So how do I make the images appear bigger on the telescope?
naruto asked:
Thanks to all of you guys who answer my first question.. I really don’t know about telescopes, this is my first one. Also the telescope has like a circle with lots of numbers and I thought they were you know to see the figure closer but I didn’t really get them closer.. They still pretty far.. So how do I see the images bigger? For example the stars.
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Thanks to all of you guys who answer my first question.. I really don’t know about telescopes, this is my first one. Also the telescope has like a circle with lots of numbers and I thought they were you know to see the figure closer but I didn’t really get them closer.. They still pretty far.. So how do I see the images bigger? For example the stars.
July 30th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
You’ll never make the stars appear bigger - they’re too far away. Using shorter focal length eyepieces will increase the magnification but it will also make the image fainter.
I’m guessing the circle with lots of numbers is a setting circle - ignore it!
August 1st, 2009 at 10:12 am
You can change how wide the field of view is by changing the eye-piece.
Forgive me, but what type and size of telescope do you have (refractor or reflector, Newtonian, Schmidt-Cassegrain) and what type of mount do you have (equatorial or Dobsonian alt-azimuth) . The circle with the numbers on it is probably the setting circle on an equatorial mount, that has both degrees for declination(latitude) and degrees or hour angles for right ascension (longitude). If you really want to use your telescope, you should learn how to use setting circles, after you polar align your telescope. You’ll have find out what your latitude is to align your telescope.