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Old 18-01-2010, 09:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Jabba View Post
1. my back hurts from leaning over to use the finder scope lol
You can buy finder scopes that have a 90 degree diagonal on the end so you look in to them from the side. I've seen them on quite a few Dob's. Alternatively you can buy a red dot finder which is easier to look through from various positions. Both are probably about the same price.

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2. the time I had to view, for instance I tried viewing Sirius and all I could see was a circle of blur which made me think was it really sirius or was it something to do with my eyepiece or something :S??
It was probably out of focus, or there was thin cloud you didn't visually see impacting your view. Sirius should appear as a small pinpoint of light when properly focused with clear skies.
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