[WestAusChris (Chris)]

Hi again all

I took the bino's out to have a look at venus tonight and when i looked at it it appeared to be a bright dot with no sharp points coming off it which im guessing is a good thing but noticed just below it what looks similar to a nebula which i know it isnt.

Hard to explain really but if i closed my right eye and looked through the left lens on the bino's i see the bright dot of venus, then i close my left eye and look through the right side of the bino's and the bright dot is gone replaced by the shape of venus but looks more like a nebula.

If anything it looks similar to the crab nebula but ofcourse tiny and far less detail.

Being new to astronomy (other than looking with my naked eye) im a little confused as to this, am i using the bino's wrong or is the collimation out or have i just bought a crap pair lol.

P.S After doing a bit of reasearch, if they werent collimated right i would of thought id get two images of venus looking exactly the same not 1 image being clear and the other looking like a big blury nebula, im wondering if maybe one of the lens is out of wack and not the prisms but again im new so im just guessing