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Originally Posted by jahnpahwa
oh, nice! I hope you can get it happening in time for tomorrow night 
I've got a skywatcher 8" F5 newt and HEQ5 mount coming, along with a baader hyperion zoom eyepiece, T-ring for my camera and a bunch of other nic-nacs.
I've never had any kind of telescope before, so the set up (polar aligning the mount in particular) may take me a while to get the hang of. Still, I reckon if it comes to it, I'll hug the newt like a bag pipe and point it at something just to say I've used it |
JP, I have an 8" f5 Newt, they are a very forgiving scope, a good choice as a general all rounder. I assume you have done some reading on aligning a mount, but if not there should be instructions with it. If you get stuck just raise it here and we can help you out. Good luck.