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by lololoI
Tue Aug 15, 2017 9:53 pm
Forum: Beginners Forums
Topic: New telescope, can't find jupiter
Replies: 11
Views: 23308

Re: New telescope, can't find jupiter

Hihi, Have been quite busy for the past week and will be busy for the next 2 weeks too :( And whenever i can squeeze in free time the clouds will come :( I shall wait for another 2 weeks where I will be a little bit more free then try again. Hope by then jupiter won't be below the horizon. I remembe...
by lololoI
Mon Aug 07, 2017 11:20 am
Forum: Beginners Forums
Topic: New telescope, can't find jupiter
Replies: 11
Views: 23308

Re: New telescope, can't find jupiter

Hi airconvennt, Thanks for your tips! "Make sure the eyepiece is fully in before screwing in the locking screw." Done. "start with the 25mm " did that too. "Then do a slow focussing" this is the point where I see the grey circle, thus i didn't do the next step( using th...
by lololoI
Sat Aug 05, 2017 8:30 pm
Forum: Beginners Forums
Topic: New telescope, can't find jupiter
Replies: 11
Views: 23308

Re: New telescope, can't find jupiter

I tried again just now at around 1940, but I still see the exact same grey circle :(
And no moons too :'(
by lololoI
Fri Aug 04, 2017 7:50 am
Forum: Beginners Forums
Topic: New telescope, can't find jupiter
Replies: 11
Views: 23308

Re: New telescope, can't find jupiter

Thanks for the tips! Yeah I was viewing at 9pm+. Will try again next time at around 7+
by lololoI
Wed Aug 02, 2017 11:14 pm
Forum: Beginners Forums
Topic: New telescope, can't find jupiter
Replies: 11
Views: 23308

New telescope, can't find jupiter

Hi guys, so my telescope was delivered today, and i decided to try it out tonight. It is my first telescope, a gskyer az70400. Had no problems setting it up, was quite simple. When I pointed it at the moon, was very glad that it worked perfectly, the image was very clear. However, when I tried to po...
by lololoI
Fri Jul 14, 2017 9:51 pm
Forum: Beginners Forums
Topic: Newbie with many questions
Replies: 8
Views: 15037

Re: Newbie with many questions

Hi everyone! Thank you all so much for the great answers and advices. Will definitely take all of them in to consideration before I buy. Regarding geyes30's point on having a steady mount, I've read online that we can just add weights to an unsteady mount to make it steady. Do you guys have any expe...
by lololoI
Fri Jul 14, 2017 1:06 pm
Forum: Beginners Forums
Topic: Newbie with many questions
Replies: 8
Views: 15037

Re: Newbie with many questions

Wow! Thanks for the awesome pictures!!
by lololoI
Thu Jul 13, 2017 12:31 am
Forum: Beginners Forums
Topic: Newbie with many questions
Replies: 8
Views: 15037

Newbie with many questions

[smilie=hi.gif] I am new to this forum thingy so I don't really know if I should post all of these questions as 1 post or many posts, hahaha. I am assuming it would cause spam so I'm just gonna post all of them here. I'm very sorry if I am breaking any rule by doing this. Warning!! The questions I'm...