help

[ross32]

I have just bought my partner a celestron astromaster 114eq for christmas we have tried it a few times but all we can see is a blur even looking at the moon. Any advise too help would be much appreciated

[John]

Hi,

Try using the scope with just the lowest power (magnification) eyepiece in it - thats the one with the highest number in mm on it - something like 20mm or 25mm I expect. If you have a thing called a barlow lens or an erecting eyepiece don't use those for now - just the single low magnification eyepiece.

When you are adjusting the focus do it slowly - it is very easy to miss the point of sharpest focus.

Hope that helps a bit.

[vincent1cat]

I had a Celestron 130 for Christmas as well and I've just got the Moon in full focus. I couldn't find it at all for a fortnight! Try and focus sharply on an object such as a chimney-stack during the daytime . It might get easier now the Moon is waning and not so bright. Us newcomers must stick together.

[Tinker1947]

Things generally work fine, until a human gets involved.

[ross32]

Thanks for the advise we will try those things and see what happens.

Cheers