"Craig B" wrote in message ...

Yes , its collimated . Its a cheap Bushnell BTW . Maybe it was just the
seeing , I'll have to give it another try soon .

Ouch! And the 4.5", you say?

What is the focal length of the scope? Is it a Dob or EQ, or is it
the Astroscan knockoff (the Voyager 78-2010)?

The Voyager 78-2010 has been notorious for its hideously bad optics.
How bad? "Uncorrected spherical f/4.4" might not mean anything to
you, but other readers are now picking their jaws up off the floor.
The Sky & Telescope reviewer was unable to make out the rings of
Saturn with his test unit. One SAAer was able to get decent images
only by masking it down to 37mm!

Here's hoping that you don't have the 78-2010, and that you just
happened to have bad seeing.


Clear skies!

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