Re: Why can't I resolve deep sky objects?

Thank you all for your responses. I neglected to add that I get very
clear images of jupiter, saturn, and their moons and that individual
stars down to around 5.0 magnitude appear as points, as they should.
Does this suggest that collimation might not be the problem, or is it
a problem that tends to show up mostly in the deep sky arena?

Bob Feduniak

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