new and thick to the ways of the telescope

[sandgroper]

:) this is I new to star gazing, well bought my first telescope waited for clear skys and all i could see of jupiter was a white disk with the shadow of the mirror that directs the light into the lense slap in the middle, I have a celestron astromaster 76eq with a 10mm lense.

now I know I'm doing it wrong please advise then I may hopefully be . what size lense would be better do I need filters?

[nightfisher]

welcome to sgl, try a larger ep like a 20mm and check collimation of the scope

[Astro Imp]

Hi and welcome to SGL.

Sorry can't help with your problem but am sure plenty of the good folk here will be along shortly.

Good luck.

[Moonshane]

I don't think your scope was focused as it sounds like you are seeing the shape of the secondary mirror.

try pointing at the sky (anywhere will do as long as it's dark and clear) and turn the focus knobs all the way out. put in an eyepiece (the one with the highest number = lowest power - use this) and then start to take the focuser back in again. does it ever focus?

if not then take it all the way out again and hold the eyepiece out of the focuser slightly and see if it focuses. if you can lock the eyepiece in position there then great. if not you may need an extension tube.

hope this helps.

[Odd Dob]

Don't want to sound patronising, but are you massively out of focus and just looking at this sort of thing:

In which case use a lower power EP and, er, try focusing

[Quark]

Hello & welcome to SGL!

[saturn4me]

Hi and welcome to SGL:)

[nobbytate]

Hi and welcome from me too

[JamesM]

Hi and welcome to the forum

Clear skies

James

[appalachik]

Welcome to SGL

[cosmological]

Hi and welcome to SGL.

[ScubaMike]

Hi Sandgroper,

Welcome to SGL.

[southernman]

Welcome to SGL , friendly people and very good advice to be had here.

[phillc]

Hello Sandgroper and a warm welcome to SGL.

phillc

[Mr Spock]

Hi, welcome to SGL

[Pete Presland]

hi welcome to sgl from bedfordshire

[glowjet]

Welcome from me too

John

[yeti monster]

Hi, as OddDob says, if that is what you can see, try turning the little wheel that racks the focuser in and out, do it slowly as you could very well be scooting past the focal point. Use your 25mm EP first. Good luck...

[todd8137]

sounds like a focus issue

[Charon]

Welcome to the forum.

[Rusty Strings]

Hi and welcome

[spaceboy]

Welcome to SGL

[pessoa]

Hi and welcome.

[sandgroper]

thanks for the advice from what you have shown me yes way out of focus but with a 10mm ep jupiter at focus was like looking with the naked eye, quess i need a 25mm ep

[sandgroper]

when one buys a telescope the package tells you it is all you need to see the planets, they wouldn't lie to me would they