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Old 30-05-2016, 06:38 AM
AEAJR (Ed)
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I have an Orion XT8 Intelliscope.

I have lots of light around me. Street lights and house lights. Nothing dark about my site.

I do get stray reflections in the eyepieces.

What I have learned to do is to use my hand to shield around the eyepiece at various angles to see if I can block a light source. Usually I find one that is somehow reflecting off my end of the eyepiece.

In the winter I use a hooded sweatshirt to cover the focuser as I am viewing. In warmer months I use a baseball cap with the wide brim turned in various directions to block that stray light.

Try using your hand to see if you can block a stray light source.

The other thing I have is a flexible dew shield from an 8" SCT that fits perfectly over the end of my Dob.
https://www.astrozap.com/scripts/pro...?idCategory=25


This helps block any stray light or reflections from entering the tube or interfering with the secondary. This has helped too.
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