Mustang281

Hi everyone, and thank you for all the replies. As anticipated, it was something incredibly simple and an oversight on my part. I wasn’t using the diagonal mirror for the eyepiece. It’s amazingly clear now that I have all of the required parts installed 😉 Thanks again! Erik

Hi Everyone, I’m new to the forum and just purchased our family’s first beginner telescope, and we can’t get it to focus at all. It’s a Meade S102. I’ve followed all of the instructions and videos for ensuring the focus knobs are functional, but everything I try to focus on is extremely blurry. Just a colored blob. I’ve read some of the threads on here and have tried everything. I’m trying to focus on mountains that are about 25 miles away as well as mountains and large building that are 5 to 10 miles away. Nothing is coming into focus regardless of how slowly I turn the focus knob. I realize this is an incredibly inexpensive and beginner’s telescope, but my kids are going to get zero experience with it if I can’t even get it to perform a basic focus. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Erik