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Originally Posted by marc4darkskies
Aw Richard! I feel your pain mate!! Glad you're starting to feel a bit better now. Like everyone else I'm sure there will be no noticeable aberrations visible as a result of the mishap and the views you get will be spectacular.
That reminds me. Not as frightening as your incident, but one night years ago I was packing up my TOA-150 for the night (before I had an Obs) and, forgetting I had the dust cap off, I used the flat of my hand to push the dew shield back in. The feeling of cool glass on the palm of my greasy hand led to a torrent of loud self abuse. I can tell you, the greasy, but crystal clear palm print covering the objective was a thing to behold!
Marcus
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Thanks, Marcus. Your comment did make me chuckle as it's the sort of thing I think I will be increasingly prone to, now that I am getting on in years - such a vivid description of the hand meeting the objective! (How did you remove the hand-print?)
I will be taking extra care now with the APM. The power supply is due this week, so no more manipulation of the Dec and RA clutches, at least.
Cheers,
Richard