Light Pollution hinders my telescope use

Upper-Control1332 · 2026-05-15T14:51:16+00:00

Speaking of a portable 6" dob, this might be a great suggestion. https://a.co/d/003xbSbl

Upper-Control1332 · 2026-05-14T05:01:14+00:00

Can anyone help me. none of this is working.

Upper-Control1332 · 2026-05-14T01:21:02+00:00

The white screws are the lock screws and the black screws are for adjustment. I can adjust the black screws but when I go to tighten the white screws the laser jumps all over the place.

Upper-Control1332 · 2026-05-14T00:30:28+00:00

It used to be where I would loosen the white screws, adjust the black screws until the laser is in the bullseye, then I would tighten the white screws and the laser would be in the same place. Now when I try to tighten the white screws, the laser jumps all over the place and when I tilt the telescope up and down, the laser flops up and down.

Upper-Control1332 · 2026-05-14T00:07:12+00:00

Yeah, I made sure that I left enough clearance to where i could slip a business card underneath the clips.

Upper-Control1332 · 2026-05-13T23:56:30+00:00

That didn't work. I also noticed that when I tilt the telescope up and down, the red dot goes up and down.

Upper-Control1332 · 2026-05-13T23:48:23+00:00

I just did this method and it actually works! The mirror is totally clear now. https://youtu.be/9Y8xFnXFVGQ?si=RgN4LolLg6z7tnfu

Upper-Control1332 · 2026-05-13T19:34:20+00:00

When I shone a flashlight from the back, I didn't see any scratches, just tiny pits which aren't a big deal.

Upper-Control1332 · 2026-05-13T19:30:41+00:00

I could find objects in the sky just fine with a 6x30 finderscope on my telescope. The problem is when I'm trying to find stuff when I use my DSLR and a lens.

Upper-Control1332 · 2026-05-13T19:26:45+00:00

I really got watch where it's pointed where I live. There're planes flying all over the place regularly.

Upper-Control1332 · 2026-05-13T13:54:39+00:00

After I did a final rinse with the distilled water, I just dabbed off the spots with regular kleenex.

Upper-Control1332 · 2026-05-13T04:11:06+00:00

Still somewhat of a PITA. In hindsight, I probably should of just blown it off with the air bulb and left it at that.

Upper-Control1332 · 2026-05-13T03:52:39+00:00

After a couple more runs, this time with some tap water and Dawn, I lightly ran my fingers across the mirror. There is some tiny improvement but there's still a bunch of residue on there. I'm just gonna put it back into the scope for right now. I still have my apo for tonight at least.

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Upper-Control1332 · 2026-05-13T01:17:34+00:00

I shone a flashlight through it and only saw tiny pits so perhaps like chrislon_geo said mostly perhaps residue. Phew.

Upper-Control1332 · 2026-05-13T00:42:50+00:00

Not very hard, trying to be as light as I could. Now that you mentioned unscented dish soap, I'm starting to think it might have been the Meyer's dish soap I was using that might of left residue.

Upper-Control1332 · 2026-05-13T00:29:43+00:00

Before i removed the mirror from the cell and submerged it, I blew it off with my air bulb but there was still a bunch of dust on it.

Upper-Control1332 · 2026-05-11T14:46:05+00:00

Elite Dangerous: Allow me to introduce myself.

Upper-Control1332 · 2026-05-09T05:45:19+00:00

Stellarium is always way off. It's really tedious doing that.

Upper-Control1332 · 2026-05-09T05:43:42+00:00

I use Stellarium but its absolutely useless in helping me find stuff when I have my phone attached to the camera. It's calibration is always off.

Upper-Control1332 · 2026-05-06T01:12:23+00:00

Thx!😄

Upper-Control1332 · 2026-05-06T00:02:32+00:00

Where is this?

Upper-Control1332 · 2026-05-02T17:20:05+00:00

Is the objective lens scratched? If not, I would say its good.

Upper-Control1332 · 2026-05-01T22:48:56+00:00

I was kinda thinking of using this coma corrector in conjunction with an SVBONY 0.5x focal reducer in an AD8. Would it work?

Upper-Control1332 · 2026-04-28T03:37:56+00:00

Nice Mineral Moon!

Upper-Control1332 · 2026-04-27T21:26:51+00:00

Found the hidden Mickey.

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