At a Brisbane Astronomical Society public viewing night at Mount Coot-tha, I once, momentarily, turned my attention away from my Vixen 4” refractor mounted on a Vixen GPDX equatorial mount, tracking with the Skysensor 2000.
Some sinister feeling made me look around and a shiver went up my spine as I saw a young child swinging from the focuser trying to get to the eyepiece, with dad blissfully looking on…
I no longer leave my ‘scope unattended at these events.
Cheers
Dennis
PS – I thought I should mention…mercifully…no damage was done...to 'scope, mount or child!