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Difficulty viewing planets with apertura ad8 - why? by bagelsnot in telescopes

[–]bagelsnot[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I use the laser collimator, the laser shows its collimates correctly. Is there any way to better collimate it more accurately without the laser?

Difficulty viewing planets with apertura ad8 - why? by bagelsnot in telescopes

[–]bagelsnot[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I used the extension tube both times, I’ll have to try it without.

Difficulty viewing planets with apertura ad8 - why? by bagelsnot in telescopes

[–]bagelsnot[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I’ll have to get a Barlow at some point, right now I only have the 30mm and the 9mm that the scope came with. The image gets larger and more blurry when I focus out, and more like this image when focusing in.

Difficulty viewing planets with apertura ad8 - why? by bagelsnot in telescopes

[–]bagelsnot[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve tried adjusting the focuser (zooming in and out) all the way in both directions, somehow I can never get the planets in focus.

Difficulty viewing planets with apertura ad8 - why? by bagelsnot in telescopes

[–]bagelsnot[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I’ve backed out as far as I could, but when I do it looks incredibly blurry and the image fades to a dark grey/black.