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Originally Posted by Greenswale
Super to see the scope working so well for you!
I have enjoyed your obs, but have a question. How do you note what you see and do? I have given up using an ordinary note pad, because it reduces dark adaption, no matter how dim the red light. I guess that a place paper pad and white pen would be the go? But then, maybe younger eyes would be of benefit too!
Wren
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Hi Wren, good to hear from you mate! How's the hobby treating you these days?
After using this scope for a good while on all targets under all conditions and seeing from crap to epic, I can only say it is excellent
I just use paper with a clipboard to take notes. I use one of those adjustable red LED astronomy flashlights, mine being a Celestron USA made model from 1998! I haven't noticed any issues with my dark adaption. What's funny is that I can see my stuff and surroundings from this dark site almost as well as from my light polluted suburban Melbourne backyard. I remember reading an article in S&T about the bortle scale, and it stated that at skies this dark, I should basically not be able to see anything! But if I had a newspaper, I probably could just about read it!