Thread: Saxon dobsonian
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Old 08-02-2013, 11:03 PM
Chif (Andrew)
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Originally Posted by madbadgalaxyman View Post
It could be a simple matter that you need to move the focuser to the right place; best to point the telescope at a bright star in the sky, and then move the focusser till the star is a point rather than a large blob(Out of focus). Or focus on the moon.
Then, everything else you look at will be in focus.
This was the problem I had with my saxon dobsonian. It turned out that the focuser was locked with a thumb screw. When you move the focusing wheel, is the focuser itself actually moving?
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