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Hi Bendy, firstly, don't get caught up in the collimation trap. It has to be quite a long way out before you will see any significant degradation in optical performance. If you constantly worry about it you won't get much enjoyment from your scope.
Secondly, Alpha Cent,[Rigel Kent] is a double star and will only look a bit pin point like at very low powers. You should clearly see it as double at
anything over about a 100x. Just as the viewing of the moon, or any other sky object deteriorates with high powers, so too are the stars affected. Different types of scopes give more or less sharp images
according to type and quality. A good APO or a Mak will generally give sharper stars at high power than your average Newt.
raymo
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