Having diffuculy locating

[kmce]

hi i am Having diffuculy locating things to look at in the sky, the moon i can find easily enough, but having problems with everything else especially jupiter, my finder scope is not properly lined up no matter how hard we tried we couldnt get it, so i was wongering if there is any tips for locating objects:confused::confused:

[nicnac]

download freeware called stallarium, you guessed it, its free and its good.

happy hunting

[John]

Getting your finder lined up with your main scope is really important if you are going to be able to find things. What scope do you have ?.

[brantuk]

Line up your finder in daylight on a distant object a couple of miles away (e.g. top of a church steeple, pylon, radio mast, etc).

Then at night - when the object is off center in telescope eye piece - center it and then make minor adjustments to the finder to center that as well and you're set

Oh - use a low power ep initially (e.g. 25-30mm). You can refine at night with progressively higher power ep's to get it spot on for dso's.

[mdstuart]

Also perhaps get a book called turn left at orion which shows how to find a 100 or so objects in the sky..

[Questions]

Do you have an iphone or an android phone, both have very useful apps for locating stars, (android one is fee also).

[kmce]

Yes i have an iphone, i have a couple of different apps to tell you where things are but they are say different things so really confused lol, i'll try again with the view finder thou , thanks for all your answers

[Questions]

Starchart (seems quite reliable) for Iphone.