hi there! It’s my first time ever posting here. A little while ago I started to look for my first telescope, and after a lot of research, I decided a dobsonian was the best recommendation for complete noobs. Unfortunately for me, name brand telescopes are very expensive in my country, so I ended buying a used dobsonian, with optics made by well known Brazilian ATM (Sebastião Santiago Filho).
However when I received this telescope I noticed half of the view through the eyepiece was completely black, possibly obstructed. After investigating, I believe the secondary mirror found its way inside the focalizer, and the “obstruction” is the reflection of the inside of the focalizer tube. I’ve been in contact with the person that sold it to me, but he doesn’t seem to know how to solve the problem.
Please excuse if the terms I used aren’t very clear, I’m freely translating from Portuguese.
Here’s some pictures I took of the inside of the telescope: https://imgur.com/a/o545Cmm
Does anyone have any idea how to fix this problem? I’ve tried messing with the angle of the secondary mirror, but it doesn’t seem to do much.