I am glad you enjoyed yourself. I was a little dispointed with focusing on stars with mine, & after I eventually collimated like for the fifth time, I could see that not only did stars come in a lot more like the pin points they should, but that I was getting much better focus as well.
Having a good variety of Eye pieces is really helpfull as well. Although I just got a 12" Dob, I really beleive you can get a lot more out of your 8" than you think, or at least improve you focus. One thing I found that really helps was to back off the magnafication or use a 2XED barlow with a wide angle EP.
Good luck with it
Dave
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