I have tried every trick in the book. I got to see heaps of stars last night, even some almost stuck together. The sky was beautiful and now see what you all mean when the focus was out.
When I focus down and just get the shiny star as it is I can't see anything but a glimmering light, lot of them. When I try to bring them closer, thats when I get the blob I was talking of earlier but with all the stars, some big enough to be planets, I could not see as much as I thought I would.
When I see pics of saturn there are rings around it so do I need some kind of filter or a larger eye piece to actually see anything else
I was happy enough seeing what I did but expected more. The dew was a problem in the end but I am sorting that out.
I am still having problems with the goto thing but eventually things will work out. I wish there was an invisible person standing next to me showing me step by step then I know I am not going crazy.
