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I had somewhat of an experience tonight. Good and bad.
Waited paitently for the clouds to break it did, great, got the scope ready...Hit the sky, dam clouds...
Clear sky....Look around. Was astounded....clouds rolled in again, dam.
Clear sky for about 20 minutes, got to see m42. Blew me away. In the crap conditons, I've never seen it like that, I could make out the shadows and all. But the horsehead was a different story. Didn't spot it, but I tried so hard.
I'm back inside, victorious, but non plussed at the weather. Hey I could have been out all night....(I'm on holidays..wth).
Wife even caught a glimpse of m42, she was amazed.
But a slight downer, was the part of the dob brake (handle), one side was missing the wedge shaped plastic brake part.
And made the scope a bit loose on the altitude settings.
I bought a 2 x barlow, it made a huge difference to what I was seeing tonight.
Dark sky, did you see that youtube vid?
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