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Polaris DS-114 Telescope Troubleshoot?
Hello, I am experiencing some issues with a Meade Polaris model DS-114 with the computer controlled star tracking system.
I bought this telescope used and during the day I was able to look at very distant objects in great clarity. It has since become night time and I am unable to view anything through the eyepiece - even when I have it sighted perfectly with the spotting scope.
I am new to telescopes and am wondering if maybe it has something to do with the fact that I have no battery pack for the control system.
I am not intending to use the automated system at this time, but rather just trying to check a few stars and the moon out. If anyone has any insight into why I am not able to make out objects at night, please help me out.
Thankyou for Your time.
first of all, all of the following assumes that you have normal night vision and that if you wear corrective eyeglasses, you are able to see stars in the sky without a telescope.
If you can see terrestrial views with the telescope during the daylight, it will work at night as well.
1) Make sure there are no lense covers or tube caps on. You should be able to look in the open end of the scope and see the mirror at the other end.
2) Take the eyepiece out of the eyepiece holder so that you can look into the tube and see the secondary mirror (the little one right below the eyepiece.
3) Aim the telescope at a porch light or street light using your guide scope (the little telescope mounted near the eyepiece)
4) Once you have a light centered in the guide scope, look into the eyepiece hole. you should be able to see the light. It will be unfocused, just a brightness in the eyepiece hole. If you can't see anything, look through the eyepiece hole and slowly wiggle the telescope until you DO see light. Your small guide telescope may be misaligned and need to be adjusted.
5) Take your LOWEST power eyepiece (the one with the BIGGEST number on it, for example 23mm) and hold it up to the light,looking through it to make sure that light can actually pass through the eyepiece. If you can't see through the eyepiece by itself, it may have been bumped or dropped and you may have one of the glass elements out of alignment. Try another eyepiece.
6) put the eyepiece into the eyepiece holder and see if you can see light coming through it. If so, focus the eyepiece so that you can see the porch or street light your telescope is aimed at. If you've done 1 through 5, you should be able to see the street light in focus.
If 1-6 are done and you can see the streetlight, you should be able to see stars.
Try aiming your telescope at Jupiter (the bright star in the south in the evening just after twilight ends. Use the guide scope to center the planet in your larger scope. Using the lowest power eyepiece, focus on Jupiter. If you can't see anything in the eyepiece, your guide scope may be still out of alignment. Move the telescope tube slowly in small circles until you catch a glimpse of Jupiter in your eyepiece, then focus on Jupiter. Once that is done, center Jupiter in the middle of the field of view and put in your next higher power eyepiece (if you have more than one). If Jupiter is immediately visible, focus the eyepiece, center the image, then try with any higher power eyepieces that you have. If you have a barlow lense, which doubles or triples the "power" of your telescope, do not use it until you've tested all the eyepieces.
I hope something here works for you.
Good luck.
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