Almost all scopes have a limit for how close they can focus, since an object that is close will not have it's light rays coming in parallel. This is normally many metres (maybe 50m) so I wouldn't worry too much about trying to focus on anything closer :-)
cheers, Bird
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Originally Posted by Jowel
It seems this all sounds reasonable for distant objects. But, say there was a little bee hovering right in front of the secondary mirror? Is it true to say that there is a certain distance from in front of the secondary mirror and further out that could be considered a "black hole" where the telescope cannot see? Therefore I wouldn't be able to see the bee? Sort of like having your nose so close to your eyes that it's partially missed in the view by the eyes?
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