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Thanks for the kind words. Yeah, very excited and looking forward to getting her out under clear skies. Not sure what the forecast is but I'm hoping for even just a couple of hours this weekend. Five night nights I've been waiting now!!!
I'm sure I will be very happy with this scope. A lot of people are mentioning they're 12" owners... I was considering the 12" but went for 10" mainly for ease of transport, as I'd like to get out and about to a few dark sites and the 12" would make that difficult. The northern edge of Sydney where I am is not too bad I guess, but there's still a lot of sky glow. And I won't even start talking about the trees in my backyard!!
Actually, a quick question or two... The manual I received with the telescope had a small section of the print missing, the part about lifting and moving the OTA. It just finishes in mid sentence, without clarifying the best way to pick up and move the OTA, for example during setup. I was just wondering is it ok to pick up the scope by the metal primary mirror ring around the base of the OTA and the top ring of the OTA??
Also, as the base and OTA need to be moved seperately, when moving the base, how do people store the OTA??? Do you stand it up resting on the primary mirror screws?? Do you lay it down somewhere?? I just don't want to damage or stress anything...
Thought I'd add a little pic so you see just how gorgeous she is!!
Cheers
Dez
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