venus

[jaymz stealth]

im having trouble viewing venus first of ill start by sayimg my eye pice does x30 and i have a 3x barlow lense on and aparently the max magnefecation for my telescope is about 110 total usable magnafacation so im well in the peramiters on mag yet i cant seem to see it properly its blurred ferther more i looked on numerous websites to locate venus and the all point to the bright object in the sky so i must be looking at venus yes in the scope it shows a whole planet not this planet that it ment to be half shadow im loving looking at whats out there but im incresingly frustrated about how to set it up so i can view something other then the mooncan anyone help

[knobby]

What scope do you have Jaymz?

[jaymz stealth]

celestron 50az on box it says 600mm focal lenth f/12 im using a 20mm eye pice and a x3 barlow lense

[DOBBY]

At 50mm allow for the fact you are picking up less light than most binoculars...& Venus is a planet with a very thick atmosphere...our moon may be a better target for you