Thnaks - no issue finding Jupiter, i just want a closer look - i will check my scope to ensure its all tight. It was a very breezey night, will try without the barlow.
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Originally Posted by erick
Sorry Rick, don't know that model. I would think it shouldn't wobble too much, so should be OK at reasonable magnifications. Was there much breeze blowing when you were trying that higher magnification? Breeze against a big tube is a problem. Do you have it assembled properly? Everything done up tight that should be?
Won't it GOTO Jupiter for you? Anyway, at present, Jupiter is the brightest spot above us (apart from the Moon) in the mid to late evening. You should be able to point it there.
As suggested, don't try the barlow with the 6mm eyepiece except on those one or two nights a year when the view through the eyepiece is superb.
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