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I enjoyed your report Bob.
Yes, these scopes respond well in good seeing conditions. I am sure you will not be disappointed when viewing M17 this coming winter.
I was looking forward to exploring further with mine last weekend at the Ben Lomond Star Party. Ben Lomond is at an elevation of 1500 meters and a very dark site. The seeing was good and improved further after midnight. However, I did not get any real quiet time at the scope as I had a constant queue of other observers at the scope. I did get some time with M1 and the altitude certainly helped resolve more detail than normal - M1's low elevation down here does not help. The only other success was seeing the brighter eastern edge of the emission region IC434 in Orion. It was very faint and only visible after putting Alnitak just outside the field of view. No sign of the Horsehead.
Cheers
Steve
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