Fwd: Telescope Help.

[Mark Baker]

TVA Team… if anyone can help Jen get her scope working please advise via reply all to this email. She can then get in contact with you directly…

Otherwise I’ll see if she wants to meet us early at Europa Village one of these next Friday nights…

Thanks in advance for helping…

Mark Baker
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From: recht.jennifer <recht.j...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Jun 12, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Subject: Telescope Help.
To: <shkn...@gmail.com>

Hi,

I am a beginner astronomer who just bought a Cellstron 4se telescope. I can focus it in the day on a large object, but can't get it to focus at night on any stars/planets. I'm starting to get frustrated with it and figured I'd reach out if anyone could please help me.  I'm attaching a picture for reference. We're located in Lake Elsinore but we are willing to travel to get some help.

Thank you for the help.

Respectfully,

Jen Reyes

Sent from my Galaxy

[John Garrett]

This looks similar to the CPC Celestrons. So, I should be able to figure out how it works. I live nearby in Wildomar and am often driving through Lake Elsinore, so that might make me the most logical person to try.

John

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[Maureen Salmi]

Aloha John and Jennifer,

This is an awesome little telescope.  I have a 4SE and a 8” CPC.  They are similar, but also have some major differences.  

The Celestron 4SE is a Maksutov Cassegrain telescope.  You can flip the secondary mirror to direct the light to an eyepiece on top, or to a camera at the cassegrain focus. (This requires a Celestron Mak Cass camera adapter, which is purchased separately. See the video below.)

You can run it with 8 AA batteries, but it will eat up those batteries in one session.  I don’t think they included an ac adapter or the adapter needed for use with a lithium battery.  Both are worth purchasing.

This was one of my first telescopes; I bought it from a TVA member.  I have many others, but would hate to give up this fun little scope.  I also have a white-light solar filter for it.  It is really great for solar and lunar viewing.

Here is a really good review/ tutorial on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/Dl2PtGOi36U?si=ffXU8-D56RwghaM7

Aloha,

Maureen 

(Still in Hawaii)

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