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Eyeball in Secondary?
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I was just peeking through my new Newtonian [haven't pointed it at a star yet, cos the manufacturers forgot the tripod attachment / telescope rings!] and noticed my eyeball in the secondary. Is this normal? To see one's eyeball in the mirror? When I look at a planet or the Moon, will I see my eyeball in the middle. |
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Hi! I was just peeking through my new Newtonian [haven't pointed it at a star yet, cos the manufacturers forgot the tripod attachment / telescope rings!] and noticed my eyeball in the secondary. Is this normal? To see one's eyeball in the mirror? When I look at a planet or the Moon, will I see my eyeball in the middle. Are you absolutely sure its your eyeball? There's a lot of strange people out there... Cheers Martin -------------- Martin Frey N 51 02 E 0 47 -------------- |
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"#MK" wrote:
Hi! I was just peeking through my new Newtonian [haven't pointed it at a star yet, cos the manufacturers forgot the tripod attachment / telescope rings!] and noticed my eyeball in the secondary. Is this normal? To see one's eyeball in the mirror? When I look at a planet or the Moon, will I see my eyeball in the middle. Are you absolutely sure its your eyeball? There's a lot of strange people out there... Cheers Martin -------------- Martin Frey N 51 02 E 0 47 -------------- |
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In message , #MK
writes Hi! I was just peeking through my new Newtonian [haven't pointed it at a star yet, cos the manufacturers forgot the tripod attachment / telescope rings!] and noticed my eyeball in the secondary. Is this normal? To see one's eyeball in the mirror? When I look at a planet or the Moon, will I see my eyeball in the middle. If you _don't_ see your eye in the middle of the secondary it's fairly certain that it isn't collimated properly. Don't worry. At night you won't even see any sign of the secondary unless you use a very low power. But who is the manufacturer with the poor QC? :-) -- "Roads in space for rockets to travel....four-dimensional roads, curving with relativity" Mail to jsilverlight AT merseia.fsnet.co.uk is welcome. Or visit Jonathan's Space Site http://www.merseia.fsnet.co.uk |
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In message , #MK
writes Hi! I was just peeking through my new Newtonian [haven't pointed it at a star yet, cos the manufacturers forgot the tripod attachment / telescope rings!] and noticed my eyeball in the secondary. Is this normal? To see one's eyeball in the mirror? When I look at a planet or the Moon, will I see my eyeball in the middle. If you _don't_ see your eye in the middle of the secondary it's fairly certain that it isn't collimated properly. Don't worry. At night you won't even see any sign of the secondary unless you use a very low power. But who is the manufacturer with the poor QC? :-) -- "Roads in space for rockets to travel....four-dimensional roads, curving with relativity" Mail to jsilverlight AT merseia.fsnet.co.uk is welcome. Or visit Jonathan's Space Site http://www.merseia.fsnet.co.uk |
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Jonathan Silverlight transmitted the
following communciation via an interplexing subspace beacon on subspace frequency on stardate 18 Aug 2003 In message , #MK writes Hi! I was just peeking through my new Newtonian [haven't pointed it at a star yet, cos the manufacturers forgot the tripod attachment / telescope rings!] and noticed my eyeball in the secondary. Is this normal? To see one's eyeball in the mirror? When I look at a planet or the Moon, will I see my eyeball in the middle. If you _don't_ see your eye in the middle of the secondary it's fairly certain that it isn't collimated properly. Don't worry. At night you won't even see any sign of the secondary unless you use a very low power. But who is the manufacturer with the poor QC? :-) QC? BTW Thanks for the responses; I have tried it out on the stars [there was no brackets / ring to attach the scope to the mount so I got my mother to hold it for me ] and it turns out that I do not see my eyeball [Have contacted seller, hopefully they will provide the rings]. |
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Jonathan Silverlight transmitted the
following communciation via an interplexing subspace beacon on subspace frequency on stardate 18 Aug 2003 In message , #MK writes Hi! I was just peeking through my new Newtonian [haven't pointed it at a star yet, cos the manufacturers forgot the tripod attachment / telescope rings!] and noticed my eyeball in the secondary. Is this normal? To see one's eyeball in the mirror? When I look at a planet or the Moon, will I see my eyeball in the middle. If you _don't_ see your eye in the middle of the secondary it's fairly certain that it isn't collimated properly. Don't worry. At night you won't even see any sign of the secondary unless you use a very low power. But who is the manufacturer with the poor QC? :-) QC? BTW Thanks for the responses; I have tried it out on the stars [there was no brackets / ring to attach the scope to the mount so I got my mother to hold it for me ] and it turns out that I do not see my eyeball [Have contacted seller, hopefully they will provide the rings]. |
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From: "#MK" Hi! Is this normal? To see one's eyeball in the mirror? When I look at a planet or the Moon, will I see my eyeball in the middle. Try putting an eyepiece in |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "#MK" Hi! Is this normal? To see one's eyeball in the mirror? When I look at a planet or the Moon, will I see my eyeball in the middle. Try putting an eyepiece in |
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