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Stephen

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Have you taken the focuser through the full range of travel (all the way in to all the way out)?

When you say you have removed the dust cover, have you removed the whole 8" cap, or just the small 2" cap on it?

(Sorry if that sounds REALLY stupid, but it has been known to happen :p )

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Capricorn

Capricorn

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If you can see the milky way point the scope at that, it's big.

If the milky way is too dim, light pollution, then point it at Casseiopia.

Then put in an eyepice of long focal length and start playing with the focuser - move it slowly.

Take some care pointing it at Casseiopia as the field of view is actually quite small on a scope.

Hopefully at some position lots of stars will appear.

Do a rough polar alignment of the mount first.

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Parus major

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My guess is you still had the cap on the eyepiece on the bottom. If you can look into the focuser ("eyepiece hole") and see a bit of your own face on the smaller mirror then it should work.

As covers and caps go, there's a massive on on the front, one on the focuser and two on either end of the eyepiece.

You should also have two mirrors in the tube.:p

Try shining a torch or a phone in front of it and looking in the eyepiece, if you see light then it's all good.

My trick on aligning the finder to the telescope in the dark is to remove the front cap and the eyepiece and pick some thing bright like Jupiter, remove the clutches on the mount and use the hinges on the tuberings as an aiming device. Once you're in the ballpark, look into the focuser minus eyepiece and wiggle it around. as soon as you see a flash of light get the clutches on and get the highest mm eyepiece you have and put it in and focus and center it. Then center the finder. Works on streetlights as well.

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Sam

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Welcome to SGL. Probably one of the best things to do first is use you scope to view something in the distance during the day - like a distant tree/buidling/hill etc (NOT THE SUN!). This way you'll figure out how it all works - for example if you're trying to look at a tree and it's all black then there's probably something in the way. It'll also get you used to the focus travel and allow you to line up the finderscope. Obviously once you use it at night the focus will be a bit different. I hope that helps! good luck you've got a great setup.:p

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Mr Spock

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Hi, welcome to SGL :p

The best thing to do with any new equipment is to set it all up during the daytime and play with it until you are familiar with how everything works. It's much easier than trying to do it in the dark!

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