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First light!
Clear skies for the first time since whenever, so I thought I'd try it out. M42 was overhead and Jupiter was just in the field provided by my terrace. A shroud will make a distinct improvement and I will need to develop a light touch on the helical focusser as there is significant flexure in the OTA. Otherwise my calculations for the focusser position are spot-on. I will also need a variable tension control on the alt rings to allow for the eyepiece mass variations.
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