Then look through the finder scope- you may have to adjust the focus on the finderscope. When you have your target centered in the eyepiece, leave the telescope there (the telescope should stay where you point it if it is balanced properly if the telescope wants to move around, you might try locking the axes-make sure to unlock them again when you want to move the telescope). Adjust the focus on the eyepiece so distant objects appear sharp. Do this just by sweeping the telescope along the horizon line while looking through the low-power eyepiece. A tall tree sticking up, a church steeple, a smoke stack, something like that. Point the telescope at a distant, but distinctive, terrestrial object on the horizon. Select the lowest power eyepiece you have (the one with the biggest lens will be lowest power- don't use a barlow if they gave you one). It is actually easiest to do this during the day. This just takes getting used to.ģ) You don't know how to align your finderscope. It is tricky to use a German equatorial mount (like the one in the picture) on objects near the meridian (the imaginary line connecting the north and south poles in your sky) since as you move the telescope around, it will need to swap places with your counterweight. (This assumes you live north of the equator if you live south of the equator, you'll want the up-tilted part to point south).Ģ) You don't know how to use an equatorial mount. You should find that if the polar axis is correctly aligned, it should point near (although not precisely at) the North Star. Again, your first few times out with the telescope you won't need to get this precisely right. Then, turn the mount so the upward-tilted part of the polar axis points north. If you live at 40 degrees north, you want your polar axis to be tilted 40 degrees up from horizontal. First, adjust the tilt of the polar axis to match your latitude. Sounds like you have at least four other distinct problems here:ġ) You don't know how to align your equatorial mount.įor someone just starting out, you don't have to do this precisely, just enough so it doesn't get in your way too much. You have to take that into account when pointing. Seeing things upside-down is normal with an astronomical telescope.
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