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Old 25-01-2011, 11:15 PM
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Paddy (Patrick)
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Ouch! Lucky your scope got out alive! Only had 1 look at Saturn so far, in ultra crap seeing so yeah haven't got a decent look in. And probably won't either this summer. Either it's cloudy, or if it's clear seeing is extremely crap.
Well, its not quite as bad as it sounds as the "OTA" just falls off the rails with a jolt but still stays on the mount. I was quite surprised about the secondary - I couldn't work out why I couldn't see anything in the ep when the scope was pointed in the right direction then saw that the secondary was dangling a tad. Still, it will help me remember to set up in the right order!

And I agree that even had I got a look at the planet it would have been quite ordinary especially at the altitude it had reached at 2 am. After I fixed the scope I did a bit of a star test and had a look at Jupiter and it was just mush. So, yep seeing is a big thumbs down at the moment.
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