daddy_cheta

My first image of the moon captured yesterday with my new telescope, what do you guys thing?

Thanks guys, ive changed the positioning, but bear in mind I still do not have a rubber O ring, was it missed out or does mine not come with that?

Here is what mine looks like, I havent got a rubber like O ring

Also, I am using the starry night celestron software to view what is in the sky according to my location. I am facing the west at the moment and the sun is just setting...I have seen the moon a couple times here at west late at night, Im hoping I get to see it again this night, though from the app its saying the moon is far off in the south east, will it come around later at night or would I have to go outside to find it?

The O ring is just the round hole where the screws are attached to at the top and both sides, is that correct?

Also, I am using the starry night celestron software to view what is in the sky according to my location. I am facing the west at the moment and the sun is just setting...I have seen the moon a couple times here at west late at night, Im hoping I get to see it again this night, though from the app its saying the moon is far off in the south east, will it come around later at night or would I have to go outside to find it?

Mine is exactly like this, I have managed to keep moving the finsderscope stick with my hands and the screw and finally got the image in place and locked in the screw so it stops wobbling, cos if I dont lock the screw, it will wobble and lose its aim again, sorry for the confusion, I meant aim and not focus. I will get use to the words, I hope. Thanks for the manual pdf you sent me, I already had it hard copy though. I also watched the videos and the way they simply turn the screws and I see a smooth aiming of the target, thats not how mine works, I have to keep supporting mine with my hands to get the right aim then I screw in when I have gotten that, dunno what I may be doing wrong

Thank you so much for the quick response all!!! 🙏 I really feel welcome and excited to be viewing tonight 😀. Yes my diagonal does flip the images to the correct orientation, cos I have a 45 deg one. I did not however see the O ring in the finderscope, the manual doesn't show any label for O ring, so I guess its not there. I am having difficulties seeing through the finderscope cos of my eye lashes, but Im sure I'd get used to it. I think I am learning to use the EP now and avoiding the kidney-beaning, I can certainly see objects clearer now and no shaking and closing, its amazing what I can see!!! 🤩 1. How important is the finderscope when trying to view objects in the sky? can I do without it? How will it aid me to find things at night when I can not even see well in them during the day? 2. Also, how late can I wait before trying to view objects? and I have always wondered, will I see anything even when my entire sky is dark? 3. How do I know where to point my scope if I can't see the object with the naked eye? How do I locate objects in the vastness of the sky and with everything seeming close on the telescope? Sorry for my too many questions, I guess I am just excited to own a telescope for the first time.

Hi everyone!!! It's great to be in a community of like minds and finally got my celestron travelscope 80 today, really excited and looking forward to observing tonight. However I have a few issue: 1. My finderscope images are upside down, is this normal? 2. to get my finderscope to focus on a building is really difficult, it seem wobbly and even the 3 screws ive been told to use for positioning, when I move them, I can easily knock it off focus too cos they dont actually tighten the finderscope into place, is this normal? Are they meant to be tight? 3. Finally when I try to look into my eyepiece, I see a clear image but with slight movement, it gets partially covered by black semi circles, sometimes up or down or sides, I feel its the flexible rubber on the eyepiece cos when I attach my canon 60D it shows clear, but I obviously would like to see with my eyes and not just my camera alone, I also need to point out that I do have really long eye lashes that I also feel might be causing this too... Any help with any of these would be highly appreciated Thanks Josh