Why Can't I See Anything Through My Telescope? Try This...

[@c.guibbs1238]

One major rule of thumb in visual deep sky astronomy : do not overmagnify a scope beyond the aperture in mm. The faint fuzzies, such as planetary nebulae and small galaxies, fade pretty quickly as magnification inceases.

[@astronomyscope]

Thanks for sharing!

[@matthewmcgrath8886]

My issue is i get black when I put the lenses in the hole thing. It's brand new..... when the lenses aren't in it you can see stuff. Put the lenses in and it's black. Same as the eye pieces they work fine when not put in..... hope this makes sense

[@iristhatviris]

Same w me. Did you figure it out

[@matthewmcgrath8886]

Yeah I did. Slowly getting there with it. Once I've come to grips I'll practice on the moon and then move further a field. Have you sorted yours?

[@kiranghafoor7547]

Can you please let me know how you came to a solution? I can't seem to make mine workkkk

[@ankuankitaghildiyal]

Same issue with me....

[@b-rad3937]

What's that round black thing with 3 rods coming off it when I look through it and how do I see past it????

[@donaldfiesta8666]

Actually with a 4.5 scope you can see the "brighter" deep sky objects.

[@jemwilliams]

You can. But not in much detail...

[@astronomyscope]

I second @jemwilliams. You can see them, but not really in any detail to write home about...

[@Neil-j4w]

3rd ,,I had Pleiades in my 4incher the other night but it looked pretty shite really 😂

[@SuperScottCrawford]

Nice video. Good tips! And you did it all with no edits. Cool. You got the "proper" sounding British voice too! Subbed.

[@astronomyscope]

Thanks, Scott. Appreciate the kind words! Glad to hear this video was helpful for you, too.

[@lune4005]

Thank you! This was very helpful

[@ZikmagusGT]

Do you think you could make a video on how the views of Jupiter and nebulae and stuff like that look in it?

[@astronomyscope]

With the 114LT?