Ladydeb

11 minutes ago, Moonshed said:

We can only hope that poor teddy didn’t get too traumatised by finding a bright red dot aimed straight at him 🤣

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 

15 hours ago, Alan64 said:

The original red-dot finder bolted on two studs rising up from the telescope's tube...

If your new finder is the same as or similar to this one...

https://www.firstlightoptics.com/finders/celestron-starpointer-red-dot-finderscope.html

That's a replacement for a bad finder.  You remove the old one from the mounting stalk, if possible, then attach the new one.

If that's not the finder you purchased, we will need to see which one you did get.  Then we'll go from there.

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

16 hours ago, Alan64 said:

This is the OP's kit...

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/celestron-powerseeker-660-21041-ar-463187696

...a 60mm f/11 refractor.

I would suggest quite a few items to enhance the refractor's performance: a 32mm and a 12mm Plossl, perhaps a star-prism diagonal, and a quality 2x-barlow. 

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