Wow, gee, so glad you all like it
Yes, getting this with just 5min subs and all in one moon lit night from the city is pretty cool and exactly the reason I grabbed this scope in the first place
, the field of view is great and provides so many options. I have flattened the field by increasing the spacing slightly with some plastic gaskets (Orion will be providing a new adapter - they are great to deal with!)
It was a dew ladden night too but the inbuilt OTA heating left the primary and secondary mirrors and corrector front element all bone dry in the morning - phew.
The NJP mount was again unperturbed by the load too, returning sub arc sec autoguiding without a problem.
Dave: I have a big field but without an observatory... I think Greg, with his at least 4 scopes, two cameras and two observatories, is in no danger of having to pass over the imaging machine baton any time soon
Rob: I don't dither, never have...?
Mike