Can't focus on bright stars?
With such a still and clear night I dug out the telescope and had some fun pointing it skyward. I however noticed that I was not able to get a good focus on bright stars. I'm new to this astronomy thing and I think I was looking at Canis Major and Minor as well as Betelgeuse in Orion. For all these stars I could only get a bright blur instead of a well defined point. I suspect this is a result of the very cheap telescope ($76 for a 76mm reflector that looks suspiciously like a Skywatcher 76mm reflector). Is this casued by cheap optics in my telescope or are all telecopes like this?
Dispite not being able to focus on the stars I got some amazing views of Saturn and the Orion Nebula.
Cheers
Brett
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