My first post may have come out as childish, I apologise. I have been interested in space and the world around us as long as I can remember. I'm not a wide eyed high school student , seeing Hubble , buying a telescope and thinking I could get amazing views of nebulae and galaxies and then ends up disappointed when I don't. Ive researched this telescope and know what its capable of , what Im supposed to be able to see with the kind of light pollution I have in my area and the location I am in. This isn't a passing phase or a simple hobby - if anyone does devote their time to me it is something I will stick with for the rest of my life.
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Originally Posted by skfboiler
The videos from this guy from Illinois are second to none. This guy shows you how to align the EQ mount, use the EQ mount and how to get around the sky in general.
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Thanks man , will take a look
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Originally Posted by OzStarGazer
Hi and welcome! We all share a wonderful passion for astronomy here. 
Is your problem finding objects with your telescope (pointing at them) or focussing? |
Finding them. All I see is the night sky , with some pinpoints of light here and there. I didn't think it would be as easy as point and see , ive read all I can about how to set it up with the rotation of the earth , where to look etc..... but I feel as if im such a noob at this that Im retarded at it. therefore I thought the only way is to have a person who has done this before with me, to show me what to do so I can learn and not repeat mistakes. Once I have that I can grow on my own
Its quite disappointing , I wait for days to have a cloudless night , rush outside , try to see , spend 45 min seeing nothing and getting bitten by mosquitoes and then carrying my scope back inside
It's chipping away at my love for space little by little and every time i hear about how the ancients saw the planets using the rudimentary telescopes of the day , I think about how I cant see anything but the moon using a telescope made decades later.