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I had my first great night of viewing with my LX90 on Saturday night. The weather held off long enough to get an hour or so of viewing time. It started with a perfect alignment which stayed that way the whole time. My girlfriend and her daughter were both as excited as I was at the accuracy of the GOTO. We viewed Jupiter first as you do and I'd been dying to see Omega Centuri so that was next and was just stunning. We looked at the Jewel Box and Butterfly open clusters which proved very popular with the women; gasps of ooh how pretty and the like. Then we had a look at M104 which was my first distant galaxy and a thrilling moment for me. Averted vision really brought the detail out. We had a look at the Triffid and Lagoon nebulae but they were a little disappointing. I couldn't see a thing when looking at the Triffid but the Lagoon showed some whispy nebulosity. I have some filters but wasn't sure which one to use and the dew was becoming a problem by that stage. Any suggestions for next time?
Anyway the worst thing was I snapped the SmartFinder lens when putting the scope away. I was a bit annoyed because it so useful for a quick alignment. I wonder how much it will be to replace.
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