How I know the red dot is working ok, is
1. how I know the red dot is working ok, is calibrated or adjusted ok 2. When should I use the 2x and 1.5x lens 3. I only can focus the moon, for stars is very dificult, even when I am using the red dot locator
Optics - Konus - Konustart 700 (120 x 60mm) Telescope
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This is a 60mm telescope not much bigger than a 10x50mm pair of binoculars. Your maximum magnification will be about 100 power. Yes I know they said 200-300 power on the box. This was a lie.
Do not use the 2x barlow. Probably be just too much magnification. Put the eyepiece with the largest number written on it into the telescope; then try the same eyepiece with the 1.5x barlow. That is probably all the magnification the scope can handle.
Stars are always pinpoint light sources, no matter how large the telescope. They are hundreds or thousands of light years away.
The "red dot" should be pointed at exactly the same spot as what is in the eyepiece. Center a bright star in the eyepiece, then without moving the telescope... center the red dot on the star. Now you can use the red dot to POINT the telescope exactly to a sky object.
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