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Originally Posted by hummer50
>> I think my telescope sux, I have look up for Mars yesterday night and what I saw is just a ball of orange shining light. Dont look like a planet at all, look like a star. But Im pretty sure that is Mars. And I look up to Jupiter and Venus and I actually wait for them to come up at 5am, Jupiter look the same like Mars a small shining ball. And Venus is all a big shining ball.
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Mars = orange ball - yep - that's about it.
Venus = white/blue ball - yep not much to see
Jupiter = well, that should have some detail and be quite a bit bigger than the mars image.
It seems to me you may still be having some focus issues. When you are on these objects are you running the focus right through it's travel? At one point it should get much better, then start to get worse. Then you know you've gone too far.
I would go for Saturn - it's unique shape will ensure you are looking at the right thing - you will clearly see the rings. If you don't, you're either pointing at the wrong thing, or there is something really wrong with the scope. I'd try to find someone in the local astronomy society and go to one of their events to see if you can get some one-on-one help.
The moon is starting to show now (you're going to have to use some software to determine your rise/set times), but that is something you really can't miss and will be easy to focus on.