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Silvie , if you have never done so before, you really should pack your scope into the car and go for a drive away from city lights.
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Geoff, I would love to be able to do that every single weekend but you see, I don't drive! I know it's terrible that I don't have a license yet but I will get one soon...
Anyway, the last time (and first time) I packed my scope to a dark sky site in the Blue Mountains where we stayed the weekend, it started snowing
I hate having to rely on my fiance to drive me out to a dark sky just so I can do some observing but it will have to be done if I'm to find the elusive M1. It is such a shame that we observers have to go to such lengths.
Aragorn, I've never seen the bluish tinge before so I'll have to check it out more closely next time I'm out. I sure hope it isn't the ep's or the tube itself! I thought CA was only inherent in refractors
My 10 inch is a schmidt newtonian so I'm not sure, it could be that. The varimagni finder is a right angle magnifying eyepiece that attaches to the viewfinder of the OM-1 camera and enables you to focus more critically. It can be moved around to a more comfortable position for the eye. It wouldn't really help for focusing on very dim objects though. About the atlas, did you just get the ouside laminated or the individual pages?
You're so lucky to have seen it dave! One day I will find a dark site but until then, I will have to make do with the best that I have available
