Were people out viewing last night? Was the seeing incredibly good? Either it was fantastic, or my adjustments are starting to pay off. I saw the phase of Venus for the first time. Jupiter was the sharpest I've ever seen (+ 5 moons). Since the sky was pretty washed out, I thought I'd do a bit of moon study. I just wish I had the Barlow already, the level of detail inside craters was astounding (read WOW factor)
. I have been doing a major job on the scope, after getting over the fact that the 'B' shop set it up, hence reluctant to dabble. The secondary was very tight and the holder needed heaps of sanding. The primary was pinched by the 3 clamps. I went a step further yesterday and started on the spider. There was no offset away from the focuser but there was offset on the other, side-to-side arms, hmmmm. I tweaked all these. It's also obvious that the focuser is not square to the tube, which I realise is the place I really should start. BTW, last nights astounding views were after I adjusted the spider arms and didn't even recollimate because I was busy trying to make a sight tube. I either fluked it incredibly, or the seeing was incredibly good.
