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Old 25-08-2007, 07:32 AM
Dennis
Dazzled by the Cosmos.

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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Brisbane
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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!
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