Sweet dreams

Thank you all for your suggestions. I will be seeing the moon tomorrow, a crescent moon. Will let u know about my experience 

Disappointed...Anyways Hii Voyager3

17 hours ago, Philip R said:

Hi @Sweet dreams and welcome to SGL. 

You could try either of these filters to improve your viewing experience...
https://www.firstlightoptics.com/baader-filters/baader-neodymium-filter.html
https://www.firstlightoptics.com/baader-filters/baader-contrast-booster-filter.html

or even a variable polarising filter may help on the brighter planets. I have and use this type...

and would be the cheaper option. 

Hi Philip R. Do you think I need to use filters for the moon

Thank you for your valuable help. I am glad that I joined SGL. As a beginner I would have really struggled a lot without having joined SGL. My upcoming observations will be based  on the moon. So I will be posting them here. Be sure to check it out!!!

On 23/01/2014 at 18:45, nagarajan said:

Any one wants any help from me in Chennai I will be more than happy to assist you. Spending one valuable time to sharing knowledge is amazing from you guys. continue the good job all the veterans are doing here

Hii Nagarajan. I am from Chennai too. Nice to find someone Chennai

Thanks you so much guys. As for the stars I am able to spot out a few bright stars. Yesterday, I looked up at procyon and was able to see the binary stars separated. I am planning to see Mizar in my next observation. I installed stellarium and finding it very useful. From where can I get much more information about the phases and positions of the planet?

Thank you beka and Tiny clanged. As I am just a starter I do not know much about the sky. I hope that the stellarium will work and I am going to install it today. By the way, beka, tiny clanger and everyone else, can the light pollution in my city affect my observing of the planets. I am asking this as I am living in the highly polluted Indian city Chennai.

2 hours ago, Sabalias said:

Hi there,

I can't speak for the telescope I'm afraid but now is not the best time to view Mars as it is a considerable distance away from the Earth and won't in opposition (close and fully illuminated by the sun) until December 2022. The last time it was in such a position was October 2020. This September you should be able to see Jupiter and Saturn but the magnification and clarity you get will depend on the eyepiece (and barlow) you use.

Hope that helps,

Thanks for the information but what about venus??

Thank you so much guys. I finally got a new activation code and installed the starry nights software. I also installed the stellarium app. Thank you for ur help

Hii guys. I recently bought this telescope and just saw mars, venus and mercury. All of it looked like a bright star and nothing more. Mars was a  red dot. Should I use filter or is there any other problem in focusing. Or is it the maximum ability of this telescope

Hello guys. I recently bought a celestron powerseeker 50az telescope on second sale. I wanted to download the starry nights software which comes with the telescope. But the card which contains the code was not given to me. Is there anyway by which I could download it