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Very happy with it. Thank you again for your help.
I took another look (same window) at about 11pm last night. I saw my first galaxy which was pretty exciting. I tried to figure out which one it was but I couldn't figure out how to use my planisphere or the book that came with it, and the app (starwalk2) shows confusing amounts of detail.
It looked like a wolf (I thought) with a cluster of 4 stars in one eye (at first I thought I had the telescope badly out of focus).
I plan to have another look tonight and see if I can figure out what I was looking at. It was pretty exciting to stumble across.
I also happened to wake about 2am (and Jupiter was conveniently out the same window) so I took another look. I am certain I was looking at Jupiter (it was extremely bright and the shape was well defined), however I didn't see anything more than a bright white circle. There were smaller circles near it, but they were far enough away that I think they were just other stars.
All in all I am very happy with it set up out the loungeroom window (I mean, for a week or so while I get the hang of it). It is getting used, I have stuff spread out all over the coffee table, and a comfy seat while I try to figure the planisphere out, and best - if a child wakes (which one did), it was nothing to walk to the next room and settle her before returning to the telescope (if it was outside I would have abandoned the exercise and brought it all in).
I mean, I do realise the image quality is not great, and obviously I have a limited angle of view... but as an initial setup for a week while I am learning how to use the tools... I would highly recommend it.
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