Thanks so much for your reply Roger, we will try this out tonight!
(Finally Melbourne has a few clear nights in a row!)
Kass
PS Thanks to
everyone in IIS. Over the past few weeks even just observing these forums, it has struck me how friendly and willing to answer questions the folks here are, and welcoming too. It's so refreshing to see a community of like minded people working together without agenda - beyond seeing the beauty in the skies. Kudos to everyone here for being a great group of people to mix with online.
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Originally Posted by rogerco
My experience with powerful eyepieces like 6mm and 4mm is that they are difficult to use. You seem to have to get your eye in just the right spot behind them otherwise they just go black. Start with the 10mm then slip the barlow on the end of it, assuming its a common 2.5x barlow that will give you the same power as the 4mm but with much easier viewing.
Try everything out during the day on some distant object such as a telegraph pole on the horizon. Make a note of the focusing position for each eyepiece. Everything will probably be upside down which is perfectly normal.
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