You Saw What You Saw But It Might
Not Be What You Expected Or Wanted
You took a look through your scope and you didn’t see images reminiscent of those taken
by some of the Deep Space Telescopes that are currently orbiting our planet Earth. Would
you care to think of the amount of money that was invested in those telescopes and what it
cost to build some of the earth bound telescopes housed in observatories peppered about
the globe? Put that into perspective when figuring in the cost of the telescope you are
currently viewing with and the images obtained.
Sometimes conditions in the atmosphere surrounding our planet fuzz out an image and
nothing viewed through the eye piece is wire sharp. That is why you should view things for
a period of time because conditions are constantly changing and from one minute to the
next can be quite dramatic. A good rule of thumb is when the stars aren’t “twinkling” that
is the best time to observe because the atmosphere is clear and not bouncing the light
around.
Don’t get discouraged, it takes a few times to get that “ah
-
ha” moment and many times
you just don’t know what you are looking at or if the scope is actually pointed in the right
place. A little research can go a long ways and maybe it might be a wise idea to “buddy up”
with somebody that does know what they are doing. Ya gotta do what ya gotta do to
smooth out the learning curve. Besides, the instruction book says you can always get a
bigger and more powerful scope if you’re not satisfied with the results from the ETX.
