[erick (Eric)]

Grrrr! I've been trying to get out. Had 30min earlier with the 12x60s - Moon and Jupiter. Then busy again inside.

I can say the view was excellent - no evidence the mirror was in the light path.

Just going to try once more with the 20x80s before beddie-byes. Now the tennis courts have shut down their lights, I'm going to see if I can locate NGC253 which should be up near the zenith now.

UPDATE: That will have to do for tonight. Yes, the mirror is also invisible with my 20x80s, at all angles. Perhaps better binoculars would detect it was there. Couldn't spot NGC 253 but the Moon was shining brightly. But 47 Tuc looked nice. Yes, a bit tricky, at first to move around the sky. Tip up and down makes sense, but rotating on the swivel base produces a strange movement of the image - in essence, a parabolic curve of motion, I tink. But it is great to have a nice stable image to look at. With the 12x60s, I earlier tracked a satellite well across the sky. My rough mount is a bit unstable and needs some work (actually a full rebuild to a better design is warranted - with the binoculars fixed at 45 deg down, I think).

But I think the mirror is doing a great job!