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The first light (with an eyepiece)
Being an imaging guy I currently only have hardly used one TeleVue low magnification eyepiece and one even less used TV barlow...nonetheless I was curious how this telescope compares visually with my previous mass produced ones, so taking advantage of clear skies, I had a peek through the new telescope.
First of all, it was not very easy navigating the mount with my laptop while looking through the eyepiece. A hand controller or at least a game pad would make life easier.
But apart from that, it was a true joy just slewing across the sky. Stars were pinpoint and some had natural delicate colour - red, blue, orange points of light. Open star clusters were simply stunning. My low magnification eyepiece hardly challenged the telescope, but these were the sharpest stars I have ever seen. Inside focus and outside focus diffraction patterns looked identical with perfectly centred diffraction rings.
In spite of being purely imaging guy, I am now tempted to look into getting a few nice eyepieces that will complement this beautiful telescope, and I think I may start having an occasional peek through the telescope in between imaging sessions. I think that says something about this telescope.
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