jaymz stealth Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobby Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 What scope do you have Jaymz? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaymz stealth Posted April 7, 2012 Author Share Posted April 7, 2012 celestron 50az on box it says 600mm focal lenth f/12 im using a 20mm eye pice and a x3 barlow lense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOBBY Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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