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Originally Posted by Matchbox
Thank you, Somnium!
Ooo, see I am learning something already! Yes, I am quite eager to see the moon despite it being full or otherwise. I assumed when it is full that there would be more to view. The image I attached in my first post might display what you talked about. In any case, yes, it probably will empty my pockets as I already received my Baader Hyperion zoom 8-24m eyepiece and it has already made my two standard 10mm and 25mm eyepieces redundant as the quality is quite impressive!
I do have a question though, why is Saturn so blurry?
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saturn is likely to be blurry due to 2 factors
1) it is quite small and you are trying to resolve detail that is difficult
2) the atmosphere is blurring your image. i assume, given the time it rises up, you are observing it quite close to the horizon. that means the light is having to go through a lot of the atmosphere to get to your eyepiece. it is probably better to wait a little later in the season to get great views.