Recent content by Brek

Hi Dave, Drakkith, all Thanks for you ideas and sharing your expertise. The shadow is very persistent, I tried it again tonight with a star in Orion. I bought the setup used, so I took the risk for this sort of thing (buyer beware!). I will keep trying new things and post back here if...

Hi All, I did try focusing in the daylight today and there was no shadow whatsoever, with either lens. At night looking at a star or distant street light, I can adjust the focus to make the image bigger or smaller/sharper or blurrier, but the shadow of the secondary mirror and vanes are...

Hi all, first-time poster here excited to get my first telescope working. The issue: I see the silhouette of the secondary mirror and spider vanes in front of everything I focus on! I read through a similar post here a few years back, but the solution didn't work for me. Details: 6"...