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Originally Posted by Youssef
thanks guys
had a fair try tonight... the star map i had indiacted saturn was up for an hour or so - im quite sure i had it targeted well with the two wider lenses but i never managed to see anything with the 6mm one.. 
practise makes perfect i guess.. still exciting!
whats the best number of mm to see planets closely? the smallest i have is 6 but should i look at finding lower ones or is 6 sufficient.
also, is it generally harder to see things which are lower (closer to horizon) than the ones right above? or is there no difference |
Keep at it Youssef ... it all takes time and patience.
Probably dont worry about the 6mm for awhile, it is high magnification, and objects dont stay in view very long. Enjoy the wide views of the 40mm, and the other eyepiece (EP). Oncce you feel more comfortable using the bendy bits to move the scope around hte skies, then you can tackle finding some targets to look at.
www.stellarium.org is a great piece of free software that most of us use, set it to where you live and it will sow you wahts uop htere to look at.