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Witcherking10

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  1. Stellarium, I'll definitely download it and check it out, thanks! But yeah I'm hooked to this haha my wife was looking for me around the house last night and I was outside with the telescope 😂 thanks for the pointers about the mount and the camera. So far it seemed to work really well and pinpointed the planets with pinpoint accuracy after I did the initial alignment but will keep the tips you provided handy. Now I just look up at the sky and hope for clear skies every night haha
  2. I'm latitude 39 so very close to what you said! For first try what I saw I was satisfied with when it came to Jupiter but will continue to play with the focus and the different maginifications now that my alignment is all good and the clear sky with as little light as possible would be nice. I am glad to hear Jupiter and Saturn will be moving north so it will be a lot easier. I must admit I knew it would be fun to have a telescope but I didnt know it would be so much fun! I'm definitely enjoying stargazing and looking at planets. Eventually will try out DSO. The HC on the SE alone has sky tours, solar system, DSO, and then the sky portal allows you to find what you are interested in. I know I would have a hard time if I had to do it manually especially sitting out in 30 degree weather looking for planets haha
  3. I havent had the chance to try my SE8 on the moon. It hasn't been in my view at all for the past few days but if I feel I need a filter, I'll certainly get one. I did wanna say after 3 straight days of playing with my starsense to align which it did but never perfectly, last night I looked for Mars for about 30 minutes all over the scope based on the initial alignment area and found it. After calibration, I was able to find Jupiter, its moons and Saturn. Such an amazing experience seeing these planets through your own eyes, it was well worth standing out on my deck in 30 degree weather to look at some planets. I added the 2x barlow and started playing with the zoom. For Mars, I couldnt see much red, really a bright yellow circle ball. With Jupiter I was able to see its 4 big moons but couldnt find any bands when looking at Jupiter, maybe with more practice playing with different zooms and focus? Saturn was the best, I could see it pretty clearly and its rings, truly fascinating! The one lens I got that allows me to adjust from 24mm to 4mm does make a big difference and adding the 2x barlow enhances the experience. People did say more magnification doesnt always give a better image which I also agree with. I'm in a rural area of Maryland so light pollution is high, I'm sure that's also a factor for not seeing more clearer images but it's a start. Just happy to be able to see things! 😄
  4. All. Thanks again for all your advice. I went back out in the nice sun (on eastern time). I turned on the finder scope and pointed it to trees behind a home about a half mile away. I could tell it was focused on something brownish because I was no longer seeing the blue sky. I started from the knob all the way to the left and slowly starting turning it clockwise. After some focusing I could clearly see the leaves moving in the wind on the tree in crisp quality. I then started to explore with the knob and what I can see with the focus and got the hang of the scope finder and how to find an object. Looking forward to trying it out tonight! Cant wait to see the moon. I also got the 2x barlow lens and the celestron zoom eye peice that goes from 8mm to 25mm so once I get familiar using the basic lens and finding stars, I'm going to explore with the other lens and really go into detail. I'm so thankful to have found this community and I appreciate all the help you given to this newbie!! I am going to spend quite some time on this website and learn as much as I can. 😄
  5. Thank you both for your input. I was not using the finder scope so will try to align an object far away or a star tonight with it first and then try to find it through the telescope. That would have helped If I tried that. Your picture of the moon is something I was expecting to see but the moon wasnt out last night. I think when it's up there, using the finder scope to find the moon and then the telescope will make it better. I need to play with the focus, that might be also why I'm not seeing anything as you mentioned it has quite a lot of focus and I'm not going far out as I should. As a backup, I ordered the starsense auto align and have the skyportal wifi so will try with those two to see if it can make things easier. In the meantime I'll try to find far away objects to see if I can locate them using the scope once it gets dark here. Again, thank you both for the quick replies!
  6. Hello all, I always been fascinated by astronomy and finally purchased a celestron nexstar 8se. Setup went smoothly but I'm a little stuck on the lens. I attached the star diagonal to the telescope and focused in on an object. I was able to see a part of the leaf on the plant in my house and I attached a picture of that. Moving the telescope left and right allowed me to see other things. I then took out the 25mm lens and can see through that when not attached to the telescope. I can see my sandals and feet through the lens and attached a picture of that. I then inserted the 25mm lens into the star diagonal and that's where all hope gets lost. I see white (assuming that's my wall) and yes the cover on the telescope is also off. No matter where I move the telescope. All I see is white. I tried last night in clear skies and pointed towards some clear stars using the skyportal app to align but I didnt see anything except pitch black through the lens. I also played with the focus but nothing. Am I doing something wrong, I would think the 25mm wouldnt be so zoomed in that I cant see anything? Thanks for any help you can provide me. Looking forward to exploring!!
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