A goodnight was had by all.
It was good meet up the fellow members of the NAS especially this night because it was the unveiling to the telescope. It was the first time I had taken it out in public since it’s completion and I was amazed at peoples reaction towards it. The ArgoNavis and the ServoCAT preformed flawlessly. There were a lot of WHOO’s and AHHR’s when the GOTO button was pressed and the telescope started slewing to its target.
As always Tornado was there finding “imaginary nebulas” that no one ells could see but the ArgoNavis confirmed that they were real.
Some of the pics look like they were taken in broad daylight but that’s what a 10 to 15sec exposure can do.
I have never seen Jupiter through that telescope as big as I did that night! We used Tornados 17mm or 16mm Nagler (not to sure on the size) and teamed it up with a 2x Barlow. WOW!
By the way the 50 w torch made for a good laser pointer!
