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Originally Posted by spotty
Thanks for all your replies. I'll try them all out. I think my telescope is working fine? I was able to view the moon and see it very detailed. It's just when I move it to any bright star, I just see tiny pin white dots. No galaxies, nebulas, etc. 
I think it might well be light pollution, as I have never been able to see arms of the milkyway from this location. I live in QLD, will try to find a local astro club to join. |
If you see tiny pin white dots, that's good. That means the stars in your scope are being focused properly. You have to know where to look to find the nebulae, galaxies and other objects. They're not scattered all over the place across the sky. That's why I suggested you get to learn about where things are up there before you really get stuck into trying to observe them through the scope. It's like trying to read a map when you have no idea of what's on it. You soon get lost and can't find where you're going.
Do you live in Brisbane or the Gold Coast?? By the sounds of your description of where you live, it sounds like you're there. Lots of light pollution. If you do live there, it will be hard to see much of the faint fuzzies as the light pollution will drown them out, except for those close by and/or very bright and large.