Why Can't I See Anything Through My Telescope?
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- One of the most common problems a lot of beginners have is not being able to see anything with there telescope when used at night... Don't worry, I've got you covered. In this video I will give you some hint's and tips to get the very best out of your telescope and the night sky.
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the end cap is still on, take it off
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Bruh wtf 🤣🤣🤣
I've definitely done this.
"Why tf can't I see anything? Oh yeah, didn't take the dust cover off..."
Was going to say the same thing! Lol
I brought my husband a telescope for christmas. Everything you mentioned happened. Black, shakey, no focus etc. We watched your video, he took it outside after aligning things... it was very quiet. All of a sudden. F%^##^%$ look at this
.. wow
.. look
.. it was the moon... craters, clear, amazing
.. I don't think he will be in til morning 😅. Thank you for your video !! You've made someone really happy.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅 ROTMFFLMMFAO that's probably gone be my azz street I just it in the morning cause ion 👀 💩 out here at night and it's my first time
Also, I want to mention something that you forgot: make sure your telescope is in focus. Some telescopes are easy to accidentally bump out of focus, or sometimes, as in my case, old telescopes' focal tubes can get sticky, gears may not engage well, and you may have to pull/push the tubing itself a little to engage the gears on the rack. Not only that, different eyepieces themselves may require focal adjustments.
Collimation. If your secondary mirror is pointed at the stars, you are going to have a bad time
I just opened up my new beginner reflector telescope and yep...I'm one of the dummies who didn't know to remove the big disk...I was removing the little piece, not the entire disk. Would be nice if the instruction manual mentioned this essential step for complete novices. THANK YOU SIR! :)
Hello Geri, you're more than welcome. Don't worry it really is quite common thing to do and as you say they really should include it in the instructions.. Enjoy your new telescope 🙂
Lol it just comman senescence to take off the front dust cap lol
@@BjFoleyWhat?! lol 💀
I just bought my first telescope and am so happy I found this channel. Been binging all the content to get better and know what to expect. Think there is still something off with my Star Sense Explore DX 130, but ill get there eventually. Looking through the night sky with the 25mm eyepieces gives me nice, and I would assume correct views, but going higher in power or even adding the barlow after identifying a target makes stuff wonky and impossible to focus often. I think my expecations are set correct and I dont expect super hugue planets and clusters but I'm not sure what I see is how it should be 😛 Thanks for the videos, keep up the good work :)
There is also a type of scope without magnification that I think is worth mentioning, similar to the red dot finder but a little more complex and informative, it is the Telrad, which not only projects the red dot onto the glass (in the case of the Telrad it is inclined 45º) but also three circles around it that indicate angular distances in the sky, of 0.5, 2 and 4º; It is very useful to locate faint objects from nearby reference stars, using the star hopping method...
I use the taller Rigel and you can buy extra Rigels and use them on different scopes.
@@MountainFisher Oh thanks! I didn't know this modality, the Rigel QuickFinder, similar to the Telrad but, as you say, taller and perhaps more comfortable...
@@edufau815 Definitely more comfortable as it is higher off the scope and makes it easier to look straight up.
Yepp easy to use and of cores Alignment mus be done as all finders must,,
Note they are easy DIY to do Made all my own.
The first step to do if you can't see anything is to remove the lens caps.
I know that sounds stupid, but I have seen it a bunch of times.
Another tip: We went out on a very cold, dry, winter night. The seeing was incredible. We set everything up and gave it plenty of time to cool down. Before I could warn one of the guys, he stuck his eye up to the eyepiece. Luckily, he touched just his lower eyelid to it. We carefully removed the eyepiece and took him and the eyepiece to the van so it could warm up and detach. At least he got stuck on something portable. Most of the pain he felt was from all of us laughing at him.
What was he doing that was an issue?
@@jffstick1102you ever lick a pole?
@@jffstick1102His eye froze to the eyepiece
Jfc how cold was it where you all were? I've been out in below freezing temps and never had this happen...
Thank you so much for mantioning the first mistake! I didn't know if I should take that thing off, it didn't look right without it.
I was given a telescope 18 months ago and it’s still in the box even though I’d love to use it. Every single person I’ve spoken to who has owned a telescope says they couldn’t see anything thru it and gave up after hours of frustration. Can’t wait to see this video and hopeful succeed. Ps tried to calibrate the finder and the scope of a friends yesterday with no success what so ever,
And yes, I did remove the dust covers. All of them.
