Ladydeb

Hahahahahahaha, I know! I said to mum, stay still let me see if I can your eye 😂😂 she said no

Hi everyone, so tonight I think I’ve sorted it! I’ve been lining up the red dot with teddy bear eyes and fairy lights 😂😂 and it’s where it should be thanks everyone for your help, now I have to wait for a nice night to put it into practice xx

Yep I think this is the one I’ve bought, I’ll double check when I get home, thanks for your help xx

Thanks Alan, I will have a look at getting some different lenses.

Ah Dave, thank you so much for your help, that’s really informative, I hadn’t seen that thread so I will have a look, thank you so much xx

Hi everyone, merry Christmas Eve!! The skies are lovely and clear where I am! I have a couple of questions that anyone could kindly take a look at? my starpointer arrived today, I thought (maybe stupidly) it was just a case of attach and go, but it doesn’t seem the case, I’ve managed to get it so I can correlate where the red dot is near to a star but it’s not exactly on the star - is that how it should be or should it be lined up? Secondly, which (or combination of which) would be the best lens(es) to look at planets at their best? I have: Barlow 3x3 h12 k20 sr4 Using one of the smaller ones (h13 or sr4 I can’t quite remember) I can see mars but to be honest, not massively, it still just looks like a star! if that makes sense. I’m definitely looking at Mars 😂🤦🏼‍♀️😂🤦🏼‍♀️

Ah thanks everyone, yeah, I was really hoping to get out tonight on solstice but as usual in the northwest of sunny england, it’s raining 😒 xx

Hi there! I’m Deb, in Lancashire, UK. I have recently got a celestron powerseeker 660 (it was my dads, a good few years old, he can’t fathom it) as well as a 3.3x Barlow lens, an sr4 a k20 and a H12. Ive just ordered (& waiting for it to arrive!) a new star finder as the one on it seem to be broken. Tonight I saw the moon craters, I’ll be honest I had to chop and change the lens until I figured out what was what but I got there in the end, I feel it’ll be a little easier with the star point to locate - well stars hahahaha. I’m really looking forward to getting to you know you all a little more 😁 have a great Christmas week and happy gazing xx