Malcolm
That's the first night I polar aligned the scope and I was there before dark and aligned the scope and finder after I set up the scope.
M42 is it a bright red cluster?
Barlow is now going into the unused pile as I had more luck last night with out it. just happy to find something, my big problem is I am seeing stuff but probably not recognising it
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one thing I noticed was I was running out of adjustment in some directions on the scope if you get what I mean, no more adjustment available. if I moved the scope to a different position it would come back to letting me adjust.
I had little drift with the clock drive but then it would start jumping cogs so I stoped using it as I think it was at its adjustment level for the way the scope was facing?
John will try that next time I take the kiddos. as I found castor and pollox and looked at sirrius. Damn bright star had the 4 lines look but I think that is from the Newtonian. now I am getting familiar with constellations I will start by searching each one individually like someone posted in another topic.
cheers again guys for the advice and listening to a new member, this is what helps a forum and keeps people interested in this hobby.
skies are cloudy and raining so reading up for me tonight
Troy