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Old 16-05-2014, 11:00 AM
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I found Dob is a bit hard to keep the viewing object in field of view. Need to adjust the up/down and left/right of the tube as the result of earth/object movement, very hard to do a fine adjustment.
eg. Tuesday, viewing Saturn is a bit easier because of using the moon as reference (started from 7:45pm). What happen if other times how to adjust to keep Saturn in FOV?
Nothing I'm afraid that's a limitation of the Alt-Azimuth mount of a Dob. Try a medium - powered eyepiece or a higher powered eyepiece with a greater FOV such as Explore Scientific / Nagler 82 degrees.
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