Mel Bartels wrote .. >Oh sounds like reflections caused by each of your eyepieces. How many >eyepieces have you tried? I used the original that came with the scope a no name wide field of some sort. My Meade Super Plossel 25mm and a Lanthanium 15mm. All showed the ghost. You suggested pinched optics, primary or secondary mirror? David Davis Toledo, OR 97391