Here is a first light report.
It was clear when I set it up but then some cloud hung around like a bad smell after dark so I was hopping through pot holes as they appeared looking at anything I could see. With a low power 24 Panoptic I saw a wonderful open cluster near the crux region. With so much cloud around I have no idea of which one it was though
http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthrea...lins/shrug.gif
I then pointed the scope to Alpha Crux - a bright double. Pumping up the magnification with a 2.5x powermate and a 9mm nagler gave a nice clean split of this double which I think is about 4 arc-seconds apart?
The clouds then parted directly overhead revealing orion, so I quickly pointed it to that. I've viewed this object so many times with my 10" LX200R over the last couple of years and I will never tire of viewing it - such a wonderful area. I only used the 24 Pan and the 9 nagler and could only make out 4 stars in the trap this time. Always worth a look though!
I breifly pointed it at mars, which was rather boring
http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthrea...ins/tongue.gif but I then spotted saturn rising low on the eastern horizon so I turned the scope that way. It was a wonderful sight, and even though it was low on my eastern horizon (towards the city as I live in sydneys western suburbs) I could easily make out titan and rhea.
I wanted to view the moon, but between the clouds and two Gum trees in my front yard I never got a chance.
My power tank then started blinking low battery so I called it an early night, just when it seemed to be clearing up nicely...
Anyway, that was my first light report, and I can't wait until I get it under dark skies - most likely the SPSP will be my first chance to spend some quality time under dark skies with my new aquasitions.