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Why do stars look like donuts?
When a star is seen in a telescope is in proper focus, it is a bright dot. If you move the focuser both in or out from the proper focus, it becomes a donut.
Why can’ti see planets through my telescope?
Planets are small and far enough away that they will never fill a significant portion of your field-of-view, even at you scope’s highest usable magnification. For example, many of Celestron’s basic telescopes come with a 10mm eyepiece as the shortest focal length in the box with the new scope.
Why does my telescope have a black circle in the middle?
If you can see the shadow of the secondary mirror (black circle) and/or spider vanes while viewing through the eyepiece, the telescope is not focused. Turn the focusing knob until the black shadow becomes smaller until you reach the point where the shadow disappears. The image should now be in focus.
How do you adjust a Celestron telescope?
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- Insert your lowest-power eyepiece into the telescope and tighten in place.
- Look through the eyepiece.
- Turn one of the two knobs to the side or below the eyepiece–first one way, then the other–until the object is in focus.
- If desired, switch eyepieces to a higher power and repeat the steps above.
How do you collimate a Celestron telescope?
How to collimate a Celestron telescope
- Choose a star. Choose a celestial body that is at least 2nd magnitude in brightness and reasonably low in the sky, say 45º above the horizon.
- Center the star in the field of view. Sight the star in the middle of the field of view.
- Select your eyepiece.
- De-focus.
What do planets look like through a small telescope?
In a small telescope, planets show a wealth of color, again because they are bright. Mars shows as an orange sherbet color, Jupiter is yellowish with the Great Red Spot and Saturn has yellowish and even bluish hues. Even distant Uranus and Neptune show as greenish-blue balls in an 11 inch telescope.
How far away can we see details of celestial objects?
The ability to see details on a celestial object ultimately depends on how far away it is, and how big it is. Stars are so very far away that they will never show a real disk or ball shape in a telescope. Planets, the Moon, and the Sun are much closer and will show discernible disks and details even at low or medium powers in most telescopes.
What does a star look like in an 11 inch telescope?
Even distant Uranus and Neptune show as greenish-blue balls in an 11 inch telescope. Open clusters show some stars as colored, while the faintest members of these stellar groupings are whitish specks. Globular clusters are balls of whitish stars.
Why do stars have different colors with different telescopes?
Fainter stars only show as white and need a telescope’s increased light-gathering power to show colors. An 8 inch telescope will be able to show star colors for stars that are too faint to be seen with the naked eye. In a small telescope, planets show a wealth of color, again because they are bright.