Jennifere20

Thankyou so much. 

Right ok thankyou 

So have the scope so it’s level horizontally at first? 

Ahhh yes. So looking at the picture the back faces north? 

Thanks! Just checked my tripod and there’s no N for which way to put my scope 

Ok thankyou all very much for your help! I’m gonna go try it out tonight 😬

Don’t think I’m going to be able to go out tonight. The sky is black. Going to get some bad weather I think 💭 

So when I’ve set the latitude I just move the scope left and right rather than up and down and I will find things that way? Because I find myself moving it left to right and up and down and I can never find anything in the sky’ 

Ok I will try that. Thankyou. One more question. Im

mot really sure how to align my scope to Polaris so. If I just set the latitude to 53.3 would that not be suffice? 

Does everybody use theirs during the day or night? Is it better to do it at night when your a beginner? 

Thankyou everybody for your help and advice over the past few days. I really appreciate it. Although I’m getting frustrated I am going

to sit down with it later and try to align it to Polaris etc. Suppose it’s just one of things that take

time to get use to. I will stick to it 

5 minutes ago, Rob said:

Welcome. And as the others have said 'Hang in there!' this hobby is very much a marathon, and not a race. Joining a society or club will help you so much.

I started out with the same setup, and my beloved 114 Newtonian showed me so much. However it really does take a little time to grab the basics of kit & star hopping. Once mastered you will be all good.

Best Rob

Thankyou. Did you get frustrated at the start too? 

5 minutes ago, carastro said:

Hang in there Jennifer (nice to see a photo BTW).  Once lock down has eased there are bound to be people in your area who can give you a hand.  

I just found your local Astronomy society:

https://liverpoolas.org/

Carole  

Oh Thankyou very much Carole

Okay thankyou 

Ahhh right ok. I’m not sure. Just ordered a 9mm haha. I know it was £35 

Just now, John said:

No don't give up. I spent quite a few years with my old scope. Despite it's drawbacks it did show me enough to get me hooked on the hobby.

Joining an astro society is an excellent idea. There are a list of them down the left hand side of the front page of the UK Astro Buy & Sell website (scroll down):

https://www.astrobuysell.com/uk/

 

Oh Thankyou! Il join that! I know. I don’t usually give in to anything and I’ve been wanting a telescope for years! Think is with me i need somebody to show me on my actual scope what to do then il get the hang of it properly! But unfortunately I don’t know anybody that’s into them! At least I saw Venus haha. But another question:

I used my 20mm in my Barlow when I’d found it without my Barlow. Would my 9mm be better on its own? To view Venus? 

Just checked for clubs. There’s none around my area. But to be fair

its a shitty place to live. Lol

Forgot to mention... I did also purchase a 9mm eye piece 

Haha. Okay thankyou! I am not sure if the do local clubs around where I live? 

11 minutes ago, DaveL59 said:

Which science degree do you have out of interest?

I started with engineering, switched to math and got bored with that so finally did computing, probably only attended about half of that one but did walk away with a degree at the end  

Haha. Forensic science

11 minutes ago, John said:

That might be why they are awkward to use then !

I had a very similar finder on my old (very old) 60mm Tasco and I found that adding some tape around the finder body, where it is held by the front end of the holder, helped a lot in making sure that it stayed aimed where I aimed it. I was hoping that they might have improved the design 50 years on but obviously not

It's still not a good finder by any standards - just about adequate for the brighter targets. If I used the scope more than very occasionally, I would replace the finder with something better.

 

I’m going to look into buying more expensive bits and bobs if I can get into it properly. I’m not

giving up yet

I always said I was going to love to America when I got my degree. Think il Give that a miss now though 

Well hope your settled now anyway. 

2 minutes ago, Nerf_Caching said:

I don't think these finderscopes have the rubber ring. I know skywatcher 6x30 finderscopes do but these don't based on experience.

No I don’t think they do. I checked all photos on google and couldn’t see any

1 minute ago, DaveL59 said:

yeah, Warrington back when it was in Lancs. Lived there twice in fact though only a year or so each time before heading off elsewhere. Army brat so we went where we got posted so was lucky to grow up around the world  

Wow! Cool! Bet you’ve seen some good sights! I’m only 10 mins from warrington!