Hello everyone. I just got a new scope for my birthday. Ive never looked at the stars before but I love astronomy. I aimed at Jupiter tonite and was dissapointed in the result that I got. No matter what lens I used the planet never changed shape from a round ball of light. Very blurry as well. From what I can tell my scope only has one focus. Here is all the info about my scope...
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Precision Optics 525 Power
Astrolon Telescope.
My Lens' : 20mm, 12.5mm, 9mm, 4mm. There power is shown as 35x,56x,78x,and 175x respectivly.
It also came with a 3x Barlow. With the Barlow, the power is listed as 105x, 168x, 233x, 525x respectivly.
What am I doing wrong? Shouldnt I been able to see Jupiter clearly. I did try many other stars and same result. The only really exciting thing I did see was 2 of Jupiters moons that were lined up almost perfectally. Did my wife buy me a piece of junk, or was it just a bad night, or do I need different lens'. Please let me know asap.
2007-07-13
18:26:21
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