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ASf ar as i know i dont have a Polar scope ,in fact i dont know what one is ,

have been trying ,but seems i would have to do it every day because i have to put telescope away

in shed and get it out each time i want to use it

Hello,

can anyone give me some tips on setting polar alignment ,i seemed to have cocked it up 

just when i was starting to get balance  and red dot sorted 

its Astromaster 130 eq. thankyou Keith

Hello all,

can someone point  me to map of the sky , so i  can download it 

thankyou Keith

Morning all,

i find the clutch locking handles to very awkward to tighten on my Astromaster 130EQ

if you touch it while looking through eye piece it moves ,its hard to get a good hold of the Hanes,dont really think they are long enough to grip

YES,thats what i should have said mirror supports ,we did get get Venus in to a tiny dot of light ,could not 

make out any features ,im really grateful to the members on here for the help

but now im looking  at scopes at my Age,  wish i had started sooner , think daughter should bought me a GO TO one 

Keith

Hello , im a total beginner ,getting excited now

im looking at it now im in derby  cant get pictures this first time ive got it to work ,had trouble with finder 

.when you take end cover off scope if you look into it you have the little held in place buy four thin brackets in a cross ,now i can see the planet,

but its just very bright in eyepiece ,when i focus in i get the brackets in view

Keith

Astromaster EQ130

Hello all managed to get  to get RDF on planet  the bright one must get a book,

but when i focus in on it i get the plastic cross bars of front mirror

in Eyepiece ,help please 

Keith

Hello Peter,

It is confusing  i dont have a clue what im doing have a quick start guide all in pictures ,,tells yopu how to put telescope together ,,tells you to put battery

into finder, then says you are now ready to stat using your astromaster.

but when you start reading the manual ,you realise you have to balance it and then it starts getting difficult,

when this lockdown   comes  and we get back to normal,i will see if i can find a club to join. Keith

Thankyou John

IT might not be a good scope for a rank beginner ,and a chance remark to Daughter ,

but she said shop had sold over 1500 

and if ya stuck inside dad  its something   to interest you 

 thanks Sue

Hello,

Will try again tomorrow ,so you are saying i get what im looking for in the Eyepiece,

then get the red dot on it .

Keith

Ive been looking at a you tube video ,when set his latitude 

he the rotated his scope  so he could use his eyepiece,can i do that, or is some thing you dont do??

Keith

Hello all sory to be a pain,   Celestron astro 130eq

i can get my RDF dot  on the the target im viewing a  house ,but cant see the red dot in my eyepiece

 help please

Keith

Too had samec questions aboutRDF,  Scope is a celestron Astro 130EQ

Has the telescope tube  got be  set up so rRDF is on top  ,because after balancing scope if i point scope it puts finder on side

thats if i have the balancing right 

Thank you for replies i will shorten the tripod legs, the scope was a surprise gift ,a after looking at the sky at night thru binoculars

i said to daughter it might be good through a telescope 

Couple days later it appeared ,

Keith

Hello i have Celestron Astromaster130-MD 31051

,ive done it all wrong,got the telescope  as a present  as im locked down as a old man,

Hello to all, can some one tell me how to set latitude ,my latitude in Derby is 52 ,when i set it at 50 Ish the telescope is pointing so high i cant see thru Eyepiece??

i have managed to get it balanced ,still need to set the finder scope

help please,

Keith