Mostly a dumb post...in the "Duh of course silly me" style (my children would chime in with a "Calling Mr. Obvious" comment at this point)...but I thought the post might make a suitable reminder...it has for me.
Yesterday, I decided to clean my eyepieces after the Macqaurie University astronomy open night...
WOW, I was shocked by how much crud and gunk they picked up in the course of a few hours (and a lot of people)...
I thought that I did a reasonable job in "keeping sticky hands away" from the eyepiece...but in doing the cleaning I see that I did not do a very good job at all...
I know this is all pretty obvious stuff but, I was still surprised to see what a difference a cleaning made...I guess us "people" are just slobs...
**Reminder to self, clean eyepieces after large group viewings...
Clean occulars and good luck to all!