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Originally Posted by Dennis
Hey Matt
 Welcome to Ice In Space - glad you joined the community. I see you've had heaps of feedback and help from the locals already . Great first image of the Trapezium stars with the Canon, the 'scope looks a ripper.
Hmm, 13-03-2006 at 2:17pm - is that office hours???? 
Cheers
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Thanks for you welcome Dennis!
Andrew (sitting across from me at work) was showing me up with his astrophotography efforts, so that provided the motivation to get out there and "Just do it!".
I had another brief lash (just visually) last night for a brief period when the clouds decided to part. Crazy me looked at the moon and almost burned my eyes out. Ouch! I think I have too much light collecting power now.
Also took a peek at Saturn. Probably should have used my 2x barlow to get a closer look, but it was really clear. Yana was very impressed, as was I.
One thing that I learnt last night. I started out with a pathetic polar alignment ... and that haunted me all night long. Ooof! Next time I will take more care.
Yesterday, during my late lunch break (thank you very much!), I also ordered a new eyepiece (to add to our existing eyepiece). After much research and use of online tools, I decided a 36mm would be a good addition.
Looking forward to hooking up some Dennis and showing you my new baby.
Cheerio!
Matt.