2. Understand the different parts of a telescope. As a beginner, you should know the parts that make up your telescope, as this will help you to handle it correctly.

Tripod: It will help you to keep the images sharp by keeping the telescope stable.
Altazimuth mount: It is the easiest to handle since it simulates the tripod of a camera, where the vertical axis is the height and the horizontal axis is the right and left.
Equatorial mount: It is more complex to use. Its movement depends on latitude and is based on an arc that fixes the inclination with respect to the latitude, where the telescope is located.
Eyepieces: Their job is to take the light that’s gathered in the telescope through the lens and display the final image. You can start using a 25-millimeter lens. There are several sizes and focal lengths; just keep in mind that the higher the number, the lower the magnification will be.
Barlow lens: You can use this to increase the focal length of your telescope, and it’s placed between the telescope and the eyepiece; if you use a 2x, then you double the eyepiece distance.
Red dot finders: They are recommended for beginners since they have no magnification and you can still observe a wide range of things that you can also see with the naked eye. They look like a red dot on the glass or plastic screen.
Optical finders: They allow you to observe the sky broadly, with low magnification. Align them by observing the cross inside, where you will see the inverted image; then move the knobs in the opposite direction of the one you want to approach.

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