I admit I has a sort of 'first light' last week but I realised very quickly that I really needed a tripod. I thought I could hold the binos for brief periods, but it was unworkable. So I'm pretending it was a "pre-first light".
I ordered and received the HVT11 heavy duty tripod and metal binocular bracket and it arrived today from
AOE! I'm very impressed on the quality and look and the smooth movement of each axis.
Official first light in the next few days! And I can get stuck back into some variable star observations.
hoo roo,
Steve