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Originally Posted by mbirrell
I must say I have learned quite a bit reading the IIS forum. One of the main things is to set up your equipment right.
When I first got my telescope I eagerly took it out of the box, put it together and when night came, I went out and had a look. The result was that I was disappointed that I couldn't even see the stars that I could see with my bare eyes! So like a lot of other people I looked at the moon a few times and put the scope aside and forgot about it for a couple of years.
A couple of weeks ago I was in the tinkering mood with nothing much to do so I pulled out the scope and pulled it apart. I thought that there must be a way to calibrate this thing so I did a Google search for Astronomy forums. I started reading thread about how important is was to collimate your reflector scope. So I read all about how to collimate a reflector telescope and made a tool to collimate my humble scope. Wow the difference it makes!!! I can now see stars that I couldn't before - even ones that I would have no chance seeing with my naked eyes!
Oh and I suggest if you aren't handy with tools or have knowledge of optics get someone to help you that is before you try to adjust your scope.
I knew someone would ask me what cluster it was... All I can say it was south-east between 45 - 60 degrees. Not very helpful I know...
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to the south east its around carina theres a lot in the milkyway.next time its clear lay an the ground or a banana chair and use your binos to scroll the area it'll blow you away