Beginer help

[Alexw95]

Hey guys the other day I was looking through my telelscope I don't have the specs but it is about two feet long four inches this and when I went to zoom in on Jupiter it was all blurry I couldn't see anything but io was a little dot
am I doing this right?

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Hey guys the other day I was looking through my telelscope I don't have the specs but it is about two feet long four inches this and when I went to zoom in on Jupiter it was all blurry I couldn't see anything but io was a little dot
am I doing this right?

Correction the specs arr bushnell 15-45x50 coated optics

 

[Bj]

Jupiter? You would need some powerful specks for that.

http://victoria.rasc.ca/gallery/Michael/Default.htm

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[FONT=arial, Arial, Helvetica]Jupiter & Moons [/FONT][FONT=arial, Arial, Helvetica]Details
Telescope: Meade ETX-90
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Are [FONT=arial, Arial, Helvetica]ETX-80 something like 275x zoom?

I'm not very experienced, but is your scope not really powerful enough?


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[tblaxland]

The disk of Jupiter should be resolvable for you. I can easily make it out using a 10mm eyepiece in my 76mm Newtonian. That has a 700mm focal length so the magnification is 70x. Jupiter is very bright so the 50mm aperture shouldn't be an issue either.

 

[george7378]

Jupiter's moons are visible through my 10X25 binoculars, so any telescope should resolve them. If the view is blurred, I can only suggest re-focusing.

 

[Warped]

If your telescope is a reflector-type, you will probably need to collimate (align) the primary mirror.

If you don't know the difference, a reflector telescope uses mirrors, while a refractor telescope uses lenses.

Also, you might want to take the cap off of your telescope, leave it outside for an hour, and then go back to it and look. The reason for this is that the air inside of your telescope is warmer then the outside air, causing turbulence when you look through it. Iv'e experienced this while looking at Jupiter before.

 

[bwog]

Jupiter's moons are visible through my 10X25 binoculars, so any telescope should resolve them. If the view is blurred, I can only suggest re-focusing.

You can see those with that kind? I have some 10X25 binoculars too!

Now if it isn't cloudy...