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Posted by Andrew Gilluley on October 9, 2001 07:35:42 UTC

Hi all

Ive just bought my first telescope,after using binos for about a year,so as you can guess i got pretty excited after setting it up and checking out the moon,then moved on to Jupiter and Saturn,my daughter and i were totally blown away by what we saw.

Now the question,when i check out the moon,its awesome,crisp and lots of detail,moving on to Jupiter and Saturn Images are sharp but i get a slight star effect around them, 4 slithers of light around them.Is this normal!!!!

I have a SkyWatcher 130mm reflector,F/L 650mm,using a 10mm and 25mm Plossls and a 2x Barlow.

Thanks in advance
AndyG

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This sounds normal - comet61 - October 9, 2001 - 07:53 UTC
- Comet61 - andyg - October 9, 2001 - 18:56 UTC
The light is normal - trekkie - October 19, 2001 - 18:44 UTC

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