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OK, had it out tonight. A bit of a haze but bright moon and Jupiter.
Well, if you didn't know any better, or for a very young child, you could probably live with it, but overall it is pretty bad.
This is really a table top tripod for anyone over about 7 years old. From a height point of view it might work for daytime use.
To look at the moon at about 15 degrees I was seated pretty low in my Denver chair, but I could do it.
To look at Jupiter at about 40 degrees, even on my knees I had trouble getting an angle on it where I could look through the eyepiece with the tripod fully extended on the ground. If it had a 90 degree angle it would be better.
The 45 degree angle does not hold steady. It rotates around on you. Very annoying.
I had the Hygens and comparable Plossls to compare. The FOV of the Hygens was narrow but other than that they were not too bad. The Plossls were better but I could live with the Hygens if I didn't have something else.
The 20 mm Hygens did a good job on the moon. The 10 mm was noticeably darker but the image was not too bad on this bright target. On Jupiter the 10 mm was so poor and dim that I could not even see the moons. The 9.7 mm Plossl was not much better. Too much light loss in the tube or not enough aperture.
So now it is time to start the modifications. I am going to take those baffles out one at a time. And I am going to move it over to a camera tripod and see if that works better.
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