Mark68

Thanks for the replies. I tend to always use the Barlow and just change the eye piece. Is that the best thing to do?

Ive got a skywatcher 100mm heritage. Carne with a Barlow, 25mm and 10mm. I bought a cheap 4mm. I do have a tight budget. I looked at Jupiter Saturn and Mars last night. Couldn't see the clouds on Jupiter, but could see it's moons. Saturn was an elongated star. I don't know at the moment if it is my eye pieces or me, or the fact I wear glasses for reading (and don't for using the scope). Tried to find andromeda M31

I just want to say, I am just starting out on observing the sky. Only have a 4 inch scope. Learnt the hard way that a 4mm eye piece isn't the best. I need to get a 6mm. But isn't it amazing when you see a star and focus in on it, then you see all these stars around it. You come away from the scope and cant see anything. The sky just goes on and on.

Ok, thanks for the advice. I'll search for that one.

Thanks. I have had a quick look around and thought they went from 6mm to 4mm. I thought 4mm would be too strong for my scope, hence going for the 6km.

Yeah positive it was jupiter, it might have been me trying to bring it in too close. The website some previous showed me is great for understanding what I can see and with different eye pieces. As to what type of eye piece i have got, i wouldn't imagine it being the best for what the heritage 100 costs. I need to understand how the focusing works now I know what to expect to see, then I will invest in better eye pieces. I can only get 80x at the moment so might get a 6mm and increase it to 133x

That's a fantastic tool. Thank you. So I need to get some more eye pieces. 😀

Hi, Due to having more time on my hands since the lockdown ive become interested in astronomy again. My children bought me the sky watcher heritage 100 for father's day. Ive played with it a couple of times. It came with a Barlow x2, 25mm and 10mm eye pieces. I tried looking st Jupiter last night and couldn't see anything other than a dot, very similar to when I was looking at Arcturus. Am I doing something wrong or do I just need to practice on the focus.