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Hi, I am really worried that I may have a very expensive hunk of scrap iron in my backyard right now! Basically, after a few months in storage (in the house) and a move across town, I set up my c11 tonight only to discover that while I could focus on my neighbor's window sharply enough to see the spider inside a web, I could not focus on anything in the sky. Not the sun (with my solar reflector on obviously), nor the moon, much less see any stars at all. The sun and moon I could tell I was centered on from the bright light through the eyepiece, but just couldn't focus any detail. And couldn't see any stars. The eyepiece I have is the celestron luminos. I might add that focusing on the neighbors window, I had to fiddle with the three knobs on the ota that are on the end with the eyepiece. But no matter how much I fiddled with them and the eyepiece together, I just could not see anything further. Not even the distant mountaintop. Where do you think my problem lies, where should I start?! The mirror and glass, etc all 'look' pristine, and the entire telescope has been stored securely in its original packaging all this time. I'd appreciate any advice!!!
Jill