[rumples riot]

Alright, a word of caution first. These images were hand focused, I still do not have my micro focusor; focusing by hand is a total drag and very hard.

That said I conducted two experiments. One with a 5x powermate and the other with the 2.5x. Seeing was quite reasonable but still not great.

The 5x image is out of focus, but there are hints of nice detail, clouds over Tharis and some nice slight darkening where Olmpus mons should be. That is a good sign. The 2.5x is sharp but the image scale is very small. Detail is ok, but not ideal.

So here are both for you to look at. Once I get the electric focusor and the New OTA, I can conduct serious collimation and hope to get nice crisp images.

Now just remember this scope is not collimated to my liking (remember it is being replaced) nor do I currently have an electric focusor, which makes quite a deal of difference. That said this shows potential.

Comment away.