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Hi Rob,
I feel a bit silly now. It has been such a long time since I used the telescope, I could not remember how to use it. I used the right angled attachment (whatever it is called) and moved the eyepiece as far out of the attachment as I could and then tried to focus. Well, to my surprise (along with a few expletives) I was able to focus on a high tension power line about a kilometre away.
I put my 4 mm eyepiece in and could almost see the individual rivets on the tower. The image is pretty dark compared to the 10 mm eyepiece but I am sure it will give me some pleasure finding those stars that I found with the DSLR exposure.
All I need now is some clear nights and a couple of litres of mozzie repellent.
Thanks for the other replies. The 17T is a refractor and one day I will get myself a nice reflector and a sling shot to knock out the street lights near me.
Stephen
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