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Originally Posted by Chromed
Finderscope is aligned now, I removed it and put everything back together. Though the collimation is off, looks like I'm going to have to do it every time i move it. Had a look at Venus and I could see the crescent shape but no further detail.. Curses  |
Re Venus - that's all you are going to see
Turn that scope towards the Moon and the Orion nebula, the Trapezium stars and 47 Tuc! Have a go at the Tarantula nebula. Try for NGC 253 soon after the sky goes really dark. Stay up to 3am and look for Saturn! Venus is boring after you have seen the crescent.
Yes, check and tweak collimation everything you move, assemble etc. It takes only tens of seconds and is always worth doing.