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I have a low power 28mm 2 inch explore scientific ep i use for finding it, only issue is it brings out so many stars i have tremendous trouble finding the correct target.. so finding the main stars that make up hercules is difficult. The riger quickfinder is to dim to line up in the day it has to be dark i will make it my mission tonight to try and align riger im thinking it needs to be in the exact same area as my old standard finder scope was. Currently my finder is higher up the teleacope tube.

I have no idea where im going wrong then my telecope is cooled, colimated and is under very hard skys with no light polution. Im using a starguider ed 8mm which is roughly 93 mag so maybe i need more magnification maybe im slightly off the target.. whos knows 😕 My finder scope is a riger Quickfinder and im strugglong to align it.. im sure thst doesn't help. Atleast i know what im looking for now

Hey guys, struggling to find any deep sky objects atm can only find double stars, currently trying my hardest to see m13, can anyone tell me what im supposed to see? Will it look like a star or something? Is my telescope capable of seeing detail of such dso?

South wales neath 😂 best country for stargazing brecon beacons not far from me is the top 5 places in the world for stargazing surprisingly pitch black no light pollution what so ever.

Aww cool theres one 25 miles from me thats good to know. I may phone the shop and ask on the phone they specialise im cameras teleacopes and other such things.

Hey friends! I was just hoping for some advise my gf recently joined the community and got herself a vt8 classic dobsonian telescope however i cant collimate the secondary mirror no matter how hard i try it seems like the secondary mirror is to far off. I tried tightening and loosening the middle nut instead and the mirror spins in a compete circle, is this normal? Would a local teleacope shop be able to fix or look at this maybe? collimating my teleacope celesteon omni xlt 150 is a breeze so im thinking its a issue with the mechanics of the secondary mirror hopefully not considering the price payed for it.. any help will be appreciated

Update friends. It was indeed the travel and with an adapter to increase the length and a new explore scientific 2 inch 28mm eyepiece i was able to fucus no problem and the field of view with this eye piece is incredible i cant wait to add another 2 lenses to my collection avoiding very high magnifications cause i feel with this teleacope less is more. Any suggestions for a 17 or 10-9 mm eyepiece would be welcome but thank u all again for the help!

Well thank you i will have a look and keep you all updated

Hmm yeh i guess your right thats good advise any good budged 2 inch wide field eye pieces with a focal length of under 35mm, i know a place i can get my teleacopeyou checked out monday. Thanks

Oh really! I can send a pic later not with the baader hyperion for future reference Im considering buying this https://www.amazon.co.uk/Explore-Scientific-68-N2-Filled-Eyepiece-28/dp/B01081P4GA/ref=mp_s_a_1_fkmrnull_1?keywords=explore+scientific+68°+series+eyepiece&qid=1557590402&s=gateway&sr=8-1-fkmrnull Thoughts? i get 20 quid off additionally and free delivery

I sent the eye pieces back this morning the seller accepted a return luckily enough lol i need a true 2 inch wide field eye piece as a replacement, any suggestion fellasss? Ps the travel on my scope seems long enough not that i would know how long is optimal

I tried the baader hyperion without the ends pointing at a mountain and they dont work as everyone suggested. These baader hyperions dont work no matter how i use them so i am considering selling them. The 25mm Plossl that came with the scope works fine good focus and picks up plenty of light stargazing I seen a review that my telescope will really benefit from a 2" wide field eyepiece and that i should keep the focal length under 35mm, otherwise the exit pupil will be to large and i will lose leight, any suggestions for such a eye peice? In conclusion im sure the issue is with these baader hyperion eyepeices they dont work with my scope however i will try going to a local telescope store if possible to have it looked over just in case

My focuser is a 1.25-inch - 2-inch Crayford Focuser so shouldn't i be able to unscrew the bottom of my 17 mm baader hyperion and just put it in my focuser without using a 1.25 adapter or anything since the focuser and the eye piece are both 2 inches at this point?

Yes i removed it 🙈

Hmm intereating still it doesnt explain why the light gets aucked out of the sky with these lensss tho.. i just checked colimation and its perfect, any recommended low power eye pieces for this telescope then? I am very lucky im in a village and know many areas that are pitch black with no lignt pollution what so ever .

You mean a dust cap? theres a top and bottom cap and i removed both.. i have a 25mm eye piece that came with the telecope i can see far better through it than these new ones maybe because the magnification is less...

Well i seen the moon, saturn and Jupiter so now focused on more deep sky objects.. I mean by messy is its hard to focus and the light is sucked out of the sky very hard to see any stars.. I believe its collimated i have a laser and a Cheshire eye piece that i use together, i have read with this telescope colimation must be very precise. I did let it cool down the cooling process is quick since its not a rather large dob..

Hey, any recommended eye pieces for this telescope?

Hey everyone, i am new here and to stargazing i recently purchased a celesteon omni xlt 150 telescope which i love i decided to get good eye pieces so bought a 5 10 and 17 baader hyperion ep issue is they suck the light out of the sky i can barely see anything, are the baader hyperion suited for my scope the view seems a bit messy, if not iis there any recommendations for me? i am lost at the moment.

Hey im a noob but are these eye peices suitable for a celestron omni xlt 150?