[Filippo]

Yes, that’s right, I’m seriously asking this question.

I’ve just set up my Celestron 4SE. I found a distant object, in daylight, and used it to align my finderscope. Job done.

However...

While I was doing it I really struggled to get a consistent image from the eyepiece of the scope. I’d be looking through it, seeing my target, then all of a sudden it would all go black like I’m looking at the inside of the eyepiece, rather than through it. Clearly, I must be moving...or blinking...but it seems a hell of a lot harder than I imagined.

Is this normal? Am I a complete cretin? Is there a particular technique to this that I’m not aware of?

Thanks in advance.