Thanks M11.
I will look into buying a laser collimator as you suggest.
Also, I took out the scpoe in the daytime yesterday to align the finderscope and the 30mm eyepiece. I don't think I was able to do it correctly due to not able to find an object far enough that I could focus. Can I align during the night, perhaps pointing towards the moon?
I have a Staw Walk 2 app that I can use to find celestial objects.
Thanks again.
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Originally Posted by m11
Hi Hyper,
Welcome to iceinspace,
Thr 8 inch Dob you got is an excellent scope.
You need to first check collimation of the primary and secondary mirror, many tools to do this from, a collimation cap, cheshire eyepiece and laser collimators. I prefer a laser as its easier.
Start with the lowest power first - 30mm which I believe you are using now. Get the finderscope aligned with eyepiece to ensure you can easily find stuff.
I recommend star maps or Stellarium to look for objects.
At this time of year I would start off easy:
- moon
- m42 orion nebula
- 47 Tucane gc
- Jewelbox ngc4755
- Eta Carina
Hope it helps.
M11 |