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Originally Posted by vindictive666
ezy
you should have 2 adjustment screws on your finders scope one for up and down and the other for left and right
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There are 2 screws on the finderscope to hold it down only. pic of it below. I use the two mount screws to adjust horizontally only but can't do it vertically.
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Originally Posted by matt
Sounds like you've got the 8" f5 fl 1000mm.
You'll more than likely get it wrong the first few times and think you're ruined your scope. Don't worry.
Also make sure you were in fact pointing at Jupiter and not a star!
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just rechecked my scope. its a 8" f4 800mm. i was scared if i collimate the scope, might wreck it. Never done it before
lol, naw im quite certain it was jupiter otherwise it was quite big for a star. i use stellarium for my star proggy.
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Originally Posted by janoskiss
Whereabouts in Melbourne are you?
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I'm in Glen Waverley, right next to you
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Originally Posted by matt
You'll also be blown away by the Orion Nebula.
That should be plenty to bring out at least the 2 major equatorial bands and certainly the 4 main moons, if all are visible?
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Pointed it tonight at the Orion Neb, looks really nice but abit blurry. I'm thinking of getting some colour filters?
With Jupiter, i can only see 1 moon tonight at 4.00am . Still a blurry white image and can't see the red cloud storm nor any clouds at all on jupiter. Just a plain white circular dot.
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Originally Posted by davidpretorius
At 4am, these were the worst and the best frames from a movie i could get.
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? Those are nice pics!!! i wish my scope can do that.
I've gotta bow to you all
Many thanks for the help. Hope i don't frustrate anyone asking silly questions. I notice that when trying to focus on something, the image shakes around from the eyepiece making it really hard to focus?
oh with colour filters, will it make nebula's more visible?
What eye piece(s)/brands would you recommend to see DSO's/Planets?
Many thanks.