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Okay, I made it back to Sydney from Japan to morning blue skies and decided to unpack and put the scope together with the hope that I could beat "the curse"...you guessed it...from no where rain and clouds rolled in as evening falls.
It made it through shipping from Perth in good order (thanks to Paul M's outstanding job of packing it...Thanks!)
First impressions on the scope: it is big but well made and attractive, the movement feels very good...I am not sure if I like the JMI focuser...just messing around with it, it does not have the same "smooth feel" as the Moonlite (recently installed on the 8 inch)...I may eventually swap them but I'll give the JMI a time or two under the stars first.
Set up was straight forward...no problem...even "un-handy" me can do it no problems...it should not take more than a few minutes to put together or take down as a one person show...
I just need to collimate it, align the Telrad and initialize the Argo Navis (better read the manual first)...
Now I just need a clear night...
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