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It seems my scope needs to be collimated, I had a look at jupiter again this evening and once again the moons were not sharp and had a, for want of a better word, spike off to the left, and with jupiter it was clearer, more sharp on the right but fuzzy on the left.
So i tested the collimation on thee scope with a 6mm on a star and sure enough the black disc was off to one side.
So i had a go at doing the collimation........................ ............two hours later i gave up! :-)
Doing it in the dark is not easy and everytime i put a slight turn on the screw the star went out of the f.o.v
I will try and get a collimation kit as soon as i can and try it that way, from what i have seen it is easier to do it with this kit inside rather than try by myself in the dark with the star going out of view everytime i turn the screws.
Anyway when it gets done im sure my views of jupiter will improve.
ian
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