Best advice of all: Join a club and get a more experienced person to help you find your way around. They will also know the best sites for observing the night sky. Almost every observing session I make sure my finder scopes are all properly aligned with the main scope before I do anything else.
Is it normal for new astronomers to check the cloud coverage on the weather app 10 times a day and be devestated when it constantly says '100%' 🤔🤣
Oh yes 😂 and still do 😂
What also happend to me was, i added a barlow lense , and the front of the barlow was covered in this dust plastic thingy. I was so confused until i noticed
I can't view anything through my telescope as its always cloudy.
I know right.. I'm still waiting for somebody to invent a cloud filter😉
I bought my a month ago and can’t use it because it’s been raining all month
Great lesson there Jason. Finder scope alignment is crucial. Can not stress that enough. Clear sky's everyone.
I didn’t even think to set it up during the day I will definitely be doing this tomorrow 👍🏼😊 cheers
Hello, I am so thankful for your channel, you always have the right content: Down to earth, for a small budget and yet so effective! Thanks.
You're more than welcome friend
just got my husband an Antares 511 which is supposed to be user friendly but not for us! thankfully with your video, i aligned the red dot with a chimney across the valley but when i look through the 14mm lens (also came with a 3x barlow magnifier?) all i see is massive white blurriness. No way I can see houses let alone the chimney. No idea how to move forward. It would help if it came with a user manual!
Can you make a video to show us how to use a motor drive in altazimuth mounts?
You must take off the lens cover...
Definitively agree on magnification : from my experience, starring at objects, even Planets and the Moon, with exit pupils smaller than 1mm, is pointless. Images get so poor !
Im so happy! On my first attempt, two days ago I was managed to watch and take pictures of the Moon and a small and tiny Jupiter with 3 of its moons! The user manual for my scope came handy explaining the finder scope, but nothing about how to use the tripod. I wish I saw your tripod covering video before my first try ever. Struggled a lot, but the results? Jupiter on first try! ❤
I can only see white is that normal?
I had the same problem I had to point it so something further away
I can’t see anything through the eyepiece- everything is blurry - does it awhile for the eyes to get used to the eyepiece. The finder scope does work - but it’s not clear in the eyepiece. The image is blurry. I bought a barska 70060.
I've been interested in astronomy since "The Sky At Night" started on TV many years ago......but I still occasionally forget to remove the dust-cap 😞
I zeroed my telescope, first try, in my bathroom, looking at the wall. And its perfect dead on. I'm a menace and it's my first telescope. Although I do zero my airsoft guns alot so it's similar lol
Useful video, so should I buy 30 mm eyepiece if I would like to watch Jupiter and Saturn with my telescope?
And make sure your finder scope battery is charged before setting it up. Changing it can knock it out of alignment. I leave my on all the time by mistake.
I got a telescope and wondering why when I look through my finderscope the image is upside down?
My first time setting up my first telescope, I never removed the eye piece cover. 😅 so you're definitely not insulting my intelligence. 😂
This is one of the best channels that explains things in the visual astronomy realm! Thank you!
@SmallOptics Can you make intermediate and expert tips as well?
You adjusted the finder scope the wrong way around.
Start with pointing the main scope to a reference point and put it in the center of the view. This way it doesn’t matter which eyepiece you do it with. Only then look through your finder scope and adjust it to the same target. Done.
Thanks for the video I just got my first telescope and was having trouble especially with deciding what lens to use.
thanks for help
Great content Jason. Informative and humorous. I like your KISS approach.
Cheers from Denmark
Finder scope is indeed a lifesaver ^^
Yeah, your eyes have to be fully dark adapted
Thank you for all the info it was very useful and you are right that the cheap tripod is a hobby killer, i had the same experience just now. I wont let it stop me :Д
All I can see through my 10" Dobsonian is black. I am hoping that the cataract surgery I had today may help me see something out of my right eye, at least. Left eye due in two weeks.
i am COMPLETELY new to this thing....i hooked my DSLR to the Celestron Astromaster 144 that i bought used on FaceBook marketplace this week. I took it out in the DAYTIME and all i am seeing in the LCD is blobs of color; absolutely no definition
awsome videos, learned a lot, thanks Jason!!
Thank you for this video!
Ive Fully Explained It On A You Tube Post To A Beginner…And They Got It❤..I Saw The Crescent Moon Earlier This Morning Before The Sun Made It Over My Maple Tree And It Was A Challenge To Find With Your Eyes Against The Blue Sky,But Managed Till I Lost It In The Suns Glare,I Align With My 26mm ,But There Is No Left,Right,Up Or Down Once Your In The Sky,lol,About The Same Price Here For A Decent Alt/Az Mount.Which I Dont Own😂😂,That First Scope Is A Nice Little Beginner Scope As Well,Great Video Jason,Havent Seen You For A While,And Havent Been On FB Much Lately,Have A Great Day Stay Blessed,and Clear Skies🙏🏻❤️🌏🔭✨
I just bought my first telescope yesterday (Sky Watcher 707). Saw the Moon through it for the first time yesterday and OMG was it amazing. Can't wait to explore the night sky. Thank you for all your videos! It is great to see the enthusiasm and joy you have for this topic!
Good luck making a dobsonian mount with twenty quid. That may cover the cost of the hardware, but with the price of wood, whether it’s hardwood, softwood, plywood, or mdf, it’ll run you twice that price. Other than that. Great tips!
I bought a Celestron AstroMaster 114 at a yard sale; finally took it outside. I realize now it's not so easy. Your video helps!, and now I understand this will involve some investment of time. Yes, worth it; I just have to be patient. Thanks again.
I just got a telescope and my hopes were high thinking about how I’m gna be discovering new worlds and just watching the galaxies whiz on by, and I set the shit up and it’s just black nonsense lol
I did the daytime line up thing. At night I focus on a star, or maybe jupiter, and all I seen was a black centre with lines connecting to the sides. Am I out of focus? Cause the black circle was 70% size of the object
I use a Chinese aluminum frying pan upside down for a base.
Hello Stanley, anything is better than those horrid tripods, bean bags are another good alternative.
Great info, thank you.
Go for overkill with mount? Really? Mount for beginners should be light weight and precise. Heavy Mount could be hobby killer, since it will not be used.
Great advice 🌜
Just bought a telescope for my 9yo son. Set it up and with ALOT of difficulty found Jupiter (and moons). Couldn’t figure out what I was doing wrong. After watching this I now realize that we didn’t align the finder scope, had set up the sticky wobbly tripod on thick (unstable) grass, and tried using a 4mm lens straight away! Don’t I feel silly!! Thank you so much for your video. I’ll be heading out in the daylight hours to align everything tomorrow and pick out a better viewing spot. Thanks again!
You are the best.
Still can’t see nothing. Wat am I doing wrong
Go to the ophthalmologist.
uh hi um so ive been trying to fix this problem for like 4 years now and i have never gotten it to work even in the day time when i take off the dust cover its still just black i have a national geographic telescope my dad bought me i dont know whats wrong with it
Great video!!!😊
take the cap off
Some telescopes are eye piece fussy and I have one i can't draw to a focus optically naked eye but if i connect it to a mobile phone camera it takes perfect pictures.... very strange.
thank u.. i only brought 10mm eyepiece.. now i will brought 30mm hahaha
Thank you.
Why can't I see clearly through a phone from telescope, it only shows half , why???
I'm so frustrated. I can't do my finderscope. Can't perfect it
You don't want to look through a telescope with their caps on and wearing sunglasses...
Eventually I saw some whiteness over there to one side. I adjusted the focus, but it dissolved away as I was adjusted from short to long range. At least, that's what I thought. Actually, I was going the other way. Don't assume that the end is infinity as I've seen a star focus to a point and then defuse before getting to the adjustment end.
Is a 40mm eyepiece worth buying?
Let's get on with it , fix a tube and still I can't find a star ,only the moon 😊
Hi, can you please make a video on how to use a Celestron motor drive if possible or even some explanation for the same. I am trying to get some long exposure shots as a beginner.
Watching something on a telescope isn't easy. Is it? One doens't realise that hat until they buy a new telescope and set it up themself. Your videos are fantastic as they describe the most basic things that need to be done. I really appreciate your effort, as most advanced users never talk about this. The telescope sellers are eerily quiet about these things. Thanks a lot for making a beginner astro enthusiast's life easier
My dobbie mount has leather friction washers. Very smooth.
Too far out of focus will cause blackness too.
I just cant line up the telescope
Take the cap off
What about a green laser ?
I couldn't see anything until I finally opened my window. My scope came with a 25mm and a 10mm. What should my next eyepiece purchase be? Love your channel. I'm learning a lot.
Hello Andrew I always recommend a 15mm eyepiece they are a good all rounder and also work well with a barlow.
Hello Jason awesome video and I love your channel 🙏🏽 I have a question I have a solomark telescope 130eq and I try using it last night and I can't see anything im using the lens it came with 20mm and 10mm thank you for your time 🙏🏽
Excellent! Thank you! Received a Gskyer 130 for Xmas to begin my hobby. I believe I need the better lenses and, yes, a more stable mount.
And I need to focus it. Did I mention they don't come with any user guide? You're my user guide! Thanks!
i did that just the other night i forgot to take the cap off the eyepiece 🤣
Hey Frack, how are you my friend.. LOL! We've all been there buddy.🤣
Can i see uy scuti or vy canis majoris through my 135mm telescope
You should be able to - they're both within the limiting magnitude for a telescope of that aperture.
@@ftumschk ok.
Depends of light polution, for us in Europe its a extreme problem.
Hardly can see even Orion nebula
@@ljubomirculibrk4097 I live in middle east, with bortle 6 sky
@@ljubomirculibrk4097 Indeed, it will depend on light pollution and seeing conditions in general.
What if your finder scope shows everything upside down
It's supposed to! 😊
I don't know why but when I look at planets they appear like a circle with black spots or lines, but I can observe the moon fine
Ok I think I resolved the problem and btw I really like your channel!
@@MattNewCrayfish9865how did you resolve it?
Thank you now that I pointed it to something further away I can actually see through it!!
I can’t . I can focus on a telegraph pole 15 meters/yards away but nothing else.-any pointers would be appreciated
@@Soffity I used a tree at the bottom of my paddock about 100 metres away
It just surprises me that a company like Explore Scientific will sell a decent scope and put it on a shaky cheap mount. Celestron does it too.
@MountainFisher: That's because they're "built to a budget". When you buy a cheap(ish) telescope you need to be prepared to upgrade the tripod, eyepieces and (probably) the diagonal. You can easily spend more on upgrades than you spent on the telescope but it will be worth it in the long term.
@@paganphil100 No, it chases people out of the hobby. I wasn't just curious when I bought my first $369 telescope, but it got sent back. Most people just end up frustrated and sell their scope at a yard sale for $30.
Good evening sir I’d like your advice I have 3.5 k to spare on a telescope mount and lenses filters any help would really be appreciated
Hello James, I always advise an 8" reflector they are just a great all-rounder and with that kind of budget you could even get one on a powered EQ mount . The only other thing I would say is don't go too big, anything above 10" of aperture storage weight and portability start to become an issue which can sometimes lead to not using the telescope because of the effort it takes to set it up. As the old saying goes "the best telescope is the one you use the most.
I purchased a Celestron 8 inch Edge HD on the CGEMII mount. I had received a large bonus from work and only had one shot at this financially. I'm sure many people would say I should not have started with this but it is not a case where i can start out small and work my way up - I have only one shot at this. I'm still struggling a bit to see my targets. I don't have visibility of Polaris so am doing my alignment with the help of the Celestron software and a compass to align my mount which is going well. Finderscope was aligned using the neighbor's roof. The biggest thing I did not realize is that when I look at the stars without the telescope, there aren't many. When I look through the telescope, there are so many more and I'm having a hard time 'getting my bearings, so to speak. Just trying to figure out where I am has been difficult. My husband is getting impatient with me, even though it has only been a few weeks because I haven't had anything to show him yet. I sit at 45 degrees in the western US. I have a pretty good view of the southern sky. Right now, mornings have more to show than evening, so I'm trying to get up early to work on this. I have a lot of patience, my husband not so much. I did have the oppirpportunity to attend a beginner star party here a month ago. It was amazing! Thoughts and ideas welcome.
@@babs075 good morning babs im here in east London uk I’ve not got my scope yet and like you this is going to be my 1and only 🔭 thank so much for you help and reply take care stay safe xx to you and yours
0:51 I've done this multiple times lol
LOL! easily done, especially in the dark.
Good job
Thank you Salah🙂
Thanks
Thanks for the help mate I do have a 32mm with a celestron AstroMaster 130 I did see Jupiter and Saturn once with one of the scopes