Hello,
Dodging the clouds and showers, I managed to get out last night (Sunday) for 1st light with the Mewlon 180 and DMK 21AF04 combination. I rattled off a couple of AVI’s with the Televue x2.5 Powermate and then just for fun, plugged in the x5 Powermate.
The M180 is a 180mm F12 ‘scope, giving an effective focal length at F30 of 5400mm for the x2.5 Powermate and F60 with an efl of 10,800mm for the x5 Powermate.
Saturn was at an altitude of 45 degrees and the seeing was between 4 and 5 /10 with clouds and showers disturbing the session. I am very pleased with the quality of the images delivered by the M180 – a very impressive performer for such a relatively small ‘scope.
I used
Telegizmo scope and tripod covers to protect the equipment during the showers and my
observing hutch kept the rain off the rest of the equipment. Signs of a desperate man eh?
Cheers
Dennis