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Hi Barnsley! Fellow S Yorks person here

Thank you for your input. We returned the telescope due to a fault and are currently looking for a new one. Everything seems to be out of stock at the moment!

Thank you, that helps. You still can't really tell it's Mars though and maybe our hopes were too high for this scope. The hole for the focus screw is way out any way so we are going to return it and find a better quality scope.

I thought so to be honest, we are going to try and focus in the day light to see if there is any difference. Thanks.

I tried that and it is solid, looks like a manufacturer fault most likely

Thanks for your reply. I believe it is supposed to go through the hole below to clamp the drawtube, but as it is out of line it is not locking. We haven't had the opportunity to try during daylight now it is getting dark at 4pm. Will give it a go at the weekend and see if it makes a difference.

Hi thank you for replying. Do you mean extension piece? The diagonal is definitely fitted and then we've attached the 10mm, 25mm and a x2 barlow and all resulting the same. I have attached another photo of the locking screw hole, it doesn't seem to be aligned with the hole below.

Hi All, We have a Skywatcher Mercury 707az telescope and hole for the focus locking screw seems to be out of line. The seller said they would send a video link but haven't as of yet. I am hoping to get some opinions, I have attached a photo. Have we done something wrong or is it faulty? Also, would this affect the focus in any way? The outer part of the frame won't focus properly no matter how we adapt it.

My partner saw Mars' scar yesterday so we are certain it's Mars. It seems to focus on one small part of the planet and then the outer part is blurry, but no matter how much we play with the focus it doesn't seem to change or improve. I feel we are doing something wrong here but I don't know what.

Hi, thanks for your response. After a play around, the focus is as it should be, but it is almost like it is zoomed in too much with each eyepiece we use. Rather than seeing the whole planet in view, we can just see a part of it. I hope I'm making sense? Is this to do with the eyepieces we have?

Hi All, Happy Sunday! Recently purchased a Skywatcher Mercury 707 az and we've found Mars pretty quickly, the image is good, however it doesn't seem to be focusing very well. We have a 10mm, 25mm and a x2 barlow lens. Could it be the eye pieces? Any advice please?

Hi Alan64, I've been awol this week, sorry. I'll have a look at these, I'm planning on purchasing over the next week so I'll update you with what I choose. I appreciate your input.

Hi, thank you for your reply. This is for starting out so really around £120. Is this good enough on it's own or are separate eyepieces required?

Thank you for your reply. I am currently in the UK. I think I will go for the powerseeker as a start off, what eye pieces would you recommend for this?

Hi all, I am looking to buy a beginners telescope and I am currently unsure between 2. I am looking at either the: PowerSeeker 70AZ Telescope or Celestron 31035 AstroMaster 76 EQ Reflector Telescope i have done some research but I really am none the wiser as to which is better. This is for viewing stars and planets. Thanks in advance.