View Single Post
  #17  
Old 09-09-2010, 12:02 PM
alexch's Avatar
alexch (Alex)
Registered User

alexch is offline
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 773
Quote:
Originally Posted by pgc hunter View Post
Great report and awesome scope, welcome to the club Great scopes these, Peter includes everything needed for every crappy condition the astro gods can chuck at us And geez first light 3 months after pick up...new world record for new scope curse? I got lucky with mine, got it out 5 times in the first month...you musta been cursing and suffering like hell lol

I've used my sdm on Saturn, and the contrast is awesome. Literally a knife edge definition between the bright globe and the ring shadows, even in the usual sub-ordinary seeing.

Love the Grus quartet, very nice set of galaxies but like most southern objects, practically unknown.
It does include everything you can think of and even more
After about 12 months wait the 3 months of cloud cover were a torture indeed...
Reply With Quote