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Hi, can anyone recommend me which brand of eye pieces and barlow are decent at a budget price? I saw some websites selling barlows at less than $100. Are they worth buying? N what type of eye pieces should i preferbly have? Currently I have a 25mm(40X) and a 9mm(111X) I was thinking about purchasing...

thanks guys! Problem solved. follow ur instructions and it works! had a good view of the moon. now i am just waiting to have the time to properly set up the goto system and i shall emabrk on my celestial journey! =)

Anyway, Meng Lee is right - it is definitely more advisable to align your starpointer at a land object that is not moving. 1. Point your telescope at the land object (make sure it is a distance away and your scope is able to focus on it) and centre it. You might want to use a higher magnification t...

As mentioned above, you must use a FAR LAND object to align. Firstly, your scope is a Newtonian, so there may be difficulties reaching focus for near objects. Secondly, moon is a "moving " object, so you have to use a land object to align. Same for stars and planets, they are "moving...

If you say you see everything blurry then how do you know the starpointer is aligned? Hope this helps. oh, i think i know what's the mistake! i think i aligned the starpointer wrongly, i used the moon as the reference for alignment. guess is too big to be used for a reference point? cuz the manual ...

Meng Lee wrote:The answer is very simple. The scope needs to be pointed at the moon in the first place.

I think you think that goto is really that accurate. Yes, it is accurate, but you have to do the initial steps properly first.

yup i did point the scope at the moon. u use the star pointer to aim right?

What do u mean by you can't see anything? 1. Can you see terrestrial objects? ( Point at something on land - cars, buildings etc) 2. Make sure you align your finderscope with something that is far enough. Few hundred meters at least - the block opp. the road is not far enough. :) 3. Use your widest...

more info: at first i used the 25mm eye piece which gives a 40x magnification, later i use a 9 mm eye piece which gives a 111x magnification. but i can't see the moon with it? why is that so? does it need to be collimated?

hi i need some help, just got my celestron 114 slt. tried to use it to see the moon at my house basketball court. however, could not see anything despite making sure that my finderscope starpointer is aligned. i tried to change the eye piece but to no avail. can anyone tell me why? could it be the l...

I was at Carrefour Suntec today. The 7x50 binos, which I have briefly written about in another thread, http://www.singastro.org/viewtopic.php?t=6272&highlight=bluesky were selling for the normal price of $39.90. I did not see any sign (!) of a special price. The binos at Suntec Carrefour are lo...