[tonysheedy (Australia)]

hi, i bought a meade 102mm audiostar goto telescope, it has 800 mm focal lenght, the eyepieces i got with it are 25mm and 9 mm, i went outside tonight to give it a go, pointed at some stars and all i see are bright dots, pretty much what i see by eye, how can i zoom in on a planet ? i guess i need stronger eyepieces? if this is the issue could someone advise what size eyepiece is best to look at planets? i need to try again possibly the stars are just bright dots and maybe i need to be looking at a planet more visible to the scope, i remember years ago i had a cheap telescope and i could see the craters on the moon easy, no moon tonight but from what stars i pointed it at it was just bright dots in the eyepiece, and yes as u see i'm dumb as can be on the telescope....thanks