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So I'm just back in from my second night of trying out my new scope.
Some nice views of Jupiter and the Moon earlier on. I was able to just make out some of the layers on Jupiter and saw at least 3 moons clearly. The Moon was stunning as to be expected. Later on I was able to look at Saturn again, as per below I had a slightly better setup this time and was barely able to make out the cassini division in the rings if I really tried. I now have my scope finder aligned nicely and am more confident in the correct collimation of the scope, If I go in and out of focus on a point I can see symmetrical diffraction rings around the point. (the scope didn't come with any collimation tools - but clearly didn't need any up front).
I showed my workmate the two eyepieces and today straight away he pointed out what I thought was a poorly moulded thread was actually the rubber eye guard folded back around the barrel of the EP - d'oh! So much easier viewing when I use the eyepiece properly haha!
Thankfully he's offered to loan me a couple of eyepieces for me to try for a few weeks so that 1. I can have a chance to compare my EP's to others of the same spec, different brand to see the difference like for like, and 2. so I can try some other focal length EP's and get an idea of what I might want to buy myself later.
When I lock the tension control handle it is possible to lift the base with the scope attached but I wouldn't want to carry it too far like that. Luckily I can set up under my back patio early in the evening and when I come out later to start it's already cooled/acclimatised and ready to go.
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