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Just came in from a couple of hours outside with the 12" dob. Cursing the mozzies, cursing the clouds that materialised, then went, then came back.
Lots of moisture in the atmosphere, tube was quite wet. Viewfinder fogged up, telrad even worse. Both mirrors clear as a bell though. Seeing was damn good apart from that grizzle about fogging. How do you stop a telrad from fogging, apart from blasting it with a hair dryer, as some guys do????
Had some good views of a few favourites, Eta Car, Omega, 5128, blue planetary etc. Saturn was excellent. Even used the 9mm GSO Plossl in the 2x barlow, so can't complain about the seeing. Quite steady all things considered. I just wish the weather patterns would change and dry out. Like most amateur astro's in the eastern third of Oz, I am suffering from scope deprivation!!!
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