolved. No more black dot problem, I learned my limits with this scope. Hoping for a clear sky at moonrise! Thanks again for the help!

So I basically focused beyond the capacity of the telescope? Man I'm hardcore

Okay, the more I think about that, the more sense it makes too. I hope I get some clear skies in the next hour or so, would love to see if it'll give me clear views of the moon. I'll honestly be happy with that, I didn't expect magic from this thing, just for it to at least not block my view haha. Thanks Mak! And by the way Dave, I've been looking at astro baby's site and its a goldmine! Bookmarked already. Thank you both for the great help tonight, can't wait to start contributing to this community! Many thanks, Eamonn.

I'll make sure to get a good read through that Dave, thanks for the help! Hopefully I can come back and say it's working fine after this Thanks, Eamonn

Thanks for the warm welcome! I'm 100% certain it wasn't that, however. I could clearly see the stem from the secondary mirror that holds it in place, and it covered about 2/3rds of the planet while centred. Unfortunately I can't provide photos, I'm literally that new lol. Is there a known cause for dobs to have this issue, the secondary impeding the view of the scope at the higher limits of its mag? Eamonn EDIT: I decided to just add in what I saw to the picture you provided. Needless to say I wasn't seeing anything that crisp and clean but, then again, I wasn't really seeing much of anything for it to be that crisp and clean!

I have a 10mm and 25mm wideview, the stock ones that came with it. I actually seem to notice it at higher magnification, but I can see it using both. Hoping it wasn't damaged in transit, although if it was clear enough to get a look at the moon maybe I could figure out more clearly what is going on. I took a look down the focuser with the eyepiece removed to make sure it's collimated right, and it seems fine, but I noted there's only the one screw attached to the secondary anyway, and no spider, so changing anything there would be beyond me for sure. Is it considered a normal occurence to see the secondary like this? Once I brought Jupiter up to the point it near enough filled the eyepiece the secondary was covering at least 2/3rds of the planet. EDIT: Thanks for taking the time to reply to me btw, appreciate it

Hey everyone, my first post here, so apologies in advance for my complete lack of knowledge! And probably for also asking a question that has been asked before I just got a Skywatcher 76 dob, and have been trying to use it tonight/this morning. I calibrated it as per intructions (aim at something terrestrial about 500m away) and every thing seemed fine, during the day i was practicing focusing in on random objects, and felt I had the hang of it. So tonight, during a break in the clouds I managed to find what I believe to be Jupiter, but i noted a small black dot in the centre of the image. When I increased the mag, I found out it was actually the secondary mirrors image superimposed on the image of Jupiter(?). I'm wonder what, if anything, I have done wrong, or just some insight into what this is all about. Feeling pretty deflated, despite the fact the Telescope works, this has really put a dampner on my experience. Thanks in advance for any help