philsail1

A very good find that John (Jahmanson)!

Yes, it would be an idea to point ALL newcomers to this guide, as the most common question from them seems to be "which telescope should I buy?"

We have all been there haven't we! We can see that the night sky looks very interesting - even with the naked eye, so the very next thing we want to do is rush out and buy the biggest and most sophisticated scope we can afford, giving no consideration to any other aspect of the hobby (i.e. will the scope be easy to use, portable, or even suitable for me in particular!).

The final result can mean spending a huge amount of money on an instrumant which is hardly ever used, and ends up on e-bay!

So to repeat - the guide you found is excellent John.

Regards,

philsail1

philsail

Gordon,

Have you binoviewers been dropped or taken a knock of some kind? Are they brand new and under guarantee?

I don't anything about "binoviewers" but I have repaired the odd pair of old binoculars in the past - binoculars which were badly out of collimation due to one of the prisms having moved. (usually through being knocked or dropped).

If, and when you take yours apart, try and see if you can notice if one of the prisms have moved. In older binoculars the prisms were held in by screwed down strips of steel, with a drop of wax to seal them in position. I don't think the newer ones will be held by wax as well as screwed down sprung steel.

Look though each of the oculars in turn - sometimes you can see which one is off the horizontal view.

If you do adjust - only move one prism until you get it right with the other one.

Good luck!

Phil edwards.

P.S. apologies if you already know all the above!!