Yes ... heart in mouth .... obligatory language, for a couple of secs ... then picked it up off the ground dusted it off, put it back on mount ... properly secured this time ... checked collimation and continued observing ... s**t happens .....
No point in getting a knot in the gut over it ... if it breaks, it's broken, hard luck. I still have me eyes and the sky has not fallen ... if it did break ... good excuse to get a new one ...
