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Spoot
Feb 7, 2007
I ordered the Celestron AstroMaster 114 EQ Reflector Telescope with drive motor the other day. I am anxiously waiting for the first clear night to use it.

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Spoot
Feb 7, 2007
I was wondering if you guys could help me out, I seem to have a little problem. I'm new to astronomy and bought my first telescope recently. I purchased a Celestron Astromaster 114. I can use it I can view the moon alright but when I aim it at the stars all I see is black with both my 10mm and 20mm eyepieces. Shouldn't I at least be seeing the visable stars?

Spoot fucked around with this message at 03:35 on Jun 12, 2010

Spoot
Feb 7, 2007

Loztblaz posted:

When you say you can view the moon alright, is it fuzzy or sharp? It's possible your collimation is out of whack, which can cause you to have problems resolving stars as a pinpoint of light.

I'll have to double check on the first clear night. You're probably right about the collimation problem.

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