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Havent had the same amount of experiences as Alex, but it seems that some people find it hard to believe they are seeing another planet as clearly as they can through a good scope.
Was doing a School star party and had the parents (who also looked through the eyepiece) quietly accuse of me of putting a picture of Saturn in the telescope to fool the kids !
They asked me where I was inserting the slides !!
They were dead serious and took quite some convincing !
The other not so bad but could have been worse experience was removing my 6" refractor with all AP gear attached (approx 40kg) off the mount - it slid almost all the way out and then locked and I was on my own with 40kg of telescope in my arms with my strength slowly failing - I couldnt push it back up and I couldnt let it slide out !
I think I spent 10 minutes trying different things but it certainly felt like an hour !
I didnt want to force anything for obvious reasons, and I was eventually able to slide it back up to the balance point again and an hour later try it again with a helper by my side whereupon it came out easilyas it had always done prior and since !
Rally
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