20 Most Recent Edu-Science (10166) Telescope - Page 2 Questions & Answers

there is one more piece that gos to the end you put your eye on it .if you take it of you will see it is just a mirror not the lens that you need.

If you are satisfied it is well collimated, then:- did you use a laser collimator? If so is THAT collimated? Lots of them are not.- check all the adapter rings, diagonals, barlows etc that you might have are all properly seated- then, I'd say your main mirror securing clips are done up too tight and are distorting the mirror. They should only just touch lightly.

I have the 402 power astrolon telescope (item 36755), with the wooden tripod. I have the manual and the original CD (there's probably a more updated version--I've had this for approx. 10 yrs.). As for the manual, if you haven't found one, I'll make a copy and send it to you (it's only 6 small pages). Also, their customer service number is
800-637-3455. Hope this helps.
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Ozone is an allotrope (a different form) of oxygen, having three atoms of oxygen instead of the more usual two.It is formed from normal oxygen in the upper atmosphere by ultraviolet light, and is about 0.6 parts per million of the atmosphere.It is a toxic, pale blue, explosive gas at ground level, considered a pollutant in smog, but eventually breaks down to normal oxygen. It is beneficial in the upper atmosphere where it belongs.

Why did you buy a telescope being sold by TOYS R US!

We get more complaints on this scope than any other brand.

Read the negative reviews here:
http://www.buzzillions.com/reviews/edu-science-astro-nova-102-telescope-reviews

Next time buy from a regular telescope retailer like this one:
http://www.telescope.com/control/main/

Read my tips on my profile page, and read this:
http://www.texasastro.org/telescope.php

This is a junk--- toy telescope being to sold by Toys R Us, we receive more complaints on this scope than any other. RETURN IT to Toys R Us.

Did you adjust the finder scope to line it up accurately with the main scope? They don't come that way from new.

For any of these telescopes the manual advises that you do this in the daytime, training the scope on an object on the horizon (never point it towards the sun!). Use the lowest power eyepiece you have (the one with the highest number). Once you have a tree or mountain peak in the center of the main scopes image, you can then adjust the screws around the finder scope to get the crosshairs centered on the same object. It is very difficult to do this job in the dark, especially as objects in the sky are constantly on the move.

New telescope users are taken by surprise at the difficulty of just pointing the telescope in the right direction to see anything. The field of view is quite limited, especially if you are using a high power eyepiece. The higher the power of eyepiece on a telescope, the dimmer the image, the more difficult to aim it at any chosen object, and the more difficult to focus. When the scope is not focussed, even if there are stars in the field of view, they will only be faint blurs.

You can buy a photo tripod and attach the tube to the tripod. You may need to visit a local hardware store to find the correct mounting bolts.That scope is sold by Toys R Us -- as far as I know they DO NOT sell replacement parts.Sorry

Try your local hobby shop.

The only store that would have one is Toys R Us they sell that product. No manuals are located on-line -- on the internet. Sorry.

Here read this and build your own radio telescope:

http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/epo/teachers/ittybitty/procedure.html

You must ALIGN the finder scope with the main tube FIRST! During the daytime focus on the top of a distant telephone pole or a distant building.

Lock down the main scope and do not move it-- then adjust the cross hairs on the same distant object.