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todd ellis · Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:03 pm Post subject: anybody know anything about ...

telescopes?

i bought this dude at goodwill for $5 ... it's all cast-iron, wood & steel - really solid and it came in a really cool wood box with a brass label that reads: Sears Discoverer, model no. 4 6305-A, equatorial refractor telescope.

lots of cool $@#t in the box - but i have not been able to make it work.

any ideas?
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Brett Mason · Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:21 pm Post subject:

Vell.....ifh u follow deez stepps preezisely I beleef u vill be able to usz dis deevice:

1. Approach the instrument from the rear.

2. Apply eyeball to the eyepiece.

3. Point the instrument out the window.

4. Observe the heavens.

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Lizden · Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:27 pm Post subject:

Actually Todd,
Good luck with that.
Brian & I have a telescope that we just can't seem to get to work either!
It's not as easy as it looks in those stalker movies! Rolls Eyes

(not that I'd know anything about that....)

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todd ellis · Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:42 pm Post subject:

mr. kafer has a very good point - it MAY be busted - but i don't think it is. i think i'm just putting it together wrong.
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voicejones · Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 10:09 pm Post subject:

Start with the weakest lens in the daylight and focus on somthing like a mailbox down the street. Don't try to use the real powerful lenses until you get the feel of it. Check out the moon for your first night time attempt, again using the weaker lenses. Get away from as much ambient light as possible. I have an old brass telescope I keep focused on my bird feeder. Get out in the country where it's really dark for best results.
Good Luck....it's fun
JJ

bobsouer · Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 10:12 pm Post subject:

Where is CC when we need her? She's the astronomy expert among us.
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bobfromboulder · Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 11:07 pm Post subject:

Remove the lens cap.

:D

bobfromboulder · Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 11:20 pm Post subject:

http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Board/classics/Number/6736/page/0/view/collapsed/sb/7/o/o/fpart/all

You might be able to contact someone on that thread and get them to send you a scan of their manual.

Hart · Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 5:36 am Post subject:

That looks very similar to the one I had as a kid. It was from Sears but I don't recall the model. Anyway, I believe there is a lens cap on each end of the big tube, make sure you've removed both. JJ is right, use the weakest lens first and fiddle around with it.
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todd ellis · Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:08 am Post subject:

it came with all these attachments for the "eyeball end" (stop me if i get too technical) any idea how they fit together? IF they fit together? the lens' are: 6x30mm, HM9mm & SR4mm

yes ... cc, where are you! the kids are driving me nuts over this thing.
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TheVoiceOfBob · Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:21 am Post subject:

I'd start with just one of those eyepiece lenses first to see if you get anything from that. Try the one with the lowest maginfication. Then go up from there and add others.

I wish I was close by. I love telescopes.
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You might find some answers at the ag-bb.com (Astronomy Geek Bulletin Board.com)

todd ellis · Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:32 am Post subject:

i took the cement-mixer-looking-doohicky off this morning - and am using the 6x30mm lens - and now i can see the neighbor's car. still get nada through the other lenses though ... maybe i'm not looking far enough out. very cloudy here today - not much to see.
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