as you maybe already know the moon comes out an hour later every night
so this will give you an hour to view other objects such as the great
orion just look in the east for 3 stars in a row and then drop down
from the bottom star with scope like a backslash and you will see a
little blur in the sky with your eyes then put your scope on the blur
and you will have the defuse nebula that is m43 the moon comes up over
the orizon just ater 5pm central time tonight but later in l the week
maybe it wont bother you as much jupiter comes out about 817 pm central
time i live near nashville tn
bill
wrote:
Just received a Meade 114EQ-ASTR (4.5" Equatorial Reflecting
Telescope), not exactly the recommendation on here from what I've seen,
for my daughter and I to start viewing with. Last night I attempted to
view the moon through 25 mm (and 9 mm) eyepieces but could not focus to
get anything other than bright light. Is the moon just too bright (when
full and overhead in this case) for this instrument or am I just too
much of a beginner? :-) I didn't have any problem focusing on various
stars though.

thanks in advance for any suggestions/comments
JRL