Hello All,
I'm back again with some more questions ready for your expert advice,
So, i'm gonna bore you with how i setup and then hopefully you will correct me with what i am doing wrong. But i will say this that after i have setup and use the goto function to find objects, they are near as dammit in the middle of the EP.
So, i setup level, polar align -
1 - Polaris at 6 o'clock position in polar scope, i then turn RA 180 and Polaris nearly stays on the line( I figure this is okay just for viewing)
2 - setup home pos.
3 - Balance scope
4 - then i go through initialising the handset (all good so far i hope)
now is where i'm a bit stumped
5 - once finished with the handset, it comes up with "place Polaris in scope HH:MM"....do i then go back to polar scope and place Polaris at the time given on the circle?
so far i have just left this bit and then gone on to star alignment, after doing this and centring the objects in EP, i then chose an object to view and it is still off centre a wee bit - is that to do with point 5.?
So, thats that bit out of the way, next..... Barlow Lens... simply why when i use my Barlow lens i cant see nothing but the secondary mirror and support arms, i tried a number of EP's with it and on a number of objects, now , i'm not a complete idiot ( although i can see some raised eyebrows out there ) but surely there's not too much to a Barlow..big end with the lens goes in big hole and EP's go in smaller end..?
Jupiter and Saturn were just a big bright blob with the secondary mirror in the middle, Andromeda Galaxy was just black couldn't even see any blurry stars
My Setup
HEQ5, 200mm Skywatcher PDS, starguider 2" 2xED Barlow with 1.25" Ad, Variuos BST starguider EP 25mm - 5mm
Once again I thank you all for taking the time out to help me and give me advice.
( at the moment , i think i'm getting the hang of it....... But wait till xmas when i get my new laptop and try and setup my camera, i just know i will be on here constantly......