Great story Matt , yea the exchange rate really hurts at the moment .
Ain't Omega Centarui awesome in 10 inches ? and Centarui A the hamburger galaxy a sight ? to remember at , 20 odd million light years away ,,, whew
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But on that I can see it as a smudge in my 8x56 Bino's from the yellow zone , just out of town here if I look carefully so your old 114mm should have shown it Ok .
Enjoy your new scope , its the old saying here ,, 'You snooze , you lose '
Enjoy the views mate.
Brian.