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First light
I just got my new 10" GSO Dob today and yep.. you guessed it - its overcast tonight.
After getting a few glimpses of the moon through the clouds i couldn't get the crayford focuser to work - thank god for you guys, i searched and found a pic that showed that the adjustments are the focuser lock and the tension adjustment. Just a quick twiddle to the focuser lock and i was fully focused on the moon (for about 5 secs at a time between clouds).
I wonder how many calls Andrews and Bintel get about how to drive these focusers - a manual would have been helpfull.
Anyway i'm bloody impressed with the couple of glimpses of the moon that i got so far.
Compared to my 114mm Newtonian mounted on a wobbletronic EQ mount the 10" dob is awesome. Pity i didn't find this group earlier otherwise i would have started with the dob.
Any newbies here considering buying a scope.. i thouroughly agree with the regs here and recommend a 10" dob for value for money, ease of set up and impressive viewing (from little i've seen so far)
Cheers,
Andrew
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