cant see anothing with new mead telescope?

Question

correctly set up telescope,point it at a buidling/tree/anything about 1000 ft away and cant see anything.all mirrors and eyepieces uncovered.

Answer 1

A new Christmas gift?
If you've set the telescope up properly, following the directions, then...
Something is wrong...
Years ago, I had a band conductor who would say (if someone hit a bad note), "It's not the engine, it's the engineer!".
I'd be willing to bet that some essential thing is missing...
The only reason I say that is because I, too, am the proud owner of a couple of REALLY nice Meade 'scopes, and I've never experienced a lick of trouble with either one of them...
Their instructions are normally straight- to- the- point, and if something isn't working right, 9 times out of ten, it's an owner issue.
Try it all again, following the instructions completely.
If this still doesn't work, get in touch with their customer service department.
They've ALWAYS been there to answer any questions from me.
Good Luck!

Answer 2

Give us a break! Tell us what KIND of Meade telescope it is. Refractor, reflector, catadioptric? Aperture? Focal length? Mount? Meade sells dozens of different scopes, and we can't help without knowing what you have.

I'll guess that it's a reflector. Many scopes have two-part caps: make sure both caps are off, so that the whole front of the tube is open. When you look in the focuser without an eyepiece in place, can you see the main mirror at the bottom of the tube? The secondary mirror may be rotated out of position. Use the lowest power eyepiece, the one with the largest number on it (26mm, 25mm, 20mm).

Answer 3

I am a little suspicious here.
You can't see anything at all, just a black hole? or do you mean you can't see anything recognizable? Can you see light and dark when you move the scope around? If so, you might just be badly out of focus. Also, depending on the eyepiece you use, your scope may not be able to reach focus at 1000 feet or less. Telescopes are designed to work at infinity focus and are no good to look at your neighbours house, all you'd see is a blur.
To check things out in daylight, find a chimney or telephone pole at least 1/4 mile away and try to focus the scope with your largest eyepiece, probably 25mm or so.

Adolph

Answer 4

Do you see any light at all in the eyepiece? Shine something into the tube and make sure light comes out of the eyepiece.

If that works you have all the covers off. Then I'm guessing that the thing is simply WAY out of focus. Run the focuser all the way in both directions (but don't ever force anything if it doesn't want to move!) and see if you can find an image. Be patient and I think you'll eventually hit it.

Also make sure you start with very LOW magnification (long focal length eyepieces).

Answer 5

If the image is small and complicated to verify, yet sharp - and additionally you're specific that each and every physique lens covers have been bumped off as pronounced in the previous, then i believe which you're commencing with a severe magnification eyepiece, that could have notably unfavorable eye alleviation and can be only stressful to get an straightforward photograph to verify. it could help if we knew which scope you have and which eyepiece you're utilising. in case you have greater advantageous than one eyepiece, use the single with the utmost form (e.g. 20 mm rather of 10 mm). this can be the backside magnification. factor the scope on the Moon - while you're observing stars all you will ever see would be pinpoints of sunshine - that must be the difficulty additionally. in case you will get a reliable view of the Moon and get it concentrated advantageous and sharp, then attempt some planets or famous individual clusters. while you're only pointing it up interior the sky and searching for issues at random, you will only see stars. verify you recognize what to seek for in the previous you look, and initiate with the straightforward stuff. The Moon is well worth hours of fact only by utilising itself. good success.

Answer 6

See if you can find a local astronomer to help you.

My daytime test target is a highway exit sign I can see from my balcony. It's 10 kilometers away.

Answer 7

Hi. It may be severely out of collimation. Ask another question with more details about the scope.

Answer 8

"Can't see anything" is not much to go on. Are you going to give another hint or are you just pulling our leg.

Answer 9

I CAN GIVE YOU A BETTER ANSWER IF I KNOW WHICH MODEL MEADE TELESCOPE YOU HAVE.

Answer 10

remove the lens cap