I have a star or planet centered in my Star Pointer finderscope, but I can see anything in the eyepiece. What am I doing wrong?
It sounds as if the Star Pointer is not aligned to the telescope’s optics. This must be done once when the scope is first set up. Take the scope out in the daytime and point the scope down the street towards the top of a telephone pole, street sign, or license plate on a car (or any SMALL target that’s easily recognizable). Using your lowest power eyepiece (the one with the highest focal length number printed on it), look into the eyepiece of the main scope and center it on the target. Now look through the Star Pointer and the first thing you’ll notice is that the red dot is most likely not aimed at the same target. Now adjust the small round thumbscrews on the star pointer to adjust the elevation (up/down) and azimuth (left/right) of the red dot until it lies on top of the same object you are viewing through the eyepiece. Once this is done, you are ready to view. Now anything you point the red dot star pointer at will ALSO appear in your eyepiece. The Star Pointer should remain in ali
It sounds as if the Star Pointer is not aligned to the telescope’s optics. This must be done once when the scope is first set up. To do this, all you have to do is “reverse engineer” it. Take the scope out in the daytime and point the scope down the street towards the top of a telephone pole, street sign, or license plate on a car (or any target that’s easily recognizable). Using your lowest power eyepiece (the one with the highest focal length number printed on it), look into the eyepiece of the main scope and center it on the target. Now look through the Star Pointer and the first thing you’ll notice is that the red dot is not aimed at the same target. Now adjust the small round thumbscrews on the star pointer to adjust the elevation and azimuth of the red dot until it lies on top of the same object you are viewing through the eyepiece. Once this is done, you are ready to view. Now anything you point the red dot at will be in your field of view of your eyepiece. The Star Pointer shou
