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some sensational views of jupiter and saturn and the moon this evening, after a bit of unexpected recollimation. normally this telescope holds collimation even if the mirror has been removed and replaced. Eventually I realised that the need for collimation had been caused by me not screwing the mirror box tailgate completely shut. Thankfully the safety latch was closed and one screw just hand tightened, but that could have been a disaster of a dumped mirror onto the concrete!
the scratches might be making a little scattered light across the field, but overall I am very happy with the performance. No deep sky tonight as scudding clouds had me rapidly switching between jupiter, saturn the moon, alpacrucis as holes in the clouds presented themselves.
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