siriuslyblack

Thank you so much! We are on the Central Coast of NSW and have SO much rain right now, not sure when our next clear night will be but I hope it's soon!

Thank you all so much for your comments! I ended up taking everything back to the store and the manager told me I was sold the wrong eyepieces for my telescope, so they upgraded me to the AstroMaster 130! Got it all set up now and keen to try it once this torrential rain stops and we have a clear night ....

Hi all! Newbie here ✌️ I recently bought a Celestron Astromaster 70. It came with a 20mm and 10mm eyepiece. Got it all set up, could see the moon really well, couldn't see Jupiter clearly but could see it and it's moons but not in detail. Could just see Saturn and a glimpse of it's rings. I went back to the store today and got an eyepiece bundle and no matter what I do, I can't get it to focus when I'm using the 2x power lense and the 6mm eyepiece. I took it all apart and back together several times, my husband did too and we managed to lock onto Jupiter again, but once we add the 2x power lense it's just a massive white blur and it won't focus at all. I'm feeling a bit disappointed because all the research I did says all the pieces I've got give really great views of Jupiter and Saturn (so much so that you can see the shadow of saturns rings on Saturn itself) but the quality is nothing like the instruction manuals and books say. The focuser moves all the way in and out without an issue - all the way out is blurry, kind of sharpens a bit halfway in but then goes blurry again when it's all the way in. Everything is brand new, lenses are clean - I just feel like there is something not right! I haven't been able to test the 2x power lense or 6mm eyepiece on the moon as it's current orbit doesn't place the moon in a visible spot for me until about 2am. But when I first got the scope could see things great and really clear. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!