I finally got to get an alignment and the moon was the first of my sights as it was so bright and beautiful. I couldn't see anything but a bright light but it was not all that bright to look at and there were some patterns on the moon which I thought I might be able to view.
Do I need a filter to see through this or am I doing something wrong?
I also saw some of the stars before they moved behind the clouds but all I could see in my viewer was a bright light around the outside of a black blob in the middle. Is that black blob the end of my scope or is it the star?
I also saw a moving haize around the outside of the bright light. Is this the light waves coming off the star or is it just the outside air moving in on my scope?
I am not sure what to expect when viewing as when I put in the hand control "moon" it didn't go to the moon but rather half way down from it so I manually directed it. I had a successful alignment and also put in all the right info when first stated like time, date, city, location, and even had the scope completely level so what am I doing wrong.
I had to stop looking after about 1 1/2 hours as I was getting nausious from looking. All in all the view I got was exciting but expected more.