Keep your EQ3 for now. Nik's right about it not being amazing for astrophotography but you can use it as a learning tool and then decided if you want to upgrade later if you like the hobby (it's fun, frustrating but overall great!).
+1 to the other comments. The images are just out of focus. Prep your images on a very distant object in the day, or the moon at night. Or get yourself a Bahtinov mask. They're cheap and you can focus on stars with them at night.
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not be disheartened so early on
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Honestly, you should expect this to happen. I mean it; it's difficult at first but stick with it because the rewards are awesome. This isn't an easy hobby but it's not difficult either. It just can be very technical but the solutions are something you learn once and you move onto the next problem
