We are having a problem focusing our telescope on the moon. It is blurry and the lens does not bring it into focus when you move it up and down?
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R all objects blurry when you look though the scopes eyepiece ? Or just the moon. ? Does it happen with all your eyepieces or just the one ?
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Hello Patty, Honestly I dont know. It might have to do with the total focal lenght, I ran into a problem with attaching a reducer then the diagonal then the bifocal then the eyepiece, and i could not focus properly. You best bet is to call Celestron on Monday, sorry I could not help more, Jim
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While it is NOT a telescope I have used mine to look at the moon and Jupiter. You will need a good tripod of course. But it was quite clear at looking at the craters of the moon. A bit shaky if bumped. Like I said, it is not a telescope.
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Just screw the front lens element (in or out) until it snaps into focus. It took me about an hour to figure that out, but I eventually got it to focus on the moon, then I just had to touch it up a little to get the stars to look great.
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I really can't help with this. I did take a picture of the moon with my "point and shoot" camera by just pointing it through the eyepiece and it was quite successful. I think it is possible to buy attachments that will allow one to attach a DSLR in place of the eyepiece and take pictures, but I have never tried that - would need some research.
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We have not been able to see anything with this telescope, not even the moon. Not sure if it is defective, but we have had no luck. Hope others have had better results.
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I purchased this telescope around two years ago. I'm an amateur star gazer, but I feel this is a high end telescope. It is motorized, with several speed options for near and far gazing. It can also be programmed to follow specified objects. It's definitely helpful while viewing our moon. Hope this helped answer your question.
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It does work but you have to get the lens in focus. The focus is different from using one eye piece. Try Jupiter or the moon and experiment for clarity.
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The zoom isn't too bad. I can see the moon very clear and the crators if the sky is clear. But you cannot zoom in as close as you would like. I'm happy with the zoom myself since it's a simple telescope.
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Focus and metering can be set for "spot". That was one of the settings I had to change when I was trying to take photos of the moon.
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Their is an adjustment for the viewfinder that is a little wheel to the left of it, it will adjust the focus of the viewfinder...hope that helps!
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The lens is 1300 but it comes with a 2X extender that works pretty well. I have not had a chance to try it on the moon yet, but a handheld shot of a distant tree branch came out reasonably well. It should be adequate quality with a tripod.
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Turn the little black thing on the end of the lens a little at a time, that will focus. Then u can move the Cera up or down to get it to where u want it to see.
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I have Celestron 102GT from Costco. I couple the t-ring with Celestron T-adapter 93625. I have several eye pieces. Most of them are too long, get in the way of the camera's reflective mirror. So, what I did was not to use any eye piece and removed the erect image diagonal-45 piece. In other words, I mounted the camera with T-ring and T-adapter directly to the main tube of my telescope. I was able to focus the moon that way. Remember to put the camera at manual and adjust the focus directly on the telescope.
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I bought one of these back for the Lunar eclipse and when I looked through the eye piece, nothing. After playing around with it for 20, 30 minutes I did get to look at the moon, but I had a pair of binoculars that gave me the same results so I sent it back for a full refund. Hope this helps
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525x supposedly but its very hard to focus anything, even the moon, at 525. Plus there's no stabilizer or anything to keep it from moving/shaking when trying to focus on something specifically, making it even more difficult
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I would assume they are doing terrestrial shots as I can't imagine using this for DSOs (deep space objects). The Moon might be a viable target with this scope and camera. You would remove the diagonal. At this point you need an adaptor to mount the camera to the back of the refractor. Focusing might be a challenge at first but is doable. Sometimes you may need a longer or shorter adaptor to allow the image to project onto the focal plane of the camera chip. Problems: balancing the scope with the extra weight, finding a T adaptor for your camera if it isn't one of the names like Cannon, Nikon (you may have to do a lot of fitment), vibration due to the light weight and strength of the setup. It would probably be good for a fun startup in astrophotography but would require an upgrade to a larger and more substantial scope/mount/tripod to get satisfying results. Hope that helps. WEK